Jim O’Sullivan

Jim served as Chief Executive at Highways England from 2015 to 2021 where he led the successful delivery of the Government’s first Road Investment Strategy including the delivery of a £13bn capital program, major advances in safety, and a new focus on treating road users as customers. Prior to this he was with Heathrow Airport Holdings where he was Managing Director of Edinburgh Airport and oversaw the sale of their regional airports.

He spent nine years in senior roles in utilities including at National Grid and at Eon. He was also a Non-Executive Director on the Board of the ORR, for 4 years.