Whitehall Group members and guests look forward to welcoming Sir John Armitt CBE FREng FICE, Interim Chair of the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority as guest speaker at a Whitehall Group lunch on Thursday, 17th July. During lunch Sir John will be discussing “The Future of UK Infrastructure Investment.
Whitehall Group Lunch – Thursday, 17th July 2025 (12.30 – 2.30pm)
Speaker: Sir John Armitt CBE FREng FICE, Interim Chair of the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority
Subject: The Future of UK Infrastructure Investment
Sir John Armitt CBE (Interim Chair)
Sir John Armitt was Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission until April 2025. In September 2013, Sir John published an independent review on long term infrastructure planning in the UK. The recommendations in the Armitt Review received widespread support and resulted in the creation of the National Infrastructure Commission in 2015.
After leaving John Laing plc in 1993, where Sir John had been Chairman of Laing’s International and Civil Engineering divisions, he became Chief Executive of Union Railways. In 1997 he became Chief Executive of Costain, a position he held until 2001, when he became Chief Executive of Railtrack (later Network Rail) until 2007. From 2007 he was Chair of the Olympic Delivery Authority responsible for delivering the venues for London 2012; thereafter Sir John served as Chairman of National Express Group from 2012 through to 2022, and as Chairman of City and Guilds between 2010 and 2020.
To find out more about the Whitehall Group please contact the Fiona Jones the Group Secretary –
Email: fionajones.wg@culandsoc.com
