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Personal connections: Nick DeNichilo President and CEO of the North American operations of Mott MacDonald (Iselin, NJ), a $2 billion global management, engineering, and development firm.

By LIISA ANDREASSEN Correspondent

M ott MacDonald is one of the world’s largest employee- owned companies. It offers several formal programs to support an environment of continuous learning that helps to nurture staff at each stage of their professional career, and to ensure the emergence of strong leaders into the future. “I enjoy conducting town hall webinars with all our staff in attendance,” DeNichilo says. “That’s even more important during these unprecedented times. Despite all our technology and ability to communicate digitally, there is no substitute for connecting with each other on a personal basis, even if it’s across remote working platforms.” A CONVERSATION WITH NICK DENICHILO. The Zweig Letter: Sustainability is important to Mott MacDonald. How do you ensure that the company remains a leader in the field when it comes to sustainability?

Development Goals. Our purpose is to improve people’s lives by providing professional services in the built and natural environments, and in social and economic development. Many of our projects, by their nature, support goals such as better healthcare, quality education, clean water, and renewable energy. We bring innovation to infrastructure and industry, and make cities and communities more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable. Our goal is to make Mott MacDonald a carbon-neutral company by the end of 2020, and we are actively working to design infrastructure that can withstand the impact of climate change, including flooding and severe weather. We identify opportunities to simultaneously reduce costs and carbon in our clients’ projects. We help our clients add value to their business, and for their stakeholders, by using our ingenuity, professional excellence, and connected thinking to address their challenges in ways that safeguard the welfare of the public, enhance the environment, and promote sustainable development.

Nick DeNichilo: As a company, Mott MacDonald is committed to help achieve the UN’s Sustainable

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