Rob Johnson

Experience

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  John Laing Construction

  Sept 1979 - Mar 1981

  Project QS

  Factory units and Council offices projects

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  Sobea Spie Capag / A G Stone

  Mar 1981 - Apr 1983

  Senior Claims Surveyor

  Project to deliver 5000km raw and drinking water network to Baghdad. Project value £700m with 5000 employee

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  Fairclough Construction

  Apr 1983 - Apr 1984

  Project Surveyor

  Early stage management fee contract for BOC Ohmeda factory complex

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  Walter Lawrence

  Apr 1984 - Apr 1988

  Commercial Manager

  Design and build and management fee contractor.

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  Team Services plc

  Apr 1988 - Apr 1996

  Group Commercial Director

  Specialist Design and Build and Construction Management provider. Turnover £120m.Venture Capital backed by Flemings.

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  Team Management Northern

  Mar 1989 - Mar 1992

  Managing Director

  Established regional office of D&B and management fee contracting business. Grew turnover from nil to £25m pa

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  Jarvis plc

  May 1996 - Aug 2004

  Publicly quoted support services group with £1.2bn turnover and 14,000 staffGroup commercial services including bid adjudication,procurement , post contract management and support functions including insurance, audit and propertyDirector Rail and Road divisions. Sponsor Director Tubelines PPP £13bn. Interim Chief Executive Construction / PFI division £400m comprising project origination , construction and FM across a portfolio of 35 PFI contracts Commercial director for £500m road and rail division. Rail maintenance and track renewals including WCRM upgrade. Acquisition of two track renewal businesses and integration of Streamline acquisition from Shell into infrastructure division.

  • Group Commercial Director

    May 2000 - Aug 2004

  • Commercial Director Infrastructure

    May 1996 - May 2000
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  TubeLines Holdings Ltd

  May 2000 - Jul 2004

  Tubelines JV Sponsors Director

  Sponsor Director for London Underground PPP project as part of Amey / Bechtel and Jarvis joint venture. Part of core executive bid team and subsequently Director of Tubelines Holdings investment vehicle. Project value circa £13bn. Debt structuring approaching £2bn.

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  Agilisys Ltd

  Jan 2001 - May 2004

  Director

  Company created as a result of merger to provide IT support services to the public and private sector.Led original integration and merger framework.Business successfully established as provider of services to LA throughout UK

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  Doyle plc

  Oct 2004 - Nov 2008

  Chief Executive

  Chief Executive of £200m turnover construction group comprising interior fit-out (Ibex) , building (Bell), property development , specialist concrete contractor (John Doyle) and plant hire (Blythewood).Structured £20m equity release scheme in 2005 for previous family owner under leveraged integrated finance structure backed by HBOS. Grew turnover from £135m but financial crash challenged leveraged model and turnover fell to £75m and family re-took control before receivership in 2012. Show less

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  Boston Consulting

  Jan 2009 - Oct 2022

  Director

  Professional Services company providing interim management and advising on project, commercial, transaction and dispute issues.Provided a wide range of services to Enterprise Plc , Mouchel Consulting , Enterprisemouchel Ltd , Advanced Plasma Power and Cadent Gas across a range of activities and projects in the infrastructure , utilities , property , construction and highways sectors.

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  Enterprise plc

  Apr 2009 - Dec 2009

  Interim Commercial Executive

  Utilities and facilities management group t/o £1bn. HA commercial resolution and systems review and strategic bid input to AMP5 round for Thames Water

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  Enterprisemouchel

  Dec 2009 - Sept 2010

  Interim Managing Director

  Highways maintenance business T/o £170m working for Highways Agency (Areas 1,3 and 13) and Transport for London (South) and LA maintenance contracts.

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  Advanced Plasma Power

  Oct 2010 - Feb 2018

  Commercial Director

  Energy from Waste technology and equipment supplier and project developer. Responsible for financial, commercial, sales and development functions including structuring of development agreements , joint ventures ,procurement of construction services , project finance and support peripherals. Project Director for £30m waste to bio-methane plant funded by DfT, Ofgem, Cadent and shareholders.

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  Mouchel

  Jan 2013 - Nov 2013

  Interim Commercial Director

  Interim commercial director for global engineering and business systems organisation. Dispute resolution and strategic bid input.

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  Cadent Gas Limited

  Oct 2018 - Jul 2022

  Responsible for the GD1 Repex programme in four GD networks comprising £500m annually. Integration of business units to create single Major Projects business unit , transition of activities in house including transfer of staff. Delivery of 1700km of pipework replacement during Covid pandemic. Demobilisation of 8 year primary contracts with Balfour Beatty and Skanska /Morrison JV. Established new construction management model for delivery of repex in GD2 with 18 month trial contract. Responsible for redevelopment of primary business office and central operations sites inc new build office development and establishment of GD2 property strategy. Show less

  • Commercial and Property Consultant

    Apr 2021 - Jul 2022

  • Interim Construction Director

    May 2019 - Sept 2021

  • Interim Commercial Executive

    Oct 2018 - Apr 2019
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  Freelance

  Oct 2022 - now

  Construction and property executive (retired)

  Watching and wondering with interest. Love a graph or statistics rather than hyperbole