Mark Freng

Mark Fletcher is an exceptional leader who has inspired engineering ideas and business related to water. His ‘Design for Water’ business and research strategy introduced the concept of integrated water management, incorporating blue and green infrastructure to complement and sometimes replace conventional water solutions in the public realm.

He is the leader of Arup’s Global Water Business, an Arup Fellow, and has established a reputation across the industry and with government for pragmatism and frontier thinking, in particular around the future of urban water and resilient cities.

Education

• Master of Science (MSc) with Distinction University of Surrey (1989 — 1991)
• BEng University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1984 — 1987)
• King George V Grammar School Southport (1976 — 1984)

Companies

• Board Member British Water (2020)
• Arup Fellow Arup (2017)
• Member Steering Committee Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA) (2017)
• Member of the Leadership Council The UK Water Partnership (2015)
• Non-Executive Board Director Water Industry Forum (2012)
• Director and Global Water Business Leader Arup (1987)
• Faculty Leadership MIT Sloan School of Management (2017 — 2020)
• Chairman River Mersey Task Force (2013 — 2020)
• Honorary Fellow Society for the Environment (2018 — 2018)

Skills

The most important

• Design Management
• Soil
• Structural Engineering

Other

Water Resilience, Dam Geotechnics, Sustainable Architecture, Sustainable Water Management, Carbon Footprinting, Road, Foundation Design, Highways, Waste Management, Stormwater Management, Groundwater, Water Quality, Sewer, Dams, Infrastructure, Drainage, Framework Management, Environmental Impact Assessment, Hydrology, Environmental Management Systems, Water Resource Management, Renewable Energy, Flood, Environmental Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Water Resources, Feasibility Studies, Environmental Awareness, Civil Engineering, Water Treatment, Wastewater Treatment, Water Supply, Sustainable Development, Water Management, Sustainability, Water