New arrival joins from quoted Texas consultant Atlas

Mace has brought in a former Atkins boss to head up its Americas business unit at the firm鈥檚 consulting arm.

Priya Jain has been handed the newly created role of president for the Americas, which covers the firm鈥檚 work in both North and Latin America.

Mace鈥檚 Americas business is based in New York and one of the firm鈥檚 four global hubs, along with Europe, Asia and the Middle East and Africa.

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Priya Jain spent close to two years at Atlas and before that nearly six at Atkins

The firm has been in the Americas for around a decade with income from the region, which includes its ongoing rail programme delivery work in Canada鈥檚 biggest city Toronto, a CA$10.9bn (拢6.4bn) scheme called Metrolinx which has been described as the country鈥檚 equivalent of HS2, coming in at about 拢60m last year.

Consult鈥檚 chief executive Jason Millett has said the US is one of the firm鈥檚 major growth targets this year and is looking at carrying out more infrastructure jobs on top of its corporate real estate work for clients such as sportswear giant Nike and pharmacy store chain Walgreens.

Jain joins from Texas-based, Nasdaq-quoted Atlas Technical Consultants, where she served as chief growth officer, and before that led Atkins鈥� expansion in North America in the role of senior vice president for sales and strategy. She also held several senior roles at US firm CH2M which worked with Mace on the London 2012 Olympics project.

Mace鈥檚 consulting business has boomed in recent years, employing 4,800 people by the end of last year. That figure is well over half of the wider group鈥檚 7,500 staff with the number a rise of more than 80% from the 2,600 Consult employed a little over two years ago.

Consult鈥檚 revenue grew 7% in 2021 to 拢366m with the business expected to post a 30% growth last year to take turnover close to 拢480m.

Mace wants income from the division to be 拢500m by 2026 under a five year plan but group chair and chief executive Mark Reynolds said the figure could be reached two years early and was likely to end up north of 拢550m.

Last month it appointed Davendra Dabasia to the newly created role of chief operating officer.

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