AWE

Have announced that Nick Elliott CB MBE has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer. Elliott led the UK Vaccine Taskforce during the COVID-19 pandemic and before that was Deputy CEO of Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S).

MTR UK

Have announced that Steve Murphy will step down from his position as CEO. Murphy was MTR’s Elizabeth Line’s inaugural Managing Director from 2014 from which he became CEO in 2020.

Sir Robert McAlpine

Have announced the appointment of Neil Martin as its new Chief Executive Officer and will be succeeding Paul Hamer. Martin joins from Lendlease, Europe, where he was also the Chief Executive Officer having been in the company since the 1990’s.

Additionally, Vip Gandhi has announced that he will be joined the company as their new Managing Director of Transport. He joins for Keltbray, where he was Managing Director, Highways & Renewables (Civils).

AECOM

Stephen Kenny joins the consultancy as Project Management Director. He joins form RPS where he has been Director in the consultancy’s Project Management, Cost, & Building unit.

Gordon Lindsay also joins the AECOM team, having been appointed as the company’s Senior Vice President, Civil & Infrastructure. He moves internally from Rail & Transit Lead- Middle East & Africa and Programme Director at NEOM in Saudi Arabia.

Serco

Simon Bailey has started his new position as Managing Director, Transport & Community Services. Simon rejoins Serco from Sodexo, where he was CEO, Home Care, for the UK & Ireland.

Octavius Infrastructure

Have announced three new management positions for their new regional division. These appointments follow the acquisition of Southampton-based R&W Civil Engineering, and its subsequent rebranding as Octavius Regional Civil Engineering, or ORCE.

Chris Ellis will become the new Delivery Director of ORCE, having previously held the position of Operations Manager (Civils) at R&W.

Ben Race has been appointed as Lead Commercial Manager of ORCE, and Matthew Cooper has been appointed Pre-Construction Manager.

Murphy Group

Mark Conway joins as Operations Director. He joins from Morgan Sindall, where he was previously Specialist Operations Director.

Balfour Beatty

Have announced that Gabriel Costigan MBE has been appointed as Non-Executive Director. Gabriel has extensive experience, including 21 years in the Australian Army. In 2017, she joined BAE Systems pls as Chief Executive Officer of BAE Systems- Australia before being appointed the role of Group Managing Director, Business Development, and a member of the Executive Committee.

Stantec

Have appointed Dave Calder as the new Regional Growth Leader for the Global Region for Stantec’s Buildings practice. He joins internally, having previously been Vice President/ Sector Leader for Industrial Buildings.

Sellafield Ltd

Richard Lennard has announced his departure as Head of Client, Major Projects. Lennard will be joining the New Hospitals Programme as Executive Commercial Director.

AtkinsRéalis

Have appointed Christine Healy as the new President for Asia, Middle East, & Australia (AMEA). She joins from TotalEnergies, where she has been Senior Vice President since 2021.

KPMG

Lisa Kelvey has been appointed the role of Head of Infrastructure, succeeding Michele Connolly, who is leaving to focus on the Irish practice. Kelvey has been with KPMG for c11 years, having previously been a Partner in Major Projects Advisory. 

National Highways

Have appointed Sir Gareth Rhys Williams as the new Chair of Roads, replacing Dipesh Shah, who stepped down from the role at the end of 2023. Williams joins from the Cabinet Office, where he has been government chief commercial officer for the past eight years.

Additionally, Kirsty Ryan has been appointed as Director of Organisational Development. This is a step-up position from her previous role a Senior Human Resources Business Partner.

Northern

Have appointed Jason Wade as its new Regional Director for the North East. This is an internal move from his current role as Head of Retail Operations.

CrossCountry

Steve Hopkinson has been appointed as Service Delivery Director. He joins from Network Rail, where he was Operations Director, responsible for leading the strategic delivery of infrastructure planning and operations on the East Midlands route.

OPITO

Have announced the appointment of Stephen Marcos Jones as the new Chief Executive Officer. He joins from the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) where he was Chief Executive Officer.

Buro Happold

Have appointed Deepak Chotwani as the new Regional Managing Director, India. Deepak will assume responsibility for the overall business across the India region, leading strategic growth efforts along with fostering the business and its personnel.

John Sisk & Son Ltd

Have announced the appointment of John Hennessey as the new Regional Director for its Data Centre division. John joins from STACK Infrastructure, a global data centre specialist where he was

Stantec

Have appointed Dave Calder as the new Regional Growth Leader for the Global Region for Stantec’s Buildings practice. He joins internally, having previously been Vice President/ Sector Leader for Industrial Buildings.

Arup

Jeremy Doherty has been appointed as the Edinburgh officer leader. In addition to this role, Jeremy also leads the firm’s Digital Technology, Engineering, Energy, and Environmental Projects.

Mace

Sukhy Duggal has been appointed as Director of Operations. Duggal joins from AtkinsRéalis, where he was Client Director.

Story Contracting

Have appointed Justin Hopkins as Managing Director, Central Region. Hopkins joins from Linbrooke Services where he has been Managing Director of Infrastructure.