Richard Risdon to take over from recently promoted Cathy Travers

Mott MacDonald鈥檚 rejig is continuing with the firm appointing a new managing director for its UK and Europe region.

Next month, Richard Risdon will take over from Cathy Travers, who is stepping up to become the firm鈥檚 group managing director.

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Richard Risdon starts as UK and Europe boss next month

Risdon is currently operations director for the firm鈥檚 Bentley contracting business, which was formed in 2014 when Motts bought the civils specialist. Risdon first joined the firm as a civil engineer in 1999.

In his new role, Risdon will be responsible for revenue exceeding 拢800m and a team of 8,000 employees. He said there would be a 鈥渟trong focus on digital鈥� under his leadership.

Travers will fill the group managing director role vacated by new executive chair James Harris.

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