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, Government Services and Southern Region. Prior to joining Tt, Danny spent 18 years leading programmes to $1Bn for British, US and French engineering companies. He also spent 12 years as CEO and Technical Director at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Services. He brings wide projects experience having delivered circa $3bn projects and led 1,500 staff internationally deployed and global supply chains.  He has led 1,000 projects annually, across 300 cities globally, travelled widely to deliver engineering and digital projects in over 50 counties. Knowledge was gained from key roles in Atkins, Spie Enertrans, Parsons Brinkerhoff WCRM, Amey Sir Robert McAlpine JV, Network Rail, Carillion. Experience includes delivering a wide variety of built environment projects, large-scale infrastructure and new and refurbished specialist government facilities, global logistics, railways and HV power systems.  Technical experience includes design, delivery and operations, for digital systems, Artificial Intelligence, DDAT, cyber, monitoring and analytics, but also data centre teams, service integration, gateways, PAAS, SAAS, IAAS Cloud platforms and application environments. An experienced NED, 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. A Chartered Engineer, Danny holds an MSc from St Hughs College, Oxford, and an MBA, and recently studied Artificial Intelligence at masters level at Saïd Business School and Jesus College, Oxford.