Mike Brown was Commissioner of Transport for London (TfL), the world’s largest regulated transport authority and led delivery of the Mayor’s multi-billion pound investment programme. He led the successful delivery of transport for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. He also ran Heathrow Airport during a huge transformation and passenger improvement programme.
R&R Delivery Authority Board
The Delivery Authority is developing and delivering the work to scope, budget and provide a timescale of this major restoration project. It was set up as a company limited by guarantee to procure and manage the contractors and supply chain. The Delivery Authority works closely with a team of architects, engineers, project managers and contractors to help shape the future direction of the work. The Board is chaired by Mike Brown CBE MVO.
Meet Our Board
Mike Brown CBE MVO, Chair
Anne Baldock
Anne Baldock is currently non-executive Director for East West Railways among others. She was also a non-executive director at Thames Tideway and was partner at international law firm Allen & Overy LLP, where she was global head of the Projects, Energy and Infrastructure practice.
Anne McMeel
Anne McMeel is a non-executive board member at Transport for London, the National Crime Agency and the Rail Safety and Standards Board. She chairs the Audit and Risk Committees at both the NCA and RSSB.
Barry O'Driscoll
Barry is a Chartered Engineer with over 30 years’ experience in the management, design and construction of major infrastructure projects. A former Director at WSP and advisor to Transport for London, he currently holds advisory posts with the Irish Government, the Isle of Man Government, and National Highways across a portfolio of multi-sector major projects. Barry is a Fellow of both the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Institute of Highways and Transportation.
Dr Simon Thurley CBE
Dr Simon Thurley is a well-known historian and academic who has published many books on architectural history and heritage. Between 2002 and 2015 he was chief executive of English Heritage and before that, for five years, was director of the Museum of London.
Matthew White, Programme Director
Matthew White was previously Surface Director at Crossrail Ltd responsible for leading the multi-billion pound programme to enhance the existing railway network. He has prior experience running major projects in the petro-chemical, high-speed rail and aviation sectors. Matthew is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
Neil Sachdev
Neil is Chair of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation Board for the Ministry of Defence. Previously, Neil was Group Property Director of J Sainsbury and before that served for 28 years with Tesco, where he was Stores Board Director, responsible for property and operations for the UK business.
Prof Stephen Duckworth OBE
Prof Stephen Duckworth OBE is currently the CEO of Disability Matters Global and Opt In Finance Ltd. Stephen was a non-executive director of the Olympic Delivery Authority, where he was Chair of the Safety, Health and Environment Committee. He has been adviser to a number of Secretaries of State and Government Departments on disability issues.
Susan Cooklin
Susan has over ten years’ experience at board level and currently holds independent non-executive directorships on the boards of Electricity North West Ltd (a UK-distributed network operator), NetCompany (a Danish-listed IT services company), and NorteGas ES. Susan was Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Network Rail for 6 years and became part of the executive committee in 2016, leading a directorate of circa 6000 employees. Susan owned the enterprise-wide risk for cyber while at Network Rail.