John Armitt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

John Armitt

Chairman:Olympic Delivery Authority/body charged with building venues/facilities/infrastructure for 2012 Olympic Games

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1946

Place of Birth: Edmonton, England, United Kingdom

Profession: businessperson, engineer, civil engineer

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Sir John Alexander Armitt, CBE, FREng, FICE (born 2 February 1946) is an English civil engineer, who was from 2007 Chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority, the body which successfully built the venues, facilities and infrastructure for the 2012 Olympic Games.
He was President of the Institution of Civil Engineers for 2015–16, having been a vice-president since 2012.He is also Chairman of the Council of the City and Guilds of London Institute, and took office in October 2012.
He was Chairman of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council from 2007 until 2012.
He was appointed Chairman of National Express on 1 February 2013.