1. Sir John Alexander Armitt was born on 2 February 1946 and is an English civil engineer, and the final chairman of the UK's National Infrastructure Commission.
14 Facts About John Armitt
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From 2007 Armitt was chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority, the body which organised the building of the venues, facilities and infrastructure for the 2012 Olympic Games.
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John Armitt was chairman of the Council of the City and Guilds of London Institute from 2012 to 2021, John Armitt was chairman of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council from 2007 until 2012.
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John Armitt was chairman of National Express from January 2013 until December 2022.
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John Armitt graduated in civil engineering from the Portsmouth College of Technology in 1966 and took his first job with John Laing.
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Armitt spent 27 years with John Laing, on various projects including the Sizewell B nuclear power station rising to become the chairman of Laing's International and Civil Engineering Divisions.
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On 2 November 2012 the Government announced that John Armitt would be a member of the Airports Commission.
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John Armitt is a non executive director of the Berkeley Group and was a Transport for London board member from 2012 to 2016.
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John Armitt was appointed to the National Infrastructure Commission in 2015, became deputy chairman in 2017 and was appointed chairman in 2018.
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John Armitt was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1996 Birthday Honours for services to the rail industry.
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John Armitt is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
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John Armitt was knighted in the 2012 New Years Honours List for services to engineering and construction as chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority.
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John Armitt's knighthood was criticised by the family of a victim of the Grayrigg derailment, as Armitt had been serving as chief executive of Network Rail at the time of the 2007 accident.
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Network Rail were prosecuted for the incident on the same day that John Armitt's knighthood was conferred.