Co-chairs

Council Co-chair

Mark Reynolds

MACE

Mark is Mace’s Group Executive Chairman. He was appointed Mace’s Group Chief Executive in 2013 and Chairman in January 2022. He has been a member of Mace’s Executive Board since 2001, and originally joined the business in 1996.

Mark gained his early experience in the commercial and aviation sectors, including the delivery of Heathrow Terminal 5 and London’s Broadgate and Ludgate developments; and was the Deputy Programme Director of the CLM Delivery Partner for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Council Co-chair

Chris McDonald MP

Department for Business and Trade

Chris McDonald MP was appointed Minister for Industry in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) on 11 September 2025.

Chris studied Chemical Engineering at Cambridge, graduating with BA and MEng degrees. He also completed an MBA at the University of Warwick.

Before becoming an MP Chris spent 20 years working in the steel industry, with a focus on research.

In 2008, he became a laboratory manager within the research division of Tata Steel. In 2014 he led the divestment of the Materials Processing Institute from Tata Steel UK, becoming CEO.

Chris is also a Fellow at the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Deputy chair

Richard Robinson

AtkinsRéalis

Richard Robinson is the President – Asia, Middle East & Australia (AMEA) AtkinsRéalis, leading a team of over 10,000 design, engineering and project management professionals working across multiple sectors including transportation, water, property, aerospace, defence and security.

A Chartered Chemical Engineer, Richard has over 20 years’ experience in heavy industry and engineering, and has overseen transformational levels of business growth throughout his career.

Prior to joining AtkinsRéalis in 2109, he was Chief Operating Officer at HS2 and has also held senior positions at AECOM, Heathrow Express, and Anglo American.

Richard is passionate about leading change across the industry, recognising the need to improve performance through data and technology-driven collaboration.

Richard is an ICE Fellow, a Sainsbury Management Fellow, and has an MBA from HEC Paris and NYU Stern School of Business, graduating on the Dean’s list.