Wild appointment for new HS2 CEO

Mark Wild, the CEO of HS2, who was also in charge of the Crossrail project (the Elizabeth Line) in London Image HS2 media office

Britain’s highest-profile railway project has a new man in the driving seat. Mark Wild has filled the vacancy as chief executive for the massive HS2 high-speed rail project. The new CEO has a track record for huge infrastructure projects. He was latterly in the hot seat at Crossrail, the £15bn (€17.55bn) project that became London’s Elizabeth Line.

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Author: Simon Walton

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