Hyder Consulting - Appointment - London

Date: 11 Jul 2008

Ivor Catto, currently a member of the Executive Board of Atkins, has been named as successor to Tim Wade as chief executive of Hyder Consulting.

He will take on the role on 1 December. Tim Wade, who had announced he would retire on 31 August, will stay on until that date.

Ivor Catto, who is 41, has been a member of the Executive Board of the W S Atkins Group for the last five years and been Group Managing Director of the Design & Engineering Solutions division, since its formation in April 2005. This division, which is Atkins's largest, covers the architecture and design, water, nuclear, defence, oil and gas, aerospace and environment sectors. It has operations in the U.K., India, U.S. and Europe, several major projects in Africa, and work in Australia, Pakistan, UAE and China.

Under his leadership, the business has grown from 3,000 to 5,000 staff over the past three years and had revenues of £373.6m in the financial year to 31 March 2008. Ivor joined Atkins in 2000, and previously held roles in Scottish Power plc and Babtie Group.

He holds a number of professional positions including his membership of the Industry Steering Panel for New Civil Engineer and the ICE Nuclear Panel and has particular interest in the areas of sustainability, energy and nuclear power. He is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and a graduate of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program.

Announcing the appointment, Hyder Consulting PLC's Chairman, Sir Alan Thomas said: "Hyder has grown very successfully over the last nine years under Tim's leadership and we are pleased to have appointed someone of Ivor's calibre to take the company through the next phase of its development."

Ivor Catto commented: "I'm delighted to be joining Hyder. Hyder presents an exciting opportunity for me. It is a natural extension of my prior responsibilities and I'm keen to begin pursuing the broad range of opportunities in front of the company. With the capabilities and skills currently in place within Hyder, it is well placed to continue to build upon the company's success and there is a great team to do this."

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