Alan Foster

Alan Foster joined HS2 as Chief Financial Officer (interim) in July 2022 and reports directly to Chief Executive Mark Thurston. He brings with him deep experience operating at Board level supporting businesses in both the Energy and Construction sectors, where he has led Finance, a wide range of Corporate Services and business wide transformation in large complex organisations. Alan joins HS2’s Executive Committee and will also attend HS2 Board.

As Chief Financial Officer Alan will be responsible for a wide range of functional teams, including Finance, Legal, Sponsorship, Programme Controls and IT, helping them succeed in collectively enabling the business and supply chain to deliver on budget and to schedule.

Previously, Alan has been Group CFO of a premium listed construction company and spent over 20 years at National Grid plc in a broad range of Finance and Commercial leadership roles both in the UK & US. Alan was on the Board of National Grid Electricity Transmission plc and National Grid Gas plc as UK CFO from 2016-2020. Prior to National Grid Alan led Finance and IT at a division of a FMCG business, after nearly seven years building his career from Finance graduate trainee to a Senior Commercial Finance Manager with British Sugar plc. Alan has a degree in Mathematics and it’s application and is a Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA) and a member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS).