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Gamuda · High Speed Rail
Project Director shortlist.
Fourteen submitted. Another twenty in play. The full picture of a global PD search.
Hey Adrian,
We've put the Project Director search through a proper global sweep — over 130 genuine candidates assessed across Australia, UK (HS2 alumni), Europe, Middle East, North America and Asian HSR programmes. This site is the working output of that search.
Fourteen candidates are on the hook and submitted for your review below. A few CVs on file are placeholder profiles pending the real thing — those candidates have committed to sending theirs in the next few days, and I'll update each card as they land.
Another twenty or so are still in outreach — accepted InMails, Calendly bookings in progress, or awaiting callbacks. As those progress I'll promote them onto this page. The pipeline status table below shows you everyone we've approached, who's declined us, and who's in the submitted cohort — full transparency on what's been done.
Use the actions on each card to shortlist, request an interview, decline, or leave a comment. I'll be notified and act within a few hours.
Pete Anderson — Director, Hen's Teeth
Client
Gamuda
Location
Sydney
Priority
Critical
Target fill
30 Apr 2026
Must-haves
HSR or high-speed transport experience
20+ years in major infrastructure project delivery
Director-level P&L accountability on projects >$1B
Track record delivering complex civil infrastructure (rail, tunnelling, roads)
Strong stakeholder management at government / client board level
Nice-to-haves
Tender / bid leadership experience
JV governance and partner management
Australian or international major project experience
The search, by the numbers
A snapshot of the PD pipeline as at 21 April 2026. Live — updates as the search progresses.
Profiles assessed
133
Directly approached
38
Submitted for review
14
Declined our approach
10
Pipeline status
Every candidate we’ve approached for this role — live status. Submitted profiles are expanded in full below; in-outreach candidates will be promoted to submitted as they confirm interest and CVs land.
Candidate
Current role
Company
Location
Status
Lee Harman
Project Director
Skanska
London
Submitted
Stephen Tomkins
Project Director — HS2 Area North
Balfour Beatty VINCI
Wales / Birmingham
Submitted
Santiago Daniele
Programme Director EKFB JV — HS2 C23 Section
Eiffage Génie Civil UK
London
Submitted
Kevin Edwards
Construction Director
Balfour Beatty VINCI (HS2)
Milton Keynes
Submitted
Michael Sangdu Han
PMC CEO / Project Director
Tata Consulting Engineers
Gujarat
Submitted
Daniel Cruz
Senior Project Manager
Stacy Witbeck (formerly Flatiron Co
Alameda
Submitted
Hisham Sharhawy
Project Director
Orascom Construction PLC
Egypt
Submitted
Pawan Gupta
Project Director
Larsen & Toubro
New Delhi
Submitted
Raul Pascual Garcia
Construction Director
Ferrovial Construction
United Kingdom
Submitted
Mark Ingram
International Senior Project Director
BAUER Technologies Limited
Australia
Submitted
Esmaeil Ghahremani
Project Director
SYSTRA
Dubai
Submitted
Ahmed Shouman
Project Director
National Project Construction
Dubai
Submitted
Antonio Martínez Varela
Lead Construction Manager
Ferrovial Construction
Keston
Submitted
Sean Lind
Commercial and Stakeholder Director
SACYR USA & CANADA
Lafayette
Submitted
Dave Murray
Project Director
Balfour Beatty / HS2 Ltd
London
In outreach
Sergio Bertolet
Project Director, Rail Baltica Riga Central Station
Egis
Birmingham
In outreach
Steve O'Sullivan
Project Director – HS2 Old Oak Common Station
Balfour Beatty plc (BBVS JV)
Greater London
In outreach
Oliver Kundigraber
Portfolio Delivery Director
Transgrid
Sydney
In outreach
Kevin Traynor
Director, Egypt High Speed Rail
Siemens
Sydney
In outreach
Brian Fegan
Senior Project Manager
Kilnbridge
United Kingdom
In outreach
Jean-Philippe Salla
Middle-East Area Manager
VINCI Construction Grands Projets
Greater Paris
In outreach
Mehmet Baser
Project Director: Ankara–İzmir HSR
ERG İnşaat
Istanbul
In outreach
Joe Kemm
Programme Director
Costain Group PLC
United Kingdom
In outreach
Nader Henry
JV Project Director
Orascom Construction PLC
Egypt
In outreach
Makael Kakakhel
Project Director - PMEC Lead Hafeet Rail
SYSTRA UAE
Abu Dhabi
In outreach
Jon Wirth
Director - Projects
Beyd Asia Sdn Bhd
Tanjung Tokong
In outreach
Martin Elton
Project Manager
Planning, Design & Construction PMC
Singapore
In outreach
Lee Piper
Construction Director
Costain Group PLC
United Kingdom
Declined
Gregg Purcell
Project Director – Programme Advisory
Turner & Townsend
London
Declined
Dermot O'Meara
Executive Director - HSR
Etihad Rail
Abu Dhabi
Declined
Pascal Retornaz
Project Director
VINCI Construction GeoInfrastructur
Australia
Declined
Giles Thomas
Technical Director - High Speed Rail
HS2 Ltd
London
Declined
Adam Roberts
Rail Engineering Director
NEOM
Sharma
Declined
Peter Rigby
Programme Director
Balfour Beatty plc
Llanfairfechan
Declined
Gus Scott
Director of Delivery, Perth Airport
Bechtel Corporation
Australia
Declined
Jean-Pierre Bergoend
Project Director TELT
SYSTRA France
Lyon
Declined
Nad Rajwani
Project Director - Major Infrastructure
Bird Construction
Greater London
Declined
Submitted candidates at a glance
Click any row to jump to the full profile. Status updates live as you take action.
Candidate
Current role
Location
Status
1
Lee Harman
Project Director · Skanska
London
Pending review
2
Stephen Tomkins
Project Director — HS2 Area North · Balfour Beatty VINCI
Wales / Birmingham
Pending review
3
Santiago Daniele
Programme Director EKFB JV — HS2 C23 Section · Eiffage Génie Civil UK
London
Pending review
4
Kevin Edwards
Construction Director · Balfour Beatty VINCI (HS2
Milton Keynes
Pending review
5
Michael Sangdu Han
PMC CEO / Project Director · Tata Consulting Engineers
Gujarat
Pending review
6
Daniel Cruz
Senior Project Manager · Stacy Witbeck (formerly F
Alameda
Pending review
7
Hisham Sharhawy
Project Director · Orascom Construction PLC
Egypt
Pending review
8
Pawan Gupta
Project Director · Larsen & Toubro
New Delhi
Pending review
9
Raul Pascual Garcia
Construction Director · Ferrovial Construction
United Kingdom
Pending review
10
Mark Ingram
International Senior Project Director · BAUER Technologies Limite
Australia
Pending review
11
Esmaeil Ghahremani
Project Director · SYSTRA
Dubai
Pending review
12
Ahmed Shouman
Project Director · National Project Construc
Dubai
Pending review
13
Antonio Martínez Varela
Lead Construction Manager · Ferrovial Construction
Keston
Pending review
14
Sean Lind
Commercial and Stakeholder Director · SACYR USA & CANADA
Lafayette
Pending review
Full profiles
Click any card to expand the CV preview, suitability highlights and action buttons. Highest-scoring matches first.
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Lee Harman
Project Director · Skanska
London, England, United Kingdom
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Why a fit
Project Director · Skanska (London, England, United Kingdom).
Skanska Project Director (infrastructure) — design and delivery, London, since December 2021
SCS Railways — HS2 Euston Approaches (Area East of London Tunnels) Delivery Lead (May 2019 – Feb 2024) — main works design & construction of S1 & S2
Prior role in HS2 Euston Station tender (design and construction)
Construction Manager on Crossrail Paddington Station — diaphragm walling, plunge columns, large-diameter tension piles, top-down construction
MSc Structural Engineering (University of Surrey); BEng Civil Engineering (University of Bristol)
Project Director — HS2 Area North · Balfour Beatty VINCI
Wales / Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Why a fit
Project Director — HS2 Area North · Balfour Beatty VINCI (Wales / Birmingham, United Kingdom).
Leading the Balfour Beatty VINCI JV delivering HS2 Area North (Feb 2026 – present)
Prior Balfour Beatty Project Director on Hinkley Point C — three seabed tunnels supplying cooling water to the two reactors; “one of the most complex marine and tunnel projects currently taking place in the world”
Construction Director at Sellafield — nuclear Box Encapsulation Plant JV (hazardous waste)
Operations Director, Balfour Beatty UKCS North and Midlands (2019–2021)
Managing Director at Alun Griffiths Contractors (2021–2022)
Significant civils career across highways, rail, regeneration, nuclear, EPCC and marine; BEng Civil Engineering (Swansea)
Programme Director EKFB JV — HS2 C23 Section · Eiffage Génie Civil UK
London, UK
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Why a fit
Programme Director EKFB JV — HS2 C23 Section · Eiffage Génie Civil UK (London, UK).
Programme Director EKFB JV on HS2 Section C23 at Eiffage Génie Civil UK (June 2024 – present) — 80km, 15 viaducts, 7km green tunnels, 22km road diversions, 81 bridges, ~70M m³ earthworks
Prior Project Director at HOCHTIEF UK on London Power Tunnels 2 — 32.5km tunnel, 30m underground, replacing three transmission circuits Wimbledon to Crayford
Rail Sector Director at HOCHTIEF UK (2018–2020)
Crossrail C310 Thames Tunnel (Construction Manager) — Woolwich Box, North Woolwich and Plumstead portals
Project Director on Great Western Mainline OLE through Bath World Heritage Site (Royal Wootton Bassett–Bristol)
Civil Engineer, Universidad Nacional de Rosario; UK-based with international career Argentina → UK
PMC CEO / Project Director · Tata Consulting Engineers
Gujarat, India
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Why a fit
PMC CEO / Project Director · Tata Consulting Engineers (Gujarat, India).
PMC CEO / Project Director at Tata Consulting Engineers on Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR (508km, 13-contract network, 1,600 PMC staff; Shinkansen E5 rolling-stock interface) — since Oct 2021
Prior Employer’s Project Lead at Etihad Rail Stage 2 (UAE, $5.5Bn; Packages 2A+2B, 389km)
Senior Project Manager at Hill International on Riyadh Metro Line 5 ($2.5Bn; 13.3km TBM tunnel, 11 deep underground stations)
Chief Supervision Engineer (Mott MacDonald) on Zhengzhou-Xuzhou HSR Section 6 (China) — 60km HSR bridge structures & track works
Senior Construction Manager on Haramain HSR ($1.8Bn) — 450km Mecca–Jeddah–Madinah
Taiwan HSR — Senior Section Engineer on Core Systems Installation; earlier Engineering Manager on Civil Contract C280
25+ years Mega-scale Design & Build HSR/Metro project leadership across Korea, Taiwan, China, UAE, KSA, India
Senior Project Manager at Stacy Witbeck (Alameda, California), from Oct 2024
Deputy Project Director at Flatiron Construction on California HSR Contract 2-3 (Sep 2016 – Aug 2024) — $3.7Bn+ design-build of 65 miles of HSR infrastructure, 17M cubic yards of embankment, 60+ bridges
Project Contract Manager on Presidio Parkway ($450m, San Francisco) — Presidio Viaduct, Battery Tunnel, Main Post Tunnels, Girard Road Interchange
Director of Risk Control and Contract Management at Flatiron (2008–2012) — set project-controls, contract and change-management policy
Project Manager Contract on Carquinez Suspension Bridge ($240m) — first new North American suspension bridge of its kind in 35 years
BSc Civil Engineering, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Project Director · Orascom Construction PLC (Egypt).
Project Director at Orascom Construction on Egypt HSR (since April 2022) — Siemens / Orascom / Arab Contractors consortium; 250km national high-speed network with Ministry of Transportation & National Authority of Tunnels
12+ years at Orascom across Project Controls, Commercial and Operations management
Deputy Project Director on Port Said Tunnels JV (2015–2019)
Project Director · Larsen & Toubro (New Delhi, India).
Project Director at L&T on Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR (MAHSR C-6 Section-2) since July 2021 — viaduct & bridges, crossing bridges, maintenance depot and ramps (Ahmedabad → Vadodara, Bullet Train)
Project Head at L&T on Western DFCC CTP-14 — 128km new double railway track (Dadri to Rewari)
Project Head on NATRAX High Speed Track, Indore — Asia’s largest High Speed Track for National Automotive Test Tracks
State Construction Head (J&K) at Reliance Industries — JIO network build-out
General Manager at GMR Group on Eastern DFCC (Kanpur–Mugalsari double-line track)
26 years civil / infrastructure delivery across India; Management Development Programme, IIM Bangalore; BEng Civil Engineering (University of Pune)
Construction Director · Ferrovial Construction (United Kingdom).
Construction Director / Alliance Leadership & Performance Director, Ferrovial Construction (UK, since July 2020)
Currently leading Ferrovial-BAM JV on HS2 Track Systems — 360 km/h max speed, 407km precast slab track, 54km resilient track, 200+ switches & crossings, rail expansion devices; new infrastructure and maintenance depot
Prior Performance Director at EKFB (Ferrovial JV) on HS2 C23 Main Works (2020–2024) — 80km civils, 15 viaducts, 7km green tunnels, 81 bridges, ~70M m³ earthworks
Project Director in Sydney (2017–2020) on Northern Beaches Hospital Connectivity ($600m, NSW Government) — led team of 70+
Project Director in Scotland (2014–2017) on M8/M73/M74 DBFO Improvements (£450m JV, team of 150+)
Segment Manager on LBJ Express, Dallas ($2.7Bn managed lanes) — accountable for a $500m+ budget
MSc Civil Engineering (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid); MBA International Executive (IE Business School)
Project Director at SYSTRA on Etihad Rail Stage 2 (Packages 2A, 2B, 2D, MBZ) — 650km+ of rail network (6.5Bn AED)
HS2 UK — Project Delivery Management / Peer Review via SYSTRA Dubai (Jan 2020 – present, HS2 Ltd)
Gulf & Central Asia Director for SYSTRA — overseeing operations across UAE, KSA, Qatar, Oman, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Russia and more
Al Batinah HSR (Oman, 8.0Bn AED) Project Manager — 300km line from UAE border to Muscat, part of GCC network
Dubai Metro Red & Green Line extensions Project Director; HSR feasibility work across Egypt (Ain El Sokhna–El Alamein), Moscow-Kazan, Tehran-Esfahan, Tehran-Mashhad
28 years rail / 12 years HSR / 16 years systems integration; MSc Civil Engineering (Soil Mechanics & Foundations)
Screening call 17 April — engaged, CV received, open to contractor-side role
Availability & preferences
Screening call 17 Apr 2026 (Granola). SYSTRA PD ~2 decades. UAE HSR $10B. Open to contractor-side Engineering Director. Currently hiring 300 SYSTRA engineers; potential HT collaboration. CV received 17 Apr.
Project Director · National Project Construction (Dubai, UAE).
Project Director at National Project Construction (Dubai, since April 2025) — infrastructure, bridges and rail
Prior Construction Project Manager at Bechtel (Dec 2021 – Dec 2024) on NEOM “The Spine”, Upper Valley Zone — 160km of HSR, GMT and freight rail inside precast and cast-in-situ concrete tunnels
Construction Director at CSCEC on Etihad Rail Package 2A (Abu Dhabi) — 130km design-build; rail sleeper factory, bridges, underpasses, culverts, utilities
Senior Construction Manager at CSCEC on EXPO 2020 Dubai R1048/2 — 20 post-tensioned cast-in-situ bridges (72 spans, 3km total length)
Construction Manager on New Abu Dhabi International Airport — MTL bridges (38 bridges, 2.5km, 1,000 piles)
25+ years Bridges/Tunnels/Rails/Roads across UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt; accepted InMail 16 April — wants to learn more
Availability & preferences
16 Apr 2026 — Accepted InMail: 'I would like to learn more about this opportunity.' Draft Calendly invite reply sent.
Lead Construction Manager · Ferrovial Construction
Keston, UK
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Why a fit
Lead Construction Manager · Ferrovial Construction (Keston, UK).
Lead Construction Manager at Ferrovial (since Jan 2025) on HS2 Track Lot 3 (HRS15 North) — 78km corridor including tunnels, viaducts, overbridges; 194km precast slab track, 68 switches & crossings, 22 rail expansion devices
Commercial and Stakeholder Director · SACYR USA & CANADA
Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
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Why a fit
Commercial and Stakeholder Director · SACYR USA & CANADA (Lafayette, Louisiana, USA).
25+ years construction executive across multi-billion-dollar design-build, P3 and mega-infrastructure programs in North America
Currently Commercial & Stakeholder Director on I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge ($2.2Bn P3, SACYR / Louisiana Bridge Builders JV) — commercial strategy, stakeholder alignment, risk mitigation
VP Operations / Project Executive at Flatiron Dragados on Amtrak Susquehanna River Bridge ($3.5Bn CMGC pursuit) — pursuit strategy, delivery planning, risk profile
Project Director / VP Operations at Dragados-Flatiron JV on California HSR ($4.1Bn) — executed $1Bn+ in change orders, restored client trust, re-aligned JV
Project Manager on SH 288 Toll Lanes ($940m P3 DB) — 900+ personnel
Construction / Area Manager on Evergreen LRT ($1.8Bn, SNC-Lavalin, Canada)
Screening call 15 April (Granola) — confirmed available to relocate, strong commercial / risk / procurement / legal blend; caveat: no tunnelling experience
Availability & preferences
Screening call 15 Apr 2026 (Granola). VP Ops Dragados 7yrs on Cal HSR CP2-3 ($8B). 56 bridges built, no tunnelling. Now $2.3B I-10 Louisiana. Strong commercial/risk/procurement/legal. Available to relocate — kids grown, wife supportive. Notes: no tunnelling experience.
