Gatwick has appointed Tim Norwood – who secured planning consent for Hinkley Point C - as its new chief planning officer.
He will join Gatwick’s executive management board on February 27, 2017 and will lead a review of Gatwick’s ‘Masterplan’. He will also lead Gatwick’s response to the Government’s Draft National Policy Statement and the Aviation Strategy review.
Norwood was previously chief planning officer for EDF Energy, where he secured planning consent for Hinkley Point C, and more recently led a consultation on another new nuclear power station - Sizewell C - in Suffolk.
He succeeds Alastair McDermid, the director who led the airport’s second runway campaign – he will continue to work for Gatwick as an advisor, but will step down from his current role as Airports Commission Director in February.
Stewart Wingate, CEO, Gatwick airport, said: “I am delighted that Tim Norwood will be joining Gatwick’s executive team next month. Tim will play a leading role realising Gatwick’s exciting future and his unparalleled experience and will help the airport to deliver its ambitious £1.2 billion investment programme going forward.”