Simon Harden Email & Phone Number

London, England Metropolitan Area

Thomas Telford is the commercial arm of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). We create multi-format knowledge products and services for the infrastructure and construction markets, helping built environment professionals operate safely, effectively and professionally. In addition, we operate an award winning conference venue in the Institution’s.

Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Independent property professional providing advisory services in connection with planning, design, construction and problems associated with property and land.

Appointed Non Executive Director for Swan Housing Association Ltd. and Member of the Development Committee. Subsequently appointed Chair of Swan New Homes and member of Health and safety Committee. Swan Housing Association won Housing Association of the Year 2017 and the group includes NU living, NU Build and Hera Management Services.Swan Housing.

London, United Kingdom

Appointed Business Growth Director of BWB Consulting with specific responsibility to lead and grow the London operation. BWB Consulting, which last year became part of the global transport engineering giant CAF Group, is a multi-award winning engineering and environmental design consultancy with a proven reputation for technical excellence and exceptional.

London And Cambridge

Simon's role was to lead and develop the successful and growing retail offering in the UK. He led a cross discipline retail team of over 70 staff in the UK, from the company’s property and transport planning arms. Responsible for managing the major projects, business development and client relationship, technical excellence.My Key projects.

London, United Kingdom And UAE

• PLC Director responsible for International Operations and Major ProjectsContinuing international expansion
• Formed International HQ in Dubai and based self there as this was largest International office, best location for time zones and accessibility and expected to be the fastest growing area
• In addition to running overall international business, took project director responsibility for major projects in Abu Dhabi, Kazakhstan and China. Also improved group risk management… Show more PLC Director responsible.
• In addition to running overall international business, took project director responsibility for major projects in Abu Dhabi, Kazakhstan and China. Also improved group risk management procedures and wrote international.
• Growth continued up to GFC; then managed downturn to result in soft landing by implementing number of structural changes in all International businesses
• To further mitigate effects of GFC, introduced further organisational changes to international group creating four main hubs in Australia and Asia, CIS, Middle East and Europe with each hub reporting directly to me

London, United Kingdom

• Grew International Business from scratch to a 45M turnover business in 15 offices in 10 countriesInitiating and propelling new international expansion strategy
• Initiated new strategy for international business in 2001, strongly recommending acquisition instead of purely organic growth; strategy was approved and the implementation required me to concentrate on international.
• Due to new responsibilities, gradually handed over UK projects and contacts to another director… Show more Grew International Business from scratch to a 45M turnover business in 15 offices in 10 countriesInitiating and.
• Due to new responsibilities, gradually handed over UK projects and contacts to another director - a unique occurrence within the Group - so as to concentrate on international businesses. However, due to client demand.
• Through acquisitions in Australia (two) and Brussels, together with start-ups in Dubai and China and continued organic growth in Moscow and Warsaw, built international group to 550 staff in 15 offices. The business at.
• In addition to managing and expanding the International group, took specific responsibility for key projects including Metropolitan in Warsaw, Worldcom data centre roll out, Hilton hotels in Kampala and Kiev and all.

London, United Kingdom

• Director responsible for major projects in the UK for major property clients.Running large project teams for major UK clientsFirst, responsible for running large team on UK projects for major clients including Royal.
• In 1992, was appointed Managing Director of newly formed international company with mandate to increase overseas business whilst limiting amount of speculative investment. It was decided at an early stage that.
• From 1991 the Moscow office expanded, surviving the banking crisis in 1998, to have, at its peak, over 2 million square metres of development on its books and 60 staff in Moscow supported by staff in UK working on.
• In 2001, personally won major project for Hines in Poland and, on the back of that, started an office in Warsaw which grew to over 50 staff Show less

Amp, Management

Bsc, Civil Engineering

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