People Moves

The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) has appointed Stephen Marcos Jones as its new chief executive. Jones (pictured) replaces Hannah Vickers, who joined Mace as Mark Reynolds’ chief of staff in July. He will begin his tenure at the end of January, after four years heading up the UK…

Mace has appointed Bryony Martin as its new director for the UK’s central region and sector lead for industrial and manufacturing. Martin joins after a number of years as the director of cost management at Aecom, and will be responsible for focusing on the consultancy’s regional growth. Her move comes…

Wates has poached Balfour Beatty's associate director for sustainability, as part of an effort to hit the firm's environment targets by 2025. Bekir Andrews (pictured) has been appointed as Wates’ environmental sustainability director, a brand-new role in the contractor’s environment team. Andrews will be responsible for Wates’ efforts to decarbonise…

HE Simm has appointed a new managing director to take charge of its engineering division in the south of the UK. Marcus Wallis has joined the family-owned MEP specialist from Phoenix ME, a London-based mechanical and electrical specialist focused on the datacentre sector, where he served as operations director for…

Galliford Try’s Highways business has made two new senior appointments to its team, hiring industry veterans from Morgan Sindall and Balfour Beatty. Alison Chippington, who has worked for Morgan Sindall for more than 31 years, most recently as head of bid management and proposals, is to become the firm’s pre-construction…

Laing O’Rourke has appointed Rae Avatar Barnett as its new head of people in Europe. She has moved from energy firm Centrica, where she had worked since 2009, including in HR delivery, commercial transformation and talent management. The contractor’s Europe Hub includes its operations in the UK and the Middle…

Osborne has announced the departure of its chief executive Andy Steele. Steele had been in the role since April 2015 after joining the firm as construction MD two years earlier. He is also stepping down from his role as chair of Build UK. Osborne non-executive director Dave Smith, a former…

NMCN's former procurement director Jamie Swanston has joined Tilbury Douglas. Swanston was procurement and supply chain director at NMCN for more than a year-and-a-half until the company collapsed in early October. He has now been appointed to the same position at Tilbury Douglas. Ben Edwards, commercial director of Tilbury Douglas,…

Barry McNicholas will leave Kier at the end of the year, almost four-and-a-half years after he sold his family firm to the contractor. McNicholas, who is currently managing director of Kier’s utilities and rail division – a role he has held since July 2019 – will leave the business to…

Former Lendlease managing director Victoria Quinlan has joined build-to-rent investor and developer Cortland. The US-headquartered firm has named Quinlan president of its European operations. She has been tasked with expanding Cortland’s UK and Europe presence through investments, acquisitions and general business development. Cortland specialises in the build-to-rent developments and property…