Mark Wild is CEO of Crossrail Ltd and has more than 30 years leading complex and critical infrastructure. A chartered electrical engineer he started his career in the electricity sector, but the majority of his experience has been in transportation. He has had a long career in operating and building major transportation infrastructure. He is the former Managing Director of Westinghouse Signals and was the CEO of Public Transport Victoria in Australia. Mark has also been the Managing Director of London Underground. In December 2018 he was appointed CEO of Crossrail which is delivering the Elizabeth line, one of Europe’s largest infrastructure projects.

Donald Morrison is People & Places Solutions Senior Vice President for Europe and Digital Strategies at Jacobs. He leads over 8,000 people in the delivery of critical buildings, power, transport, water and environment projects, and transport such as Crossrail. Donald started his career in Jacobs’ highways business where he initially worked in the development consultancy business for several private sector developers. He rose to Senior Vice President and General Manager for People & Places Solutions Europe after leading the Sustainable Strategies & Solutions business unit for five years and fulfilling several senior Operations and Sales positions. Donald sits on the Jacobs European Inclusion & Diversity Council and was recently awarded Honorary STEM Ambassador by STEM Learning.

Russell Pilgrim is People & Places Solutions Program Director for Jacobs’ Major Project & Program business. For the past three years he has overseen some of the company’s key contribution to Crossrail, the Elizabeth line. In addition, he serves as Jacobs’ designated project executive and company board director on our Crossrail Program Partner joint venture called Transcend. Russell has recently been appointed as the Jacobs European functional lead for program delivery sharing best practice on lessons and solutions for clients here in the U.K. and overseas, such as Marinus Australia, Metrolinx Canada and MRT Malaysia. As a voluntary Business Mentor for The Prince’s Trust Enterprise Programme, Russell is inspired to work with young people to help turn their innovative ideas into business reality.

Colin Jones has over twenty-five years of experience in the nuclear industry, working for multi-national corporations, the federal government, a national laboratory, and the United States Senate. As the Vice President, Deputy General Manager of the Jacobs North American Nuclear Group, Colin is responsible for assisting in the management and oversight of 10 Department of Energy and Canadian Nuclear Laboratory contracts. Colin joined DOE’s Office of Environmental Management in March 2010 and served as the EM Chief of Staff, supporting the Assistant Secretary in all aspects of managing the EM program from 2013 to 2015.

Colin graduated from the University of Humberside U.K., with a BA in Business Studies and in October 2007 he became a U.S. citizen.

Joy Kelly is Vice President and General Manager of the Jacobs Clear Lake Group which provides design, development, and testing of spacecraft and associated systems for human spaceflight and astromaterials curation and basic research at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC). Joy also serves on Jacobs Innovation Roundtable, a global council with responsibility to facilitate innovative work cultures throughout the company. 

From 2008 – 2019 Dr. Kelly served as Deputy General Manager of the Clear Lake Group.  From 2004 to 2008, she served as the ESC Group’s Director of Engineering and Chief Engineer on the contract, supporting the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station programs. Joy was previously Technical Fellow in Guidance, Navigation, and Control on the Technical and Engineering Acquisition Support (TEAS) contract at Eglin AFB. In this role, she served as the senior focal point for guidance, navigation, and control on major development and mission-critical programs. Her work during this tenure redefined critical bank-to-turn autopilot design strategies for future missile systems design and provided advanced robustness analysis approaches for a wide range of weapons systems.