Pell Frischmann is delighted to welcome Lee Brock as its new Water and Utilities Sector Director. 

For nearly 40 years, Lee has led multi-disciplinary engineering design teams in the UK and overseas and has significant experience of large construction projects across multiple sectors including waste treatment and handling, clean and wastewater, road and rail tunnels and within the aviation sector. 

Lee is also a renowned expert in the water sector with many expert witness and advisory commissions to his name. Lee supports British Water and the Institute of Water on their technical panels and promotes mentorship for the IMechE whilst also being a Fellow for more than 10 years. He is also a Chartered Environmentalist and a Member of the Association for Project Managers and, as such, is an advocate in driving innovation and carbon reduction through design delivery. 

Prior to joining Pell Frischmann, Lee was the Director of Utilities (formerly Water) for Capita where he successfully grew the business to in excess of >£15m p/a.   

Pell Frischmann has a long and successful track record in making water and wastewater facilities sustainable and resilient to population growth and development challenges, whilst affording enviable standards of environmental protection to the rivers and coastal waters. Our extensive UK water design experience spans from the South-west Clean Sweep programme in 1990 to the present day collaborating on various UK Water Company frameworks. Lee will be joining an established and successful multi-disciplinary team to further grow the water and utilities offering at Pell Frischmann. 

On his appointment Lee said: 

I am excited to be taking up this opportunity with Pell Frischmann and working with the existing and well- established team in growing our Water and Utilities offering, both in the United Kingdom and Internationally. Whilst I appreciate that these are very challenging times in respect to the Climate and Economy as well as world events, I believe that this also offers an unprecedented opportunity for us to grow and provide a thriving diverse multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural engineering design consultancy that attracts the best in class for generations to come.

 Pell Frischmann’s Managing Director, Iain Bisset said: 

The basic need for water and associated infrastructure remains critical both in the UK and internationally. This, coupled with the connection to our environment and sustainability goals increasingly shapes our decisions and actions. In Lee, I believe that we have found someone who brings market-leading knowledge and experience and who will thrive within our culture.

With our culture of collaboration and innovation underpinning everything we do, we are excited to see what Lee and the team will achieve in this sector. 

Please join us in welcoming Lee Brock.