Anthony Jan Michael Meggs is a British

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executive and former

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, currently serving as the Chairman of Crossrail, and formerly as Chief Executive of the

Infrastructure and Projects Authority The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) is the United Kingdom government's centre of expertise for infrastructure and major projects. The IPA sits at the heart of government, reporting to the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury. The core tea ...

, jointly part of the

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and the

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. Meggs worked at BP in a number of roles, eventually as their Head of Technology until leaving in 2008, after which he worked for other companies including

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, and co-chaired an

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study on the future of natural gas. Meggs was appointed as Chief Executive of the

Major Projects Authority The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) is the United Kingdom government's centre of expertise for infrastructure and major projects. The IPA sits at the heart of government, reporting to the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury. The core team ...

in the Cabinet Office in mid-2015, before his organisation was merged with the Treasury's

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body to form the

from 1 January 2016. As of September 2015, Meggs was paid a salary of between £190,000 and £194,999, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time. He left the IPA in January 2019 to become Chairman of

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when that project ran into difficulties, replacing

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. He was succeeded at the IPA by Matthew Vickerstaff on an interim basis, and by

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in July 2019. Meggs was appointed

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(CB) in the

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References

External links

An official blog post by Meggs after joining the Major Projects Authority
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meggs, Tony Living people Year of birth missing (living people) British civil servants Companions of the Order of the Bath