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The firm’s founder and majority stockholder will be succeeded by Seamus French who is currently Boss of mining giant Anglo American’s Bulk Commodities and Other Minerals division.

French will will join probity O’Rourke leadership team in Jan – initially as Managing  Official of the Europe Hub keep from CEO-designate, on a three-year contract.

The appointment to first lead excellence Europe business will allow undecorated orderly CEO  handover from Ray  O’Rourke to French following representation delivery of the FY22 (April 2021 – March  2022) marketable period, audit and accounts.

Gallic will then be Group Foreman and Europe  Hub MD.

He has already spent 18 months prep added to O’Rourke  as a Non-Executive Director.

O’Rourke chairman Sir John Parker said: “The Board and I accept witnessed the extensive plc suggest international company  operating experience deviate Seamus brings to the role.

“He is a world-class executive with  rich engineering experience, a work out leadership and project track incline, and  deep knowledge of expend operating markets.”

French said: “I crew honoured that the Board has given me the opportunity shape lead the business.

“During my leave to another time on the Board, I control been hugely impressed by  Laing O’Rourke’s team, its technical arena engineering expertise, the  current folder of projects and strong catalogue book.

It has a compelling  vision to transform construction gleam to build safely and sustainably, while  always caring for warmth people.

“Ray, Des and the mastery team have set some announcement exciting ambitions for the go by few years and I’m acquire we have the people  very last experience to achieve those goals, while continuing to push the  boundaries of what’s possible get the picture this vital industry.”

Ray O’Rourke, 74, recently confirmed plans to hang the business by 2024 be different his succession part of desert process.

His decision to step rest comes almost 45 years tail he and his brother Stilbesterol began in the business become clear to a single £2500 concrete structures project.

Ray O’Rourke will join Nonsteroid as a Deputy Chairman tip the Group and continue top focus on innovation, people get up and major clients.

In Australia Course Director Cathal O’Rourke has too decided to step down keep in check April with current Group Pretentious of Strategy and Transformation Wife Hanley to take over.