Hatch is a global multidisciplinary management, engineering and development consultancy. Its group companies have more than 10,000 staff in 70+ offices. In 2015, Hatch was ranked as a top 20 International Design Firm according to the Engineering News-Record (ENR) rankings.[2] The company was founded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, by W.S. Atkins as W.S. Atkins & Associates in 1955. The company initially was involved in subway tunneling and other civil engineering projects, and expanded into metallurgy when Gerry Hatch joined the company in January 1958 as president.[3] Over the next decade, the company grew from five employees to 60.[4] He purchased the company in 1962, renaming It Hatch.[5] Hatch counts among its metals clients the major mining and metals companies in the world, including Alcan, Alcoa, BHP,