4 The candidate
Philip Dilley
14. Mr Dilley was until recently the
Executive Chairman of Arup, a trust-owned global planning, engineering,
and project management consulting group with fee revenues in excess
of £1 billion and more than 11,000 staff members. His role
carried responsibility for the group performance and brand. Mr
Dilley has spent most of his career with the Arup Group. Arup
was founded in 1946 with an initial focus on structural engineering,
and its major worldwide projects include the Sydney Opera House
and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
15. Mr Dilley is also Chairman of London
First, a business membership organisation with the mission to
make London the best city in the world in which to do business.
It influences national and local government policies and investment
decisions to support London's global competitiveness. He is also
a member of the governing council of Imperial College, which carries
out undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and research in science,
engineering, medicine, and business.
16. From 2011 to 2013, Mr Dilley was
a member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Group, which is comprised
of business leaders from sectors of strategic importance to the
UK who are invited to provide regular, high-level advice to the
Prime Minister on business and economic issues.
- The CV supplied in his application
for the post is attached at Appendix 1.
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