Former Heathrow Airport Ltd MD Jim O鈥橲ullivan will take over from Graham Dalton in July
Highways England has appointed Jim O鈥橲ullivan as its new chief executive.
O鈥橲ullivan will take over from Graham Dalton (pictured), who announced in January that he was stepping down after seven years in charge of the infrastructure client.
He will lead the government-owned company through a period of major investment in road improvements, and will be responsible for delivering its 拢11bn of works to England鈥檚 motorways and A roads by 2020.
O鈥橲ullivan has a significant background in infrastructure, where he was most recently managing director of the airports division at Heathrow Airport Ltd, formerly known as BAA.
He was responsible for all of the group鈥檚 airports outside Heathrow, and also spent time as managing director of Edinburgh Airport.
Specialising in aviation, O鈥橲ullivan was also at British Airways for 14 years, where he was the airline鈥檚 technical director and previously chief engineer for BA鈥檚 concorde airliner.
O鈥橲ullivan will join Highways England on 22 June, before formally taking over from Graham Dalton on 1 July.
Highways England chairman Colin Matthews said he was 鈥渄elighted鈥� to announce the appointment of O鈥橲ullivan in what he described as a 鈥渘ew, challenging era.鈥�
Also speaking on the appointment, transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin said: 鈥淛im鈥檚 experience of leading world-class infrastructure companies means I can be confident he will ensure that the benefits of the record investment this government is making in our roads delivers for drivers and businesses across the whole of the UK on time and on budget.鈥�
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