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Engineer WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff is to target double-digit growth in the UK as the firm revealed details of the senior management structure of the combined company.

Canadian-owned WSP bought transport engineer Parsons Brinckerhoff in October last year for 拢820m. In February the combined business appointed former WSP UK managing director Mark Naysmith as chief operating officer for the UK, with Parsons Brinckerhoff鈥檚 former Africa MD Ian Maclean taking charge of a separate energy and industry division.

黑洞社区 can reveal that Naysmith has now selected a structure for the business and a seven-strong executive leadership team to report into him. Key players will include tall buildings expert Kamran Moazami, who will lead the firm鈥檚 building structures discipline, and Philippe Honnorat, who will be in charge of building services. Of these 鈥渉eads of discipline鈥�, just two - Darren Reed and Steve Reynolds 鈥� are former Parsons Brinckerhoff staff.

In total, of nine senior operational managers - including Naysmith and Maclean - six roles have gone to former WSP bosses, and three to Parsons Brinckerhoff managers.Steve Reffitt, former chief operating officer of Parsons Brinckerhoff Europe, has been appointed integration director for the businesses in the UK, the Middle East and Africa.

The 拢820m acquisition of Balfour Beatty-owned Parsons Brinckerhoff by WSP created a 32,000-strong global consultant with revenues in excess of 拢2bn. In an interview with 黑洞社区 this week, Naysmith said the combined UK business, which had been operating as one entity since the start of March, had a turnover of 拢400m and 5,150 staff.

Naysmith said the firm was still undertaking strategic business planning, but that he would target at least 鈥渄ouble digit鈥� revenue growth over the next couple of years, and expected to hire in the region of 1,000 staff this year as the firm grew.

He said a final global decision over the combined firm鈥檚 brand would not be taken for another 鈥�12-18 months鈥� and that integrating the companies quickly was his priority to reduce uncertainty among staff.

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