Nathan Marsh is the Regional Executive for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Bentley Systems. As the senior leader in region, he is responsible for the strategy, growth and success of the EMEA business. He has over 20 years of leadership roles within management consultancy, risk advisory, private equity and corporate finance, engineering, and construction businesses, all focused on the funding, design, delivery and operation of complex and critical national infrastructure. Prior to joining Bentley, Nathan served as Chief Digital Officer for FTSE and SEC listed construction businesses, leading the deployment of digital solutions into major infrastructure programmes to create value, reduce risk and improve performance. Nathan led the UK and Europe Digital Transformation teams across ATKINS, improving the impact of technology across engineering programmes. He also served as Smart Cities leader for EY, building propositions and leading growth of this digitally-enabled business across the US and Europe. Prior to this he worked on Transaction Integration assignments. He also built then led EY’s business which designed and delivered smart ticketing solutions for UK city transport networks.

Nathan served as a British army officer for seven years, played professional rugby and is privileged to represent industry on a range of expert panels, advisory boards and committees, tasked with the responsible deployment of advanced and sentient software in complex infrastructure assets. He earned a bachelor of science (honours) degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, as well as studying further at Cranfield and Sandhurst.