Mark Apsey in a grey suit and open-collar shirt, standing to the right of frame in front of a laurel hedge

Engineer · Infrastructure leader · Independent voice

How net zero infrastructure gets delivered in practice.

Mark Apsey is an engineer and executive leader who has spent twenty-five years turning climate ambition into built infrastructure, from a £1 billion city partnership to the policy rooms where the system is being redesigned.

MBE · FREng · CEng · FIChemE

Delivery

Founding Chief Executive, CivicNetZero

A platform connecting cities, capital and delivery partners so that net zero and resilience projects move from plans to investable pipelines.

Academy and policy

Royal Academy of Engineering

Fellow of the Academy, elected 2026, and a member of its Clean Power Advisory Working Group on the delivery risks of the UK's clean power mission.

Profession and education

Honorary Professor, University of Exeter

Honorary Professor of Engineering at Exeter; 83rd President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (2024-25); Trustee of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering.

Recent writing and talks

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Engineering a Sustainable Future

Inaugural lecture as Honorary Professor of Engineering, University of Exeter.

Speaking, advisory and media

The challenge is not ambition. It is delivery.

Mark speaks and advises on city-scale decarbonisation, public-private partnership, clean power delivery and the engineering workforce. Enquiries are handled by his office.

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