AECOM names Dwight Pullen chief executive of its global Transportation business

AECOM has appointed Dwight Pullen as chief executive of its global Transportation business line with immediate effect, naming the United Kingdom among five countries where it expects particularly strong growth in transport work.

The consultancy announced the appointment on 12 October 2026. Pullen succeeds Russell Jackson, who had been running the business line on an interim basis and will stay on as AECOM's Global Rail and Transit Director.

AECOM said Pullen takes the role as the firm pursues a growing pipeline of transportation projects worldwide, with particularly strong growth prospects in the United States, Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

Lara Poloni, AECOM's president, said: "Dwight is a proven leader who understands what it takes to bring together our people, technical expertise and global capabilities around our clients' most complex challenges."

The appointment

Pullen has more than 30 years of transportation industry experience spanning major infrastructure programme delivery and global business leadership, according to AECOM.

He joined the firm in 2022 to lead its aviation business and later took on responsibility for surface transportation as well. AECOM's announcement at the time, on 28 February 2022, said he had joined as a senior vice president to lead its North American aviation practice, bringing more than 25 years in the aviation infrastructure market and experience of multi-billion-dollar airport modernisation programmes from Atlanta to Abu Dhabi.

Poloni said Pullen "brings an innovative mindset and a strong focus on how we can continue evolving the way we work and deliver".

Leadership changes

AECOM's own releases show the top Transportation job has changed hands more than once in recent years. In February 2022, when Pullen was hired, the business line was led by Jennifer Aument. By August 2025 Mark Southwell was quoted as chief executive of the global Transportation business, and by 27 February 2026 Jackson was described as interim chief executive in the firm's announcement of a Sound Transit contract.

UK work

The UK's inclusion among the countries AECOM says have particularly strong growth prospects follows its appointment in August 2025, in a consortium with Arup, to National Highways' Specialist Professional and Technical Services 3 (SPaTS3) framework. AECOM said the framework has an estimated maximum value of up to £495m across six suppliers over a six-year term.

AECOM describes its Transportation business as ranked No. 1 by Engineering News-Record, a position its transportation market page says it has held for 23 years. The same page says the firm has delivered or managed more than 900 miles of high-speed and regional rail globally, supported major upgrades at over 150 international airports and delivered more than 100km of urban tunnelling and underground rail systems.

Financial backdrop

The appointment comes after AECOM reported full-year fiscal 2025 revenue effectively unchanged at $16.1bn in results released on 18 November 2025, according to its filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm said it ended the year with a record backlog and pipeline, including a fifth consecutive quarter of sequential backlog growth.

Troy Rudd, AECOM's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said at the time that the firm had exited fiscal 2025 with numerous financial and strategic accomplishments, including the record backlog and pipeline.

AECOM describes itself as a Fortune 500 firm, and Pullen's appointment took effect on 12 October 2026.