People Moves

Fast-growing GMI Construction has poached Willmott Dixon’s regional operations director for Yorkshire. Andrew Hurcomb (pictured) has joined Leeds-based GMI as managing director for Yorkshire. He takes the position recently vacated by Lee Powell who stepped up to chief executive of GMI. Powell said of Hurcomb’s appointment: “His knowledge and experience…

Murphy has appointed Adrian Savory to head up its major projects division. Savory will take up the managing director post at the start of February and will also sit on the company’s operations board. UK managing director Nick Fletcher said Savory brought a “wealth of industry experience”. Savory was chief…

The chief executive of Countryside has stepped down as the company revealed a drop in profit. Iain McPherson, who has led the group for two years, reached a “mutual agreement” with the housebuilder to leave with immediate effect. The CEO’s exit was announced alongside a trading update that showed its…

The man who leads the CITB’s dialogue with Whitehall has announced he will be leaving the organisation. Steve Radley, who has been head of policy for the Construction Industry Training Board since 2014, will depart in March. A statement from the skills body said Radley had “led the company’s engagement…

Demolition contractor Squibb has appointed Darren Wickins as a director. Wickins had spent four years at Squibb’s competitor McGee in a similar role, and started his new job on 4 January. Before joining McGee, Wickins was managing director of Keltbray’s asbestos division, which he joined in 2012. In total he…

NG Bailey has appointed industry veteran Martin Pitt as its new group commercial director. He has been commercial director for the Balfour Beatty / Vinci joint venture on HS2 since May 2020, and will join the M&E specialist in January. During his career he has worked in leadership capacities across…

Aecom has appointed a former Jacobs and HS2 programme manager to lead its infrastructure agenda across Europe and India. Ambrose McGuire joins Aecom as programme management leader for Europe and India. He has spent the last 35 years working for Jacobs, HS2 and at Qatari government infrastructure agency Ashghal. McGuire’s…

Keltbray has appointed Paul Wiltcher as operations director for its piling division. Wiltcher will join the company from Skanska, where he has been an operations director since 2017. He has worked extensively in ground engineering, having previously held senior positions at Bauer and Skanska Cementation. During his career, he has…

Gleeds has poached a Bouygues UK operations director to strengthen its Cardiff office. The consultant has appointed Mike Baynham as associate director for project management in the firm’s Welsh division. He joins after spending more than a decade at Bouygues UK where he rose to the position of operations director…

Taylor Wimpey chief executive Pete Redfern is set to leave the housebuilder after 14 years. The company said this morning that Redfern (pictured) will remain in position until his successor has been appointed and will “ensure a smooth and orderly transition”. Redfern said: “The business is in excellent health and…