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July saw notable appointments at major firms including Mott MacDonald, Tilbury Douglas, Arcadis, while National Highways has made an intriguing new appointment from the tech world to support its digital technology transformation.

A round up of the biggest moves and appointments during July is below. To feature on next months appointments roundup email catherine.kennedy@emap.com.

Motts makes trio of changes

James Harris has been appointed as the new Mott MacDonald Group executive chair, succeeding Mike Haigh who had been with the company for 42 years. Harris moves up from Group managing director, where he was a key player in Motts strong operational performance worldwide, especially in leading its successful response to COVID-19, as well shaping its award-winning approach to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Moving up into the Group managing director role vacated by Harris is Cathy Travers, who was previously Motts managing director for the UK and Europe region. This previous role saw her lead a team of 8,000 employees in delivering infrastructure projects across transport, water, energy and the built environment. She joined the consultancys executive board in January this year where she has continued to promote a culture of inclusivity, champion our wellbeing and mental health programmes and play a leading role in developing our early career professionals.

And, filling in the role left behind by Travers, Richard Risdon will be taking over the role of managing director of Motts UK and Europe region. Risdon moves over from Mott MacDonald Bentley contracting business, where he was operations director.

Tilbury Douglas brings in new chief operating officer

Craig Tatton has been brought into Tilbury Douglas as chief operating officer. He moves across from Bouygues UK, where he held the same title. In his 35 years of experience in the industry, including more than 15 at board level, he has held senior roles at Willmott Dixon, ISG, Miller and Laing ORourke.

To support this change, Tilbury Douglas has made three internal appointments into the new role of Regional Building Managing Directors, reporting into Craig. These are John Gittins, Managing Director - Building North, Simon Butler, Managing Director - Building Central, and Richard Boeg, Managing Director - Building South.

Cowi looks to boost commercial and procurement offering with industry expert hire

Dave Hull has been appointed as commercial director at Cowi. He as moved over from National Highways where he spent the last five years in the role of commercial programme director for the complex infrastructure programme. He has led delivery on major projects like Lower Thames Crossing and A303 Stonhenge tunnel.

New leadership group appointments for Railway Industry Association North

RIA North has bolstered its leadership group with the addition of David Maddison as vice chair, among other appointments.

Maddisons new role as vice chair sits within Alstoms Digital, Infrastructure and Systems business unit and he will work with RIA North chair Justin Moss to set the strategic direction of the group. He is a chartered project professional and a fellow of the Association of Project Management, with over 20 years experience of delivering complex multi-disciplinary projects within the rail environment.

Other appointments to RIA Norths leadership group are:

Arcadis hires new global service director

Having started her career through Arcadis graduate scheme, Kayleigh Owen has now been appointed as the firms global service director for cost and commercial management (CCM). Through her progress in the company, Owen has become a key part of the companys CCM community, accruing a wealth of experience working across multiple sectors including infrastructure investment, retail banking, lenders & investors, corporate real estate, health and education.

She has been a consistent champion for CCM as a discipline, as both a service leader for complex programs with global clients, such as HSBC, and a commission manager for the ambitious 1bn Transformation Programme at Manchester Airport.

UK Power Networks hires new director

David Mitchell has been appointed as director of UK Power Networks, taking up the mantle from Ian Smyth who will shift over to chief executive officer at Electricity North West later this year.

Mitchell has been working for UK Power Networks for over 40 years, having joined as an apprentice in 1980. His most recent role was head of client delivery, where he was responsible the delivery of major projects for key clients including works at Hinkley Point C, Great Western train line and London Underground.

WSP accelerates business growth with new strategic growth director

James Rowntree has joined WSP as strategic growth director with the mission of driving growth in the utilities, water, industrial and energy sectors.

He brings with him experience of being vice president at Jacobs European Leadership Team and of being seconded to HS2 Ltd as programme director, delivery partner.

Farrans in-house design team to be lead by new head of engineering

Farrans Construction has appointed Ross McWha into the newly created role of head of engineering for the civil engineering division. McWha has been with the company for 20 years, having joined as a graduate engineer with the estimating department. He has progressed through site engineering and pre-construction to his previous role as design manager.

McWha has worked on some of Farrans most prestigious projects across core sectors including the M80 Stepps to Haggs, A6 Randalstown to Castledawson Dualling, Cobh Lower Harbour Drainage Scheme and most recently Gull Wing bridge in Suffolk.

Experienced tech director becomes non-executive director at National Highways

National Highways has brought in Deigo Oliva as a non-executive director. He has previously worked for six years at Facebook as regional director of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He is also the co-founder and chief executive officer of Glue, a company which connects physical devices to the internet, all collecting and sharing data.

Olivas appointment signals National Highways intention to use digital technology to transform how it builds, maintains, operates and uses roads. It will also play a vital role in making them safer, greener and cleaner.

New director of infrastructure appointed at Rendel

Multidisciplinary design and engineering consultancy Rendel has announced the appointment of Virginie Lanfrey as its new Infrastructure Business Unit director and operational board director.

Lanfrey established Rendels office in Sydney, Australia in 2018 and contributed to successfully delivering some of Australias largest infrastructure projects including Sydney Gateway, Melbourne Metro Tunnel and the Port Rail Transformation project.

She is a chartered engineer with 20 years of experience in managing and delivering infrastructure projects of all sizes for state and local governments, and for contractors in design and build and PPP environments.

Rendels Infrastructure Business Unit is currently engaged on large and complex projects in the UK including the HS2 Colne Valley Viaduct, HS2s Chiltern Tunnels and Coventry Very Light Rail.

Top (from left): Craig Tatton, Dave Hull, Cathy Travers, David Mitchell / Bottom (from left): Diego Oliva, James Rowntree, Kayleigh Owen, Richard Risdon

Global engineering consultancy Meinhardt continues expansion in West Midlands

Nathaniel Gregory has been appointed as Meinhardt regional director for the West Midlands. The news comes as the consultancy announces that Birmingham will become its new hub for the delivery of integrated design management services, supporting 50 Meinhardt offices worldwide.

Gregory is a chartered civil engineer, who has transitioned into the role of leading Meinhardts engineering design and project management services in the UK. He has almost a decade of expertise in leading the delivery of large-scale multidisciplinary projects and complex master planning schemes, both in the UK and internationally.

Caddick Construction welcomes new managing director

Caddick Construction has appointed Paul Dodsworth as its new managing director, and he will be head of all construction companies within Caddick Group.

Dodsworth has more than 40 years experience in construction and joins from Wates Group, where he was regional managing director in the north. In his new role will be tasked with continuing Caddick Constructions vision for strategic geographical and sustainable growth across its divisions.

Civic Engineers restructures to mature and evolve

Civil, structural and transport engineering practice Civic Engineers has announced a reorganisation of the business and broadened expertise on the board with the appointment of a new non-executive director.

To help with the restructure and new vision for Civic Engineers, the firm has appointed Dominic Miller as a non-executive director. Miller is a co-founder and former chief operating officer of Fishawack Health, a global commercialisation partner for the biopharmaceutical, medical technology, and wellness industries, predominantly based in the US and UK.

The practice has created a parent company, with a board made up of chief executive Stephen O'Malley, chief operating officer Julian Broster, a new chief financial officer and non-executive directors.

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Movers and shakers: Biggest construction and engineering appointments in July 2022 - New Civil Engineer