Fiona Cousins holds multiple prestigious roles at Arup, including Americas Region Chair, Arup Group Board member, and Arup Fellow—a distinguished title granted to exceptional leaders who demonstrate remarkable vision and initiative in their work. Prior to her current position at the firm, Fiona served as Deputy Chair of the Digital Executive and the Automation Leader to advance digital transformation and sustainable development. She is a mechanical engineer by profession and has worked on a wide range of award-winning projects across the globe, including the U.S. Embassy in London and Fulton Street Station in New York among others.
Under Fiona’s leadership, Arup’s Americas Region, comprising over 1,800 members across 14 offices in the U.S., Canada and Colombia, is dedicated to realizing her shared vision of a sustainable and inclusive built environment by providing expert guidance to clients. Fiona has been recognized as one of the influential leaders in the commercial real estate industry, featured in the esteemed 2023 Commercial Observer Power 100 List, and acknowledged as one of the notable leaders in sustainability by 2023 Crain’s New York Business. She is a valued advisor on critical climate legislation and was appointed to the New York City Advisory Board for Local Law 97 in 2019. She is a Fellow of the CIBSE and a LEED Fellow. She was honored with AIA NY’s Award of Merit in 2017, chair of the USGBC in 2016 and is currently President Elect of CIBSE.