AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. announced key leadership appointments to its Executive Committee. These changes are designed to reinforce the company's ability to deliver on its "Delivering Excellence, Driving Growth" strategy by enhancing operational execution, strategic alignment, and global growth capabilities. Effective August 23, 2025, Louis G. Véronneau will rejoin AtkinsRéalis as Chief Operating Officer, based in Montréal.
In this role, he will lead the company's global operations, including Transformation, Strategy, Technology, M&A, Deliver Work, and Global Communications. As we continue to expand the deployment of capital into acquisitions to support our strategy, the M&A team will move to also report to Louis so that strategy, acquisitions and transformation can be most effectively aligned to create value. The COO role is central to driving operational excellence and ensuring that enterprise-wide initiatives are tightly aligned with the company's financial and strategic goals.
Louis will be instrumental in advancing the company's margin improvement agenda by embedding disciplined execution, accelerating transformation, and optimizing delivery models across the business. He brings over 30 years of leadership experience across investment management, infrastructure, industrials, and legal sectors. He most recently served as Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Real Estate Investments at PSP Investments, where he oversaw a global portfolio valued at approximately $38 billion.
He previously served as Executive Vice-President and Chief Transformation Officer at AtkinsRéalis, where he played a pivotal role in launching the company's transformation strategy. His earlier career includes senior roles at Bombardier, TD Securities, and Abitibi-Consolidated. On September 1, 2025, Kate Kenny will join the company as Chief Growth Officer, based in London.
She will lead the company's global growth agenda, including oversight of the Global Technology Centre (GTC), Win Work, Marketing, Government Relations, and global capabilities. The CGO role is designed to drive sustainable, profitable growth by strengthening client engagement, expanding market presence, and deploying differentiated, end-to-end capabilities that support delivery across the full project lifecycle. Kate's appointment reflects AtkinsRéalis' commitment to building on its growth momentum and unlocking new opportunities through innovation, strategic positioning, and client-centric solutions.
Kate brings over two decades of experience in infrastructure, consulting, and urban development. She spent the majority of her career at Jacobs, where she held a variety of P&L and growth leadership roles across the UK and Europe. Most recently, she served as Executive Vice President and General Manager for Jacobs' approximately $2 billion European business, overseeing more than 7,500 professionals across strategic consulting, transportation, water and environment, the built environment, and major programs. These changes follow the planned departure of Philip Hoare, who will step down as Chief Operating Officer in summer 2025 to pursue new professional opportunities.
Philip has played a critical role in shaping the COO office and advancing the company's operational excellence agenda.
