John Armitt, Railtrack's new chief executive, is an engineer of some repute. But to succeed in the Herculean task of making the company deliver a safe and effective service, he'll need the diplomatic ...

National Infrastructure Commission chair Sir John Armitt has told a committee of peers and MPs that it will be ‘very difficult to judge’ the total cost of restoring Parliament. Speaking to the joint ...

Network Rail has decided not to renew the Amey rail maintenance contract for the track between Paddington and Reading. Instead, says Mr Armitt, he is going to do the £50m works in-house. Put another ...

London Olympics projects chief Sir John Armitt sees lessons for Ireland The backers of large capital projects need to work much harder to gain the backing of the public, according to the man who ...

What should I know about this advisor? Richard Armitt is a financial advisor in Lebanon, NJ. He has been in practice for 10 years, the last 4 years at Johnson & Johnson.

The Armitt Talks series continues through May with The Tucker Family – Lake District Artists 1865-1945 (Tuesday, May 16, 2pm).

JOHN ARMITT, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE OLYMPIC DELIVERY AUTHORITY (ODA), TONIGHT APPEALED FOR PEOPLE TO START FOCUSSING ON THE LEGACY OF THE 2012 GAMES RATHER THAN THE COSTS.

Thirdly, John Armitt proposed: "We need to expand young people's horizons from a much earlier age - tell them that they can be engineers, or inventors, or doctors, and show them how to get there.

JOHN ARMITT, CHAIRMAN OF THE OLYMPIC DELIVERY AUTHORITY (ODA), SAID TODAY CONTRACTORS WORKING ON 2012 PROJECTS MUST PUT THEIR BEST TEAMS ON THE JOB OR RISK SEEING THEIR REPUTATIONS WRECKED.

John Armitt With a year to go until London 2012 Shari Vahl profiles John Armitt CBE, Chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority and charged with delivering the £9bn project on time and budget.