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17.
January
2018.
SYSTRA Appointment

PRESS RELEASE : WEDNESDAY 17TH JANUARY 2018

Tony Kearns has joined SYSTRA from WSP as Operations Director for the Northern Europe region.

Tony takes on a dual role of Regional Operations Director – Northern Europe and Operations Director – UK Engineering. He will lead a number of functions, including Operations, Technical & Engineering, Project Controls, Project Staffing, and Health, Safety & Security.

With over 25 years’ experience in the rail industry, Tony has spent much of his career leading and developing businesses and brings significant experience in client, consulting and contracting environments. Tony is a qualified member of The Institute of Directors (MIoD).

Tony joins SYSTRA from WSP where he worked for almost five years, first as Strategy and Operations Director, Rail, Transit & Aviation with Parsons Brinckerhoff, and following its acquisition by WSP, as Operations Director, Rail & Transit. Prior to this he was at AECOM for almost three years, first as Heavy Rail Sector Director, Transportation, then as Deputy Rail Sector Director, Transportation. Tony led his own rail engineering business for 12 years which he sold to AECOM when he joined the company in 2010. He began his career at British Rail.

Commenting on Tony’s appointment, SYSTRA Senior Vice President of Northern Europe Pascal Mercier said: “SYSTRA’s Northern Europe region has grown rapidly over the past few years and we have won a number of major engineering design contracts. Tony’s arrival will help support our focus on project delivery, technical excellence and safety, whilst enabling local business units to maintain their client focus. I wish him all the best in his new role.”

Tony will be based in SYSTRA’s London office.

Notes for Editors

  • Around the world, SYSTRA’s specialists plan, design, integrate, test, commission, project manage and deliver mass transit and mobility solutions that are relied on by millions of people every day.
  • A recognised world leader in mobility and mass transit, and with a 60-year history, SYSTRA employs 6,100 people and has an operational presence in 80 countries. Engineering News-Record ranks SYSTRA in the top three mass transit and rail international design firms and among the 50 largest engineering firms in the world.
  • SYSTRA’s Northern Europe region combines the expertise of 600 staff, focused largely in the UK, Scandinavia, Poland and Benelux.