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Atkins appoints managing director for its Power business(ENP Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ENP Newswire - 17 September 2014 Release date- 16092014 - Atkins has appointed a new managing director for its Power business as part of the company's strategic aims to further expand its energy capability, with a particular focus in the Middle East. Phil Malem has been appointed to the role and will be based in Abu Dhabi. Phil has previously played a leading role in the growth of Atkins' nuclear business as strategy director and deputy MD. In his new role, Phil takes charge of leading the growth and direction of Atkins' worldwide Power business, for which the key markets are the UK and Middle East. The business currently provides high end infrastructure engineering support services for conventional generation, transmission & distribution, marine renewables, biomass, and energy from waste. Atkins' Energy business employs over 1,500 people based in offices throughout the UK and Europe, Asia Pacific, North America and the Middle East. The business operates across the power, oil and gas, and nuclear sectors with a revenue of GBP170 million in 2013. Phil said: 'The Middle East is a particularly important region for us with lots of opportunities for innovative work, and I am looking forward to taking on this role at such an exciting time for the business. Our experience in the power generation sector in the UK will bring added value to clients in the Middle East and Atkins has a deep understanding of the particular challenges that face the power sector in this region, from grid integration of renewables to building a nuclear industry. I'm also eager to expand what Power does in the UK and the rest of the markets in which Atkins operates.' Martin Grant, CEO of Atkins' Energy business, said: 'I am delighted that Phil has chosen to take up this role. His knowledge and understanding of clients' needs in the Middle East as well as the UK means that he will be able to steer the expansion of our Power business and position us as the lead international energy consultancy.' Energy is a key sector focus area and it is seen as a driving force of growth within Atkins. Significant projects that the Atkins team is working on include the UAE's peaceful nuclear new build programme, offshore substation design for offshore wind farms in the UK, extending the life of operational oil and gas platforms in the UK North Sea, and as architect engineer on ITER the world's largest fusion reactor. Contact: Imogen Parker Tel: +44 1372 726140 Email: [email protected] Paul Childs Tel: +44 207 1212828 Email: [email protected] Notes to editors Atkins (www.atkinsglobal.com) is one of the world's leading design, engineering and project management consultancies, employing some 17,400 people across the UK, North America, Middle East, Asia Pacific and Europe. Our people's breadth and depth of expertise and drive to ask why has allowed us to plan, design and enable some of the world's most complex and time critical projects. 15th largest global design firm (Engineering News-Record 2014) and the third largest multidisciplinary consultancy in Europe (Svensk Teknik och Design 2013). Atkins is working across urban regeneration, masterplanning, national energy programmes, major transport schemes, water and environment projects - applying smart design solutions on projects including: Energy projects: UAE's peaceful nuclear new build programme - providing technical assurance to lenders backing the United Arab Emirates' most ambitious energy infrastructure projects; Ras Al Khaimah power masterplan - awarded contract to draw power masterplan for the Emirate covering load, generation and transmission studies alongside a feasible annual implementation plan for 2014-2023 DONG Energy offshore wind farms - designing five offshore substations for DONG Energy's Walney and Burbo Extension projects as well as the new Race Bank project; Energy from Waste - helping Energos deliver an Advanced Conversion Facility as part of Viridor and Glasgow City Council's GBP146 million Glasgow Recycling and Renewable Energy Centre (GRREC) in the UK; advising on environmental permitting and waste characterisation for TAQA, the global energy company based in Abu Dhabi Tennessee Valley Authority - providing design services for fossil fuel generation stations and includes electrical, mechanical, civil and instrumentation and controls engineering and design services to support the projects and operational needs of TVA's coal and gas plants as a sub-contractor to Merrick DRAX - support at the UK's largest coal fired power station since construction began in the 1960s, into the future conversion of the station to biomass. UK nuclear generation - part of the Strategic Supply Chain Partnership for EDF Energy's Nuclear Generation business providing additional expert engineering support as the company seeks to extend the life of its existing nuclear AGR fleet; UK new nuclear programme - working collaboratively with Horizon Nuclear Power providing engineering and related technical services for a new generation of nuclear power stations at Wylfa Newydd, on Anglesey and Oldbury in South Gloucestershire, UK; Nuclear decommissioning - currently preferred bidder on a new contract with Sellafield Ltd for its Silos Direct-encapsulation Plant (SDP) project in the UK, as part of an equal three-way joint venture with Areva and Mace (a.m.a.); North Sea and Gulf of Mexico oil and gas platforms - extending the operational life of critical oil and gas platforms to allow cost-efficient and safe recovery of hydrocarbons from mature fields; ENI assets in Australia - providing engineering and consultancy services to ENI across their portfolio of operating and non-operating assets and any future developments in Australia; Shell's oil and gas assets worldwide - providing technical and safety engineeringservices to Shell's onshore and offshore assets worldwide under an Enterprise Framework Agreement (EFA). Recent projects from across the Group: Doha Central Planning Office - helping to resource Qatar's Central Planning Office (CPO) to co-ordinate the efficient delivery of multi-modal transport services across land, air and sea as part of its 2030 National Vision; The London 2012 Games infrastructure transformation - technical advisor on the legacy use transition of the Olympic Park as a follow-on role to our work as the Games' official engineering and design provider; Crossrail - designing the Central London twin tunnels and station architecture for Europe's biggest civil engineering scheme which will see tunnels passing beneath 470 listed buildings and critical infrastructure; Etihad Railway - providing multidisciplinary design expertise on the 1,200 km Etihad Rail network which will revolutionise passenger and freight transport in the UAE; Denmark ERTMS - providing multidisiplinary signalling expertise on the first countrywide installation of an ERTMS train control and management system in Denmark; Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge - lead consultant on this integral part of the new Hong Kong link road scheme which will significantly boost land connectivity in the region; Lowestoft Sixth Form College - design of the ultralow energy consumption Lowestoft College in the UK whichaims to reduce operational energy use by more than 60% compared to previous designs; UK National Composites Centre - providing technical expertise to bring the latest lightweight carbon fibre materials to all engineering sectors, helping to develop innovative applications and reduce costs and carbon; US Environmental Protection Agency - providing technical assessment and analysis of national water-related resources and ecological systems in North America; Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) superfast broadband - providing technical, commercial and procurement support to help deliver superfast broadband to one of Europe's most remote regions. 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