Helen Gawor takes up group role at steelwork firm

ISG鈥檚 director of strategy and innovation has joined Severfield as its group strategy and business development director.

In a post on LinkedIn, Helen Gawor said her role at the country鈥檚 biggest steelwork contractor was 鈥渢o develop future growth strategies, enhance overall operational efficiency and manage business acquisition and integration processes鈥�.

She joined ISG in October 2022 after nearly six years at GKR Scaffolding where she was a strategy director. She left ISG in May but only announced her new role last week.

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Helen Gawor was at ISG for 20 months

Her move comes as ISG looks to complete the sale of the business to a new owner.

Its chairman Matt Roche said on 5 July the firm, for eight years owned by a US investor called Cathexis, was set to be sold 鈥渨ithin the coming days鈥�.

It is understood the new owner is from South Africa but no official confirmation of the deal 鈥� or a predicted management shake-up 鈥� has been announced so far. 黑洞社区 understands US red tape is behind the hold-up with a deal set to be signed off soon.

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