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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 Limited Board and the Executive Board together represent the global leadership of Arup. Arup Group Limited Board provides strategic oversight and is chaired by Hilde Tonne. Our Executive Board oversees operations and strategy implementation and is chaired by CEO Jerome Frost.
Overseeing our global leadership are the Arup Trustees, who lead the trust that owns Arup Group and its entities.
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Total revenue FY 2023/24
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Operating profit (before applying profit share scheme with our members)
Number of members at the end of FY 2023/24
Leadership
Arup Group Limited Board
Hilde Tonne
Non-Executive Chair
Hilde Tonne is chair of Arup Group Limited Board, having previously served as a non-executive director to the Arup Group Board Arup and as a member of our audit and risk committees.
Hilde Tonne
Non-Executive Chair
Hilde Tonne is chair of Arup Group Limited Board, having previously served as a non-executive director to the Arup Group Board Arup and as a member of our audit and risk committees.
Jerome Frost
CEO
Jerome is the CEO of Arup Group. Prior to this, Jerome was the Chair of Arup Group. and served as Chair of the UKIMEA Region.
Jerome Frost
CEO
Jerome is the CEO of Arup Group. Prior to this, Jerome was the Chair of Arup Group. and served as Chair of the UKIMEA Region.
Cordelia Chung
Non-Executive Director
Cordelia Chung is a non-executive director and member of Arup Group Limited Board, having previously served as a non-executive director to the Arup Group Board and as a member of our assurance and risk committee.
Cordelia Chung
Non-Executive Director
Cordelia Chung is a non-executive director and member of Arup Group Limited Board, having previously served as a non-executive director to the Arup Group Board and as a member of our assurance and risk committee.
Fiona Cousins
Chief Operating Officer Total Design
Fiona Cousins is Chief Operating Officer Total Design, with global responsibility for services, sustainable development, quality, collaboration, skills, innovation and products and technology. Fiona is also an executive director and member of Arup Group Limited Board.
Fiona Cousins
Chief Operating Officer Total Design
Fiona Cousins is Chief Operating Officer Total Design, with global responsibility for services, sustainable development, quality, collaboration, skills, innovation and products and technology. Fiona is also an executive director and member of Arup Group Limited Board.
Kathy Harper
Non-Executive Director
Kathy is a non-executive director and member of Arup Group Limited Board.
Kathy Harper
Non-Executive Director
Kathy is a non-executive director and member of Arup Group Limited Board.
Andrew Wyllie
Non-Executive Director
Andrew is a non-executive director and member of Arup Group Limited Board.
Andrew Wyllie
Non-Executive Director
Andrew is a non-executive director and member of Arup Group Limited Board.
Executive Board
Jerome Frost
CEO
Jerome is the CEO of Arup Group. Prior to this, Jerome was the Chair of Arup Group. and served as Chair of the UKIMEA Region.
Jerome Frost
CEO
Jerome is the CEO of Arup Group. Prior to this, Jerome was the Chair of Arup Group. and served as Chair of the UKIMEA Region.
Rob Boardman
Chief Financial Officer
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
Chief Financial Officer
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.
Fiona Cousins
Chief Operating Officer Total Design
Fiona Cousins is Chief Operating Officer Total Design, with global responsibility for services, sustainable development, quality, collaboration, skills, innovation and products and technology. Fiona is also an executive director and member of Arup Group Limited Board.
Fiona Cousins
Chief Operating Officer Total Design
Fiona Cousins is Chief Operating Officer Total Design, with global responsibility for services, sustainable development, quality, collaboration, skills, innovation and products and technology. Fiona is also an executive director and member of Arup Group Limited Board.
Richard de Cani
Chief Operating Officer Global Business & Markets
Richard de Cani is the Chief Officer for Global Business and Markets at Arup, responsible for leading the delivery of the Arup global business strategy.
Richard de Cani
Chief Operating Officer Global Business & Markets
Richard de Cani is the Chief Officer for Global Business and Markets at Arup, responsible for leading the delivery of the Arup global business strategy.
Eva Hinkers
Chief Strategy Officer
Eva Hinkers is the Chief Strategy Officer, responsible for global strategy implementation and development, change programmes, and member engagement.
Eva Hinkers
Chief Strategy Officer
Eva Hinkers is the Chief Strategy Officer, responsible for global strategy implementation and development, change programmes, and member engagement.
Diane Thornhill
Chief Operating Officer Culture, Development & People
Diane Thornhill is the Chief Operating Officer Culture, Development & People with global responsibility for culture, people development and leadership succession and reward.
Diane Thornhill
Chief Operating Officer Culture, Development & People
Diane Thornhill is the Chief Operating Officer Culture, Development & People with global responsibility for culture, people development and leadership succession and reward.
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
