Kier loses sustainability chief to Balfour Beatty
Jo Gilroy joined Balfour Beatty this week from Kier, the assign she used to be community head of sustainability & atmosphere.
She used to be handiest with Kier for two years. Earlier than that, she spent 5 years with Bunzl, a FTSE 100 distribution and logistics community, as head of sustainability for the catering & hospitality division and company accountability manager.
Balfour Beatty chief executive Leo Quinn acknowledged: “Her notable abilities and trip will relieve be obvious we remain at the forefront of the a must accept as true with accumulate zero transition for our enterprise.”
Jo Gilroy acknowledged: “For a spread of years I essentially accept as true with watched Balfour Beatty with curiosity. At this kind of pivotal 2nd in time for the enterprise with a spread of, major inexperienced infrastructure initiatives on the horizon I’m jubilant to be joining a firm that is leading the style in riding sustainable solutions and clearly takes its accountability so severely.”
The appointment of a UK director of sustainability is regarded as one of a tranche of most up-to-date appointments to identical roles across the community.

Brian Handock has joined as head of atmosphere and sustainability for Balfour Beatty’s UK Building Products and services enterprise. He joins from Roadbridge, the assign he used to be atmosphere & sustainability lead.
Michael Shanks has these days been appointed as head of atmosphere and sustainability for the UK Rail & Utilities operations. Beforehand, he used to be head of environmental services and products for East West Railway Firm.
Adam Newsome has joined as head of environmental compliance in the UK. He joins from Bam Nuttall, the assign he used to be head of atmosphere for the firm’s Silvertown Tunnel mission.
Jonathan Turner has been promoted to UK head of atmosphere and sustainability. Reporting to Jo Gilroy, he’ll focal point on raze reduction – Balfour Beatty has an ambition of generating zero raze by 2040.
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