Mel Ewell is the Chief Executive and an Executive Director on the Amey Plc Board. He took on the role in 2003 and successfully guided the company through its sale to Ferrovial. He has been key in creating the organisation that Amey is today.
Mel began his career working for the shipping company United States Lines before moving to Rank Xerox.
In 1990 he moved to logistics company TNT International. Mel represented the UK business in international development programmes and led the successful integration of XP Europe into the TNT organisation following its acquisition in 1994.
In 1995 Mel moved to Amsterdam to lead on key corporate account development. He also spent time in Asia working on supply chain development, focusing on value added services. After four years in the role of Vice President Corporate Accounts, Mel returned to the UK as Managing Director of TNT International, UK and Ireland.
In 1999 Mel was appointed Managing Director of ADI Group, a provider of outsourcing aviation services in the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands. He was appointed to the Board of the European business, with responsibility for aviation services and investing and growing the business in other markets. Following the acquisition of ADI by Securicor, Mel led the merger of the UK operations of each company.
Mel joined Amey in 2001 as Group Director for Operations, overseeing the company’s service delivery and its strategic development. He became Chief Executive at the start of 2003 and successfully guided Amey through its sale to Ferrovial. Through a combination of cost-cutting and restructuring, Mel has helped lead the company to profitability. Mel has led Amey’s positioning within the sector as an organisation that can add value through true partnership and innovative services.
He has also positioned Amey as a leading player in the PFI and PPP market, with Amey's Birmingham Highway PFI preferred bidder status testament to this.
Mel studied at Kingston University where he gained a BSc (Hons) in Geography. He is an experienced sailor and following graduation, spent a year sailing round the Caribbean in a boat he helped to build. His other interests include deep-sea fishing, rugby and golf.