Vikki Chambers

Projects Manager - Project Management Office (pmo) at First Bus

Vikki Chambers is a seasoned projects manager with extensive experience in governance and international development. Currently serving as Projects Manager in the Project Management Office at First Bus since March 2025, Vikki has held similar leadership roles at RATP Dev and Palladium: Make It Possible, where responsibilities included strategic business development and project management for various bilateral and multilateral clients. Vikki's expertise encompasses political economy analysis and adaptive management in public sector reform, demonstrated through leadership of significant programs like the £10.8 million TRACTION initiative in Malawi. A former Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, Vikki has contributed to numerous research projects across sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on service delivery and governance issues. Educational qualifications include an MA in Development Studies from The University of Manchester and a BA in Economics from the University of East London.

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First Bus is one of the UK’s largest bus operators delivering over a million passenger journeys every week for the communities that we serve. Making journeys easier for our customers, we were the first national bus operator to rollout Tap On, Tap Off payment technology across our entire UK fleet of 4500 buses and our First Bus App is voted ‘best in class’ amongst UK bus operators. Our most recent investments are in new, state-of-the-art buses with over 15% of our fleet being Zero Emission Bus (ZEBs) by March 2024 across all of our key networks. We work proactively with our local authority partners, making a positive impact on air quality, tackling congestion and improving customer experience.  We are focused on First Bus becoming a leader in the transition to a low-carbon future and are committed to operating a zero-emission bus fleet by 2035. We also operate the Aircoach network in Ireland, as well as First Travel Solutions, Specialist Passenger Solutions and Ensignbus.  First Bus is a division of FirstGroup.   Find more information on First Bus here: https://news.firstbus.co.uk/


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