Danny Payne CMG, Tetra Tech
Danny Payne CMG
Managing Director
Tetra Tech

MSc(Oxon) MBA CEng FICE FIET FRICS

Joined Tetra Tech in January 2022 as Managing Director, Central Government Services. Prior to joining Tt, I spent 18 years leading programmes to $1Bn for British, US and French companies and 12 years in public services as CEO, MD and Technical Director at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Services. Wide project team experience having delivered circa $3bn projects over my career and led project teams of up to 1,400 DV-cleared staff and global supply chains Delivered portfolios of up to 1,000 projects annually, across 300 cities globally. Travelled widely to over 70 counties, including to Libya, Nigeria, Russia, Columbia, China and Afghanistan. Knowledge gained from key roles in Atkins, Spie Enertrans, Parsons Brinkerhoff WCRM, Amey Sir Robert McAlpine JV, Network Rail, Carillion. Experienced in delivering a wide variety of projects from large-scale infrastructure to new and refurbished embassies (including hostile and complex locations). Technical experience includes design, delivery and consulting for high-security systems, DDAT, technical security, counter-espionage, diplomatic logistics and front line command and defence infrastructure, rail, power. Systems experience includes multi-domain ‘new style of IT’ for Defence Digital, Strategic Command and five eyes. Also led data centre teams, service integration, PAAS, SAAS, IAAS Cloud platforms and application environments. An Apprentice Ambassador from 2011-2020 and current Chair of the Inspiring Leadership Trust - a charity set up to support 10,000 vulnerable women and girls. Danny recently studied Artificial Intelligence at Saïd Business School and University of Oxford’s Jesus College.