Todd Wright, formerly executive vice president for operations at AECOMs (NYSE: ACM) nuclear and environment strategic business unit, has been named general manager and EVP of the business unit.
Wright will be in charge of the units business development, strategic programs and daily operations, AECOM said Wednesday.
The 35-year nuclear industry veteran held leadership positions at the Energy Department and the U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
Wright is a former director at DoEs Savannah River National Laboratory, where he led the construction of a hydrogen research center and formation of strategic partnerships with research institutions, FBI and other federal agencies.
He also served as managing director at Sellafield Ltd. - a nuclear decommissioning site controlled by NDA – and helped manage radioactive waste processing and retrieval operations as well as construction projects in support of nuclear decommissioning work.