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19/12/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 2016X  Balfour Beatty PLC  19 December 2023

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces that
Robert MacLeod has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director and member of
the Audit & Risk Committee with effect from 8 March 2024.

Following the 2024 AGM, Robert will succeed Dr Stephen Billingham CBE as Chair
of the Audit & Risk Committee, as Stephen steps down from the Board after
his nine-year tenure as a Non-Executive Director.

Robert is a highly experienced CEO and CFO and brings strong strategic,
financial, and commercial experience to the Board. A Chartered Accountant by
background, Robert was formerly CEO of Johnson Matthey plc from 2014 to 2022
and CFO from 2009 to 2014.  Prior to this Robert worked at WS Atkins PLC,
serving as CFO for six years. Robert was a Non-Executive Director of Aggreko
plc from 2007 to 2016. Robert is currently a non-Executive Director and Chair
of the Remuneration Committee of RELX plc and a Non-Executive Director of
Vesuvius plc.

Lord Charles Allen of Kensington, CBE and Chair of Balfour Beatty said: "I
would like to thank Stephen for the significant contribution he has made to
Balfour Beatty over his nine years as Non-Executive Director, Senior
Independent Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee. He has helped
steer the business through an exceptional period of transformation.

"I am delighted that Robert has agreed to join us.  His leadership of large,
complex international businesses and significant corporate and financial
experience make him a strong addition to Balfour Beatty's Board."

Commenting on his appointment, Robert MacLeod said: "I look forward to joining
the Board of Balfour Beatty and leveraging my collective experience. Balfour
Beatty's importance to the infrastructure markets in which it operates, and
its positive sustainability agenda attracted me to this role, and I look
forward to supporting the Company in its continuing success."

No further information is required to be disclosed under LR 9.6.13 R(1)-(6).

ENDS

 

Investor and analyst enquiries:

Jim Ryan

Tel. +44 (0) 7858 368527

jim.ryan@balfourbeatty.com (mailto:jim.ryan@balfourbeatty.com)

Media enquiries:

Antonia Walton

Tel. +44 (0) 7966 929 633
antonia.walton@balfourbeatty.com (mailto:antonia.walton@balfourbeatty.com)

 

Notes to editors:

·    Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group with
25,000 employees driving the delivery of powerful new solutions, shaping
thinking, creating skylines and inspiring a new generation of talent to be the
change-makers of tomorrow.

·    We finance, develop, build, maintain and operate the increasingly
complex and critical infrastructure that supports national economies and
deliver projects at the heart of local communities.

·    Over the last 114 years we have created iconic buildings and
infrastructure all over the world. Currently, we are working to deliver
Hinkley Point C, the first UK nuclear power station in a generation;
constructing the world-class arts and cultural facility, the Lyric Theatre, in
Hong Kong; and designing, building, financing, operating and maintaining the
Automated People Mover superstructure at the fifth busiest airport in the
world, Los Angeles International Airport.

 

 

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