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Thomas Vale鈥檚 new managing director Craig Tatton has said he will target 鈥渃omplex projects鈥� and 鈥渙rganic growth鈥� in his first years at the helm of the business.

Last week, Bouygues announced that Tatton would be replacing outgoing Thomas Vale managing director Gary Mail, who the firm said had left to 鈥減ursue some new challenges鈥�.

Tatton joined Thomas Vale from Willmott Dixon where he was managing director of the firm鈥檚 housing division. Before that he was managing director of ISG.

Speaking to 黑洞社区 Tatton said: 鈥淚 see growth coming from our traditional sectors but there are other opportunities around the development side and complex projects. I want to have that in addition to the core of the business.鈥�

Tatton, who has only been in post for a week, said he would look to leverage the experience of the wider Bouygues Group, which bought Thomas Vale in April 2012, to help it win work on complex schemes.

Tatton said 鈥渁 lot of the integration work鈥� between Bouygues and Thomas Vale had been completed and 鈥渨ith the market slowly improving鈥� now was the time to grow the business.

He said Bouygues UK鈥檚 management had given him several weeks to familiarise himself with the business and come up with a detailed plan to deliver growth. 鈥淲hat I鈥檓 doing at the moment is visiting the people, visiting the customers to get as much feedback as possible,鈥� he said.