Surrey Business News

05/05/10 Simon Moon - New director

Simon Moon, currently Group business improvement director, has been appointed as managing director of the Atkins design and engineering business following the resignation of Paul Dollin.

Commenting on the appointment, Keith Clarke said, “Simon will be leading our 1200-strong building design and engineering business which counts current projects such as London 2012, Crossrail, ITER (thermonuclear experimental reactor), Birmingham New Street Station and low carbon building design in its portfolio. Simon’s previous experience positions him well to lead this business for future growth.”

Mr Moon joined Atkins in 1996 and is a chartered engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and holds an MEng in aeronautics and astronautics from Southampton University. In his early career he worked for British Aerospace and upon joining Atkins was instrumental in growing our defence capability ultimately as managing director of our defence systems business. He has subsequently held senior positions as project director, commercial director for Design and Engineering Solutions, and more recently Group business improvement director.