HS2 Ltd now has new leadership, with Mark Wild appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer and taking up the role in December 2024. He brings his experience of delivering Crossrail into operation and is tasked with delivering the programme’s reset.49 He told us that the three things that he needs to do with HS2 Ltd are: reinforce its capability, particularly commercial management in the teams that are managing the contractors, bear down on costs and drive productivity; create an organisation...

HS2 Ltd now has new leadership, with Mark Wild appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer and taking up the role in December 2024. He brings his experience of delivering Crossrail into operation and is tasked with delivering the programme’s reset.49 He told us that the three things that he needs to do with HS2 Ltd are: reinforce its capability, particularly commercial management in the teams that are managing the contractors, bear down on costs and drive productivity; create an organisation that will operate the railway in the future; and focus HS2 Ltd’s culture on the singular purpose of delivering Phase 1 at the lowest feasible cost.50 Th Type: conclusion | Number: 30 | Response status: accepted Government response: 5.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: December 2026 5.2 The new CEO of HS2 Ltd started in post in December 2024. He has commenced, as part of the reset, a comprehensive change programme to reshape the organisation s