Stephen Wells DirectorBiographyChartered Engineer and Chartered Water Environmental Manager with over 30 years’ experience in engineering management consultancy and EPC engineering & construction. Prior roles covered the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia for client sectors commercial, defence, education, energy, health, industrial, manufacturing, marine, mining, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceutical, residential, transportation, water and waste. Significant experience of board level roles including Group Strategy & Business Development for Biwater International, Costain Group, URS International and Aurecon Group based in the UK and Australia.
- Strategic Leadership – Expertise in deriving, implementing and delivering the Strategic Direction of the business thorough client and partner service offerings.
- Board Director – 15+ years’ experience of being a statutory company director with expertise in strategy, business growth and client offerings through technology, innovation and partnering. Chaired the Executive Investment Panel for a FTSE 250 company covering project risk, equity investments, disposals and partners. Member of a Fortune 500 Board Committee for Business Development (US$10B revenues).
- Construction, Consultancy, Business Development and Relationship Management – Highly customer focussed with excellent client and partner relationships at executive level. Highly tuned to adding value to clients, their shareholders and stakeholders through quality proposals demonstrating innovation and leverage of technology.
- Business start-up Wimpey Water Engineering (1995 – 1999): nil to US$100m revenues
- Business turn-around Biwater International (1999 – 2003): loss making in 1998 to profit by 2001/2
- Business growth Costain (2003 – 2011): doubling revenues to $1600m
- Business integration URS (2011 – 2012): integrated Scott Wilson into URS
- Business growth Aurecon Group (2013 – 2015): 20% key client revenue growth
- Operational and Financial Management – Seventeen years operational leadership of complex multi-disciplinary EPC contracts including Channel Tunnel, MoD, M25 and numerous UK and international water and wastewater process plants. This experience included delivering projects into service for our clients with extended periods of operation and maintenance post takeover.
- People Management – Coaching and mentoring future leaders, potential successors and team members at all levels of the business. Delivered annual executive director training and development programme for our future leader programmes.