Austin Smith is a Director leading Arup’s business in the West, which includes South West England, the South Coast and Wales.

He is an experienced people and project leader, skilled in building teams and working collaboratively with a wide range of clients, partners and stakeholders in multiple settings, during a career that has seen him move between operational sectors at senior level.

Austin has significant experience of leading people, projects and businesses through complexity and change. A natural integrator, his specific technical areas of expertise are rail and Personal Rapid Transit. His wider experience includes energy, flood resilience, city regeneration and digital transformation.