The new structure at Balfour Beatty sees the creation of three group sector leads for the company鈥檚 core UK growth markets: energy, defence and transportation.
Steve Tarr 鈥� previously chief executive of transport, energy and power major projects 鈥� has been appointed as group sector lead for UK energy. He will lead the direction of Balfour Beatty鈥檚 activities and aspirations across the energy spectrum, including hydrogen, carbon capture, nuclear and wind. He also leads Balfour Beatty鈥檚 Power Transmission & Distribution, Rail and Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick businesses as divisional chief executive. Tarr also acts as Balfour Beatty鈥檚 shareholder representative on the board of Gammon, the company鈥檚 50:50 joint venture in Hong Kong with Jardine Matheson.
Nick Crossfield has been appointed group sector lead for UK defence. He joined Balfour Beatty last year from Alstom Transportation鈥檚 UK as chief executive of the UK construction services business. He will continue to lead Balfour Beatty鈥檚 Regional Scotland, Regional Buildings, Regional Civils, Balfour Beatty Living Places, Balfour Beatty Homes and Asset & Technology Solutions businesses as divisional chief executive. But in addition to all this, he now also has overall responsibility for the company鈥檚 interest in the defence sector, including its work for defence contractors Rolls Royce and BAE Systems.
Phil Clifton, previously managing director of Balfour Beatty鈥檚 highways business, has been appointed group sector lead for UK transport (excluding HS2). This means that he now leads on Balfour Beatty鈥檚 interests in railways and airports as well as roads. He is also divisional chief executive of Balfour Beatty鈥檚 Major Projects, Highways and Ground Engineering.
Clifton now joins Crossfield and Tarr on the executive committee, reporting to group chief executive Leo Quinn.
Leo Quinn said: 鈥淭hese leadership appointments further strengthen our ability to leverage our unique capability in critical UK growth markets, and build on Balfour Beatty鈥檚 leadership capability at a time of exciting growth for the group.鈥�
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