Our leadership
Arup is led by experts – leaders who possess a wealth of experience in technical and project delivery, and the management ability to take sound, long-term decisions.
We are a trust-owned firm without external investors. This independence allows us to focus our attention on our clients, and to offer the full breadth of our technical expertise wholeheartedly. We are recognised for our commitment to solving the most complex challenges facing our clients, and the world. Pursuing excellence and creating the technical solutions that will shape the future, are what drives us on.
The Arup Group Board represents our global leadership team. As our most senior executive, it is led by Jerome Frost, our global chair. Members of our global board have termed appointments, as do the members of our five region executives.
Overseeing our global executive are the Arup Trustees, who lead the trust that owns Arup Group and its entities.
£2.2
bn
Total revenue FY2223
8.4
%
Operating profit, before global profit sharing with our members
18,234
Number of members at the end of FY2223
Leadership
Learn more about our leadership team.
Jerome Frost
Jerome Frost
Paul Coughlan
Director
Paul Coughlan has been Arup Group chief operating officer and chair of our operations executive since April 2019.
Paul Coughlan
Director
Paul Coughlan has been Arup Group chief operating officer and chair of our operations executive since April 2019.
Fiona Cousins
Fiona Cousins
Isabel Dedring
Director
Isabel Dedring leads Arup’s global transport business and has been a member of the Arup Group Board since 2019.
Isabel Dedring
Director
Isabel Dedring leads Arup’s global transport business and has been a member of the Arup Group Board since 2019.
Eva Hinkers
Director
Eva Hinkers is the chair of our Europe region and became a member of the Arup Group Board in 2021.
Eva Hinkers
Director
Eva Hinkers is the chair of our Europe region and became a member of the Arup Group Board in 2021.
Andy Howard
Principal
Andy Howard leads Arup’s global energy, water and resources business and became a member of the Arup Group Board in 2021.
Andy Howard
Principal
Andy Howard leads Arup’s global energy, water and resources business and became a member of the Arup Group Board in 2021.
Fergal Whyte
Director
Fergal Whyte is a civil engineer based in our Hong Kong office, from where he has led our Infrastructure Group from 2007 to 2020.
Fergal Whyte
Director
Fergal Whyte is a civil engineer based in our Hong Kong office, from where he has led our Infrastructure Group from 2007 to 2020.
Non-executive board members
Cordelia Chung
Non-Executive Director
Cordelia Chung has been a non-executive director to the Arup Group Board since 2020 and is a member of our assurance and risk committee.
Cordelia Chung
Non-Executive Director
Cordelia Chung has been a non-executive director to the Arup Group Board since 2020 and is a member of our assurance and risk committee.
Hilde Tonne
Non-Executive Director
Hilde Tonne was appointed as a non-executive director to the Arup Group Board Arup in 2023 and is a member of our audit and risk committees.
Hilde Tonne
Non-Executive Director
Hilde Tonne was appointed as a non-executive director to the Arup Group Board Arup in 2023 and is a member of our audit and risk committees.
Officers
Martin Ansley-Young
Director
Martin supports Arup’s governance arrangements as board secretary to both the Group Board and the Trustees, and leads the company secretariat function that facilitates, administers and evolves our corporate infrastructure.
Martin Ansley-Young
Director
Martin supports Arup’s governance arrangements as board secretary to both the Group Board and the Trustees, and leads the company secretariat function that facilitates, administers and evolves our corporate infrastructure.
Rob Boardman
Director
Rob Boardman is Arup’s global chief financial officer and has over 20 years of board level experience, accumulated in senior finance roles with a range of international professional services firms.
Rob Boardman
Director
Rob Boardman is Arup’s global chief financial officer and has over 20 years of board level experience, accumulated in senior finance roles with a range of international professional services firms.
Margot Day
Director
Margot is a qualified solicitor, bringing a wealth of experience working in the built environment over two decades.
Margot Day
Director
Margot is a qualified solicitor, bringing a wealth of experience working in the built environment over two decades.
Rob Greig
Director
Rob is the leader of Arup’s strategic digital technology ambitions globally. He joined the firm in 2017 bringing over 20 years of experience of technology and digital leadership, digital content development, cloud capabilities and strategic cyber security practice.
Rob Greig
Director
Rob is the leader of Arup’s strategic digital technology ambitions globally. He joined the firm in 2017 bringing over 20 years of experience of technology and digital leadership, digital content development, cloud capabilities and strategic cyber security practice.
Barbara Lane
Director
Dr Barbara Lane is an Arup Fellow, director of Arup University, and officer to the Arup Group Board.
Barbara Lane
Director
Dr Barbara Lane is an Arup Fellow, director of Arup University, and officer to the Arup Group Board.
Jo da Silva
Director
Jo da Silva is the global director of sustainable development at Arup, leading the firm's activities to address the climate, biodiversity and equity crises through creating safe, inclusive and resilient communities while safeguarding the planet.
Jo da Silva
Director
Jo da Silva is the global director of sustainable development at Arup, leading the firm's activities to address the climate, biodiversity and equity crises through creating safe, inclusive and resilient communities while safeguarding the planet.
Diane Thornhill
Diane Thornhill
Trust ownership
Since 1979 Arup has been owned by Trusts of which current and former employees of Arup Group companies are beneficiaries. The directors of the Trustee companies are collectively referred to as the Trustees. Arup’s Trustees are drawn from across the firm, tasked with the primary role of appointing a management team to ensure the firm’s long-term viability and preserve our unique culture. They uphold the constitutional arrangements that maintain Arup’s independence by overseeing the companies administering our owning trusts and safeguard Arup’s integrity on behalf of our members and the beneficiaries of the Arup Trusts.
Trust ownership affords us total independence and the ability to take a long-term view, without external pressures from shareholders or the risk of change in ownership. This provides our clients with confidence in our ability to prioritise their interests, and we have the freedom to shape our own direction and invest in the things we feel matter most: our members, our knowledge, our resources, and our communities.
Our current trustees are:
Mahadev Raman – Chair of Trustees
Peter Bailey
Peter Chamley
Tülay Hatırnaz
Trent Lethco
Alexis Lee
Veng-Wye Tong
Catherine Wenger
