Simon Babes, Director, Colin Buchanan

Simon Babes, Director, Colin Buchanan

Simon Babes, Director, Colin Buchanan

Babes has an engineering background. After completing a Masters course at Durham University, he spent two years working for the Defence Procurement Agency, project managing the introduction of new equipment for UK’s Armed Forces.

After a spell at London Underground he relocated to China in 2004, where he opened Colin Buchanan’s Shanghai office, rapidly and successfully growing the business. A key part of the work was input into station design for both new metro and high speed rail...