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The Labour Party has named the former head of Siemens UK as the leader of a review into infrastructure delivery. Juergen Maier, who was chief executive of the rail company from July 2014 to December 2019 and is currently non-executive chair of the Digital Catapult business group, will lead work…

The chief executive of the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) has resigned after less than half a year in post. The appointment of Stu McInroy, former head of the Road Safety Markings Association and National Pawnbrokers Association, was announced last January and he started the job in June 2023. However, this…

Morgan Sindall has appointed former Skanska chief financial officer Kelly Gangotra as finance director. The £3.6bn-turnover contractor said she would take on the role in the third quarter of next year, allowing for a handover period before incumbent Steve Crummett retires at the end of 2024. Crummett was ranked in…

Dame Judith Hackitt has been appointed as interim chair of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), the UK’s independent nuclear safety and security regulator. From 1 Janauary 2024, she will take over responsibility for overseeing nuclear safety, security, safeguards, site health and safety and safety of transport of nuclear and…

Two former managing directors at collapsed contractor Buckingham have landed senior roles at Keltbray and John F Hunt Regeneration. Simon Walkley, who became group managing director at Buckingham shortly before it entered administration in September, joins Keltbray as managing director for rail in the firm’s infrastructure services division. Walkley steps…

Costain has appointed Jonathan Willcock as managing director of its transportation division. Willcock, who has led Skanska’s infrastructure arm for the past three years, will take on responsibility for Costain’s highways, rail and aviation work in April. Before joining Skanska, Willcock spent seven years as managing director of Alstom Transport…

McLaren has promoted Paul Heather to construction group chief executive as part of a shake-up that will see the firm’s four divisional leaders brought together on a beefed-up board. Heather, who was appointed group managing director last March, previously spent five years as London managing director at Sir Robert McAlpine.…

Watkin Jones has appointed interim chief executive Alex Pease to the role on a permanent basis. Pease had been holding the reins since the departure of former boss Richard Simpson in July following an announcement that the group was facing up to £45m of exceptional costs. At the time, the…

Balfour Beatty has promoted its project director at Old Oak Common station to oversee all major projects on the HS2 route. Nigel Russell is currently in charge of the Old Oak Common station project for BBVS, a joint venture between Balfour Beatty, Vinci and Systra. But in January, he will…

Joanne Conway has become chief executive of family-run infrastructure-services contractor FM Conway. She steps up to the helm 18 months after becoming chair, and 20 years since joining the firm as a marketing coordinator. Joanne’s grandfather Frank Conway founded the firm in 1961, while her late father Michael Conway took…