Exclusive: Morgan Sindall poaches Balfour Beatty managing director as part of shake-up in its London business
Morgan Sindall has appointed a new management team to its London business, 黑洞社区 can reveal.
Morgan Sindall confirmed this week it had appointed Tony Dixon as the new managing director of its London and aviation division.
Dixon was previously the managing director of construction in Balfour Beatty鈥檚 major projects business. He will report directly to Pat Boyle, who was appointed as managing director of construction and design at Morgan Sindall in January.
Dixon replaces Peter Jacobs, who announced last October that he would be stepping down from his role.
The contractor has also appointed Richard Dobson, a construction director at Shepherd Construction, as a director in the London and aviation division.
Dobson will report directly into Dixon, effectively operating as his right-hand man.
Dobson replaces Adrian Barnes who has left the business.
Morgan Sindall鈥檚 construction and infrastructure arm reported a loss of 拢2m in in the year to 31 December 2013, and the firm has targeted the London market and aviation as key growth areas.
It is understood that Peter Jacobs 鈥� who stepped down from his role for personal reasons - will remain with Morgan Sindall in a part-time ambassadorial role, focusing on managing relationships with key customers and consultants.
Jacobs, who joined Morgan Sindall from Lend Lease in 2011, where he headed the team behind the London 2012 athletes village, is also president of the CIOB.
Meanwhile, Morgan Sindall confirmed that Michael O鈥機allaghan, director of aviation, is to leave the firm to join Kier, where he will take up a business development role.
O鈥機allaghan鈥檚 departure comes just weeks after Morgan Sindall was appointed as one of four main contractors on Heathrow鈥檚 new 拢1.5bn five-year investment programme.
There have been a number of other senior management changes in the 拢2bn-turnover construction group in recent months, including the departure of Steve Elliot, the boss of the firm鈥檚 拢400m fit out business.
Boyle said: 鈥淥ur London construction team has made great strides in recent years and Tony has the director-level experience and insight to deliver not only what our customers want but also our own growth aspirations.
鈥淲e are very pleased to welcome him aboard.鈥�
Dixon said: 鈥淚鈥檓 relishing the challenge of driving the business forward. London is a dynamic construction market and one of the most challenging and exciting places to work.
鈥淥ur selective approach to tendering will ensure that Morgan Sindall鈥檚 commitment to customer satisfaction and collaborative working will be matched by consistently high standards of delivery in the years to come.鈥�
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