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Bam Nuttall boss Adrian Savory is to leave the company after just over a year in charge. Managing director of major projects Ian Parish (pictured) has been named as interim managing director of the civils firm, taking over its leadership. Savory became CEO in June 2020 following the departure of…

Scape has appointed Rachel Sudlow as its first research and development leader. Sudlow joins the procurement body to focus on increasing digital innovation across the sector, working with private and public sector partners and bringing more focus on tackling the climate emergency. She joins after more than 10 years at…

Willmott Dixon has appointed former Kier senior management team member Hugh Raven to its board. The lawyer will become general counsel of the contractor, a newly created position with overall responsibility for legal and regulatory affairs. A statement from Willmott Dixon said Raven will be supported by company secretary Wendy…

Adrian Spragg has been appointed as the new group head of digital at Laing O’Rourke. Spragg will lead the implementation of the company’s digital strategy across its operations, its suppliers and its partners. He joins from IT company Accenture where he was managing director for the group’s UK aerospace and…

NMCN has appointed Gavin Davies as managing director for its telecoms business unit. Davies joins after spending less than a year as the group operations director at telecoms company Clearcomm Group. He previously worked at telecoms suppliers Comex 2000 and Fujitsu. NMCN chief executive Lee Marks said Davies’s leadership skills…

Former HSBC chief executive John Flint has been appointed as the first permanent chief executive of the UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB). Flint joins UKIB after he stepped down from his role at HSBC in August 2019, where he had worked for 30 years. He replaces John Mahon at UKIB, who…

Wates Group has appointed Esther English as corporate development director, reporting to group chief executive David Allen. English’s remit will include strategic planning to make the group “sustainably profitable”, Wates said in a statement. She will oversee the group’s environmental goals as well as its diversity and inclusion programme, and…

Highways England has changed its name to National Highways as part of a rebrand. The government body, which oversees 4,300 miles of motorways and major A-roads, said the name reflected its role in setting UK-wide standards. The organisation was only known as Highways England since 2015, having replaced the former…

Two Balfour Beatty London directors have been poached by Tilbury Douglas for senior roles in its South East division. Sean Ruddy has joined as regional commercial director for the former Interserve business, after almost six years with Balfour. His last role was as its construction services commercial director. Dean Lee…

Geoffrey Osborne has sold its Osborne Infrastructure business to private equity firm Sullivan Street for an undisclosed sum. The infrastructure business, which was established as a separate entity from its parent company in 2017, turned over £130.8m in the 12 months to 31 March 2020. A statement from Geoffrey Osborne…