Abdullah Abbasi

Anglian Water

Supporting Anglian Water’s Storage Points Programme, valued at c. £400m with an annual run rate of c. £70m. Leading the Evidence Based workstream alongside financial controls, schedule baselining, cost forecasting, performance reporting and delivery assurance across a regulated water infrastructure portfolio.

• Leading the Evidence Based workstream on Anglian Water’s Storage Points Programme.
• Developed a technical cost forecasting model for a £60m+ Year 2 programme, reconciling approved baseline costs, contractor estimates, historic outturns, final accounts, C55 unit rates and asset complexity bands to produce a prudent £68m planning view.
• Built an EAC-style forecast methodology separating confirmed cost movement, cost-to-go, residual scope uncertainty, exclusions, sensitivities, risk exposure and opportunity assumptions.
• Reported cost, schedule and delivery performance across 219 assets — baseline movement, forecast confidence, milestone slippage, delivery vehicle variance and operational readiness.
• Produced executive reporting and board commentary translating cost, schedule, risk and delivery data into interventions, ownership and escalation routes.

Anglian Water

Directed cost baselining and reporting for the £65m Storage Points Programme.

• Established the initial schedule baseline and assurance strategy, transitioning operational oversight to Anglian Water and empowering them to actively negotiate with the DWI.
• Developed the Storage Points Risk Register — a structured system to assess and manage portfolio risks.
• Led a £17m Acceleration Programme integrating a new delivery vehicle, establishing operational dependencies that delivered an average 15% schedule acceleration per job.

HS2 — Commercial & Project Controls

Directed governance, resource planning and onboarding delivery across multiple business units within an NEC3/NEC4 commercial environment.

• Led end-to-end delivery of Purchase Order 3 — a £2.8m annual portfolio of 21 roles — securing proposals ahead of competing frameworks and contributing to a 10% increase in framework capacity.
• Contributed to transitioning an NEC Option E cost-reimbursable arrangement to an Option A fixed-price model, analysing commercial implications and aligning with governance.
• Designed the CDC Action Tracker, giving real-time visibility of team capacity and delivery risk.
• Authored scenario-based risk documentation with trigger-based response plans, improving response times in project reviews.
• Presented monthly performance reviews to the Framework Executive Sponsor, led weekly supply chain sessions and served as Scrum Master at director level.