In this role, Bob leads Davis Langdon and AECOM’s worldwide program, cost, consultancy business of which Davis Langdon is a part. He is also a member of AECOM’s Operations Committee.

Bob most recently served as AECOM’s senior vice president of operations and chief integration officer, and brings nearly two decades of client-facing leadership to this role and has extensive experience working on planning and economic-development projects in major cities on several continents.

Bob began his career in the public sector in the U.K. as an urban and economic development planner, and was a founding director of AECOM’s legacy EDAW company in Europe. He held several leadership roles with EDAW, including COO. He joined EDAW through a merger in 1992 bringing a team of planners and economists to form EDAW’s first offices in Europe. He has extensive experience working on planning and economic development projects in major U.S. cities and internationally.

AECOM acquired EDAW in 2005 and Bob became Chief Operating Officer of EDAW and later expanded that role to AECOM’s Global Planning Design and Development Group, which included legacy companies DMJM H&N, HSMM, ERA, EDAW and CityMark..