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GPSJ
NEWS
Council appoints new assistant director
of development and investment
Oliver Jones-Orrells has
been appointed to the
assistant director role that
will support development,
investment and continued
economic growth in
Manchester
Previously Head of Estates at
Transport for Greater Manchester,
Oliver has working alongside
the Council on projects such as
Mayfield and Electric Park but
originally started his career here,
training as a Chartered Surveyor
and working on Eastern Manchester
investment and regeneration. He will
take up his new role in August.
During his time at TFGM Oliver
oversaw a variety of property
development and disposal activities
including roles delivering the Bus
Depot Acquisition programme
which enabled the rollout of Bus
Franchising in GM
He also oversaw land assembly
activities relating to the Trafford
Metrolink extension including a
joint venture with Peel at Trafford
Wharfside, and he was a Director
of the Mayfield Partnership.
During previous roles at
Manchester City Council, Oliver
was the property lead for the
Eastern Gateway which included
roles working alongside private
and public stakeholders to facilitate
development and land assembly in
Ancoats and Islington, Holt Town
and the Etihad Campus, alongside
secondments to the New East
Manchester Urban Regeneration
Company.
Oliver will take up the assistant
director for development and
investment role from late August
2024.
WSP announces three additions to its UK
& Ireland Leadership team to drive new
chapter of growth
Leading multi-disciplinary
professional services
consultancy WSP, has
announced the appointment
of three new additions to its
UK leadership team. These
strategic additions will be
pivotal to WSP’s sustained
success and a new chapter of
growth.
Astrid Berkman joins as Executive
Managing Director for Planning
and Advisory. Astrid has spent
6
the last ten years of her career at
Arcadis, most recently as Global
Managing Director, Transformation
Advisory. Having previously led
their Business Advisory team in the
UK, she built extensive expertise in
the rail sector. With a strong record
of building client-centric, innovative,
and people-focused cultures,
Astrid will support the growth of
the planning, property and advisory
business lines.
Kirsten Oliver will be joining
WSP as Managing Director of
Energy. Kirsten joins from Worley,
a professional services company
providing project delivery and
consulting services to the resources
and energy sectors, and complex
process industries. Kirsten has
a breadth of experience and
expertise across conventional and
offshore energy, as well as asset
management. She will be reporting
to Mark Hurley, Executive Managing
Director, Water, Energy, Earth and
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Environment.
Fiona O’Donnell joins as Head
of Health, Safety, Environment
and Quality. Fiona joins WSP
from Jacobs where she was the
Global Health, Safety, Environment
and Wellbeing Strategy Director,
responsible for managing all
aspects of their global Health and
Safety strategy, including driving
safety into the heart of sales
and design. Fiona will be based
in WSP’s Naas office in Ireland,
bolstering the firm’s leadership
presence there. She will also
become a member of the UK
Senior Leadership Team.
“We are thrilled to welcome Astrid,
Kirsten and Fiona to the WSP team.
They all join at a hugely exciting
time for the business, and I have no
doubt that all three will each bring
invaluable expertise and leadership
to our team, driving forward
our purpose and contributing
significantly to our success,”
said Paul Reilly, Deputy UK CEO.