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Anthony Jan Michael Meggs is a British
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executive and former
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; the chairman of Crossrail, and the former chief executive of the
Infrastructure and Projects Authority The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) was, between 2016 and April 2025, the United Kingdom government's centre of expertise for infrastructure and major projects. The IPA reported to the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury. The core teams in ...
, jointly part of the
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and the
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. Meggs worked at BP in a number of roles, eventually as head of technology until leaving in 2008, after which he worked for companies including
Talisman Energy Talisman Energy Inc. was a Canadian independent petroleum company that existed between 1993 and 2015. The company was created from the assets of BP Canada after British Petroleum divested its 57 percent stake in June 1992. It was one of Canada' ...
, and co-chaired an
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study on the future of natural gas. Meggs was appointed as chief executive of the
Major Projects Authority The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) was, between 2016 and April 2025, the United Kingdom government's centre of expertise for infrastructure and major projects. The IPA reported to the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury. The core teams in ...
in the Cabinet Office in mid-2015, before his organisation was merged with the Treasury's Infrastructure UK body to form the
Infrastructure and Projects Authority The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) was, between 2016 and April 2025, the United Kingdom government's centre of expertise for infrastructure and major projects. The IPA reported to the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury. The core teams in ...
from 1 January 2016. As of September 2015, Meggs was paid a salary of between £190,000 and £194,999, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time. He left the IPA in January 2019 to become chairman of
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when that project ran into difficulties, replacing Sir Terry Morgan. He was succeeded at the IPA by Matthew Vickerstaff on an interim basis, and by Nick Smallwood in July 2019. Meggs was appointed
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(CB) in the
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.


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An official blog post by Meggs after joining the Major Projects Authority
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