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Craig Albert is the president and chief operating officer of Bechtel Group, Inc. where he oversees and directs Bechtel’s global operations, chairs the operating committee, and serves on the company’s board of directors.
Craig has held a wide range of executive, operational, and management leadership roles during his 28-year career at Bechtel.
Most recently, he served for four years as president of Bechtel’s Infrastructure global business in London, overseeing a worldwide portfolio of power, communications, aviation, rail, and civil infrastructure projects.
He also served previously as president of the Nuclear, Security & Environmental (NS&E) global business for five years, where he led Bechtel’s environmental, defense and national security business, as well as its commercial nuclear power operations.
Craig joined Bechtel in 1998 from Westinghouse Electric Corporation. At Bechtel, he went on to hold senior business development and project management positions on major energy, environmental, and national security projects across the U.S., Australia, U.K., the Middle East, and the former Soviet Union.
Craig was elected principal vice president in 2001, became a senior vice president in 2009, and joined the Bechtel board of directors in 2013.
In addition to his role at Bechtel, Craig serves on the Inova Health System Board of Trustees. Inova is a leading nonprofit healthcare provider in the Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, operating a network of hospitals and delivering comprehensive care to the region’s communities.
Craig is also set to join the Hoover Institution’s Board of Overseers in January 2026. The Hoover Institution—founded in 1919 by Herbert Hoover at Stanford University—is a renowned public policy research center dedicated to advancing ideas that promote economic prosperity, strengthen national security, and advance democratic governance.
Craig holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a master’s degree in industrial engineering from University of Pittsburgh.