Adrian Fenton
BSc CEng MIMechE MAPM
Partner and Founder
LordFenton Associates
Adrian founded LordFenton Associates after a long career in senior positions in various sectors. He joined AMEC in 1999 after 11 years with Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd. Adrian worked as Global Lead Project Function in developing a role as Project Sponsor as part of the CEO’s Operational Excellence programme. He worked in the transport sector in the 1980’s.
In January 2009, Adrian was appointed Head of Project and Programme Management for AMEC Power and Process Europe, which had an annual turnover in excess of £500m and employed over 5000 people.
Adrian has over 30 years experience in project delivery, leading projects in transport, power, infrastructure and oil and gas. He has performed as the leader on major alliance projects delivering major capital investments, as well as performing management of portfolios of smaller projects, together with major business transformational growth work.
His geographic experience includes 2 years in Indonesia working in a Joint Venture with a Japanese contractor to deliver a $2.5bn refining investment, where he was Lead Engineering Manager on three large process units including an 85,000BPD Catalytic Cracking Unit.
As a Head of Project Management in a large business for several years, Adrian has developed experience and provided sustainable growth by:
Supporting recruitment and retention
Developing staff and career paths, including developing functional content for the AMEC Academy
Producing and maintaining procedures, guidelines, and processes to enable the business to execute and manage work effectively and profitably
Leading the governance of projects by carrying out start up and peer reviews
Developing relationships with customers through internal and external stakeholder management
Collaborating across the markets and sectors to share best practice
Adrian is a Chartered Engineer with a Diploma in Engineering Management and bachelors degree from Loughborough University. He was the business member representative with the Association for Project Management, and achieved accreditation from the APM for project management development programmes and coaching.