AECOM on Monday named a senior executive with the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to lead the international arm of the company’s Management Services nuclear and strategic environment branch.
David Batters will join AECOM on Sept. 1 as senior vice president and international sector lead for the Management Services nuclear and environment unit.
The Los Angeles-based infrastructure company said last month it will in 2020 spin off the Management Services business, which encompasses its U.S. government and commercial nuclear decommissioning contracting, into a separate publicly traded company.
Batters has 32 years of international experience, including the last nine years with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, AECOM said. Batters is currently group chief financial officer at NDA, with responsibilities ranging from finance to mergers and acquisitions from Europe to Saudi Arabia. Before NDA, Batters spent 23 years with BAE Systems.
In his new post, Batters will lead AECOM’s nuclear and environmental business for commercial and government clients in European and Asian markets.
“David Batters’ international experience and knowledge in the nuclear industry will allow us to further our momentum in the international government and commercial nuclear market,” John Vollmer, president of AECOM’s Management Services group, said in a press release. “This appointment strengthens our international presence in a key growth opportunity market as we implement the spin-off of our new company in 2020.”
AECOM says the as-yet-to-be named Management Services spinoff will have more than 25,000 employees and significant growth potential.
Batters will report to Mark Whitney, executive vice president and general manager of AECOM’s nuclear and environment strategic business unit.
AECOM is a big player in nuclear cleanup for the Department of Energy. Its Nuclear Waste Partnership joint venture with BWX Technologies is the management prime for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the federal transuranic waste disposal site in New Mexico. AECOM is also a partner in contractors for waste management at DOE’s Hanford Site in Washington state, the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, and remediation of the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee.
With the spinoff, the Management Services company aims to further grow its nuclear decommissioning business, such as its partnership with EnergySolutions for the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in California.
