Wood Appoints New Executive President of Business Sustainability & Assurance

Wood Appoints New Executive President of Business Sustainability & Assurance

(IN BRIEF) Wood, a leading company in the industry, announced changes to its Executive Leadership Team (ELT) to support the delivery of the company’s recently launched strategy and growth ambitions. Mike Collins will take on a new role as Executive President of Business Sustainability & Assurance, Craig Shanaghey will take on the Executive President of Projects role, and Steve Nicol will join the ELT as the new Executive President of Operations. The changes will focus on health, safety, security, sustainability, quality and supply chain across the company’s businesses. Ken Gilmartin, CEO at Wood, said the changes will help the company achieve growth and deliver on their recently launched strategy.

(PRESS RELEASE) ABERDEEN, 27-Jan-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — Wood PLC, one of the world’s leading consulting and engineering companies operating across Energy and the Built Environment, has announced changes to its Executive Leadership Team (ELT) in order to support the delivery of the company’s recently launched strategy and growth ambitions. The changes will focus on health, safety, security, sustainability, quality and supply chain across the company’s businesses.

Mike Collins, who initially joined the ELT in 2020, will assume a new role as Executive President of Business Sustainability & Assurance. Throughout his career, Mike has worked in a variety of roles in operations, assurance and project delivery across the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Australia and Europe. In his previous role as Executive President of Projects, Mike led the turnaround of the Projects business, and leaves a stronger, more predictable unit that is well positioned for future growth across energy and materials.

Craig Shanaghey will take on the Executive President of Projects role that Mike vacates, having previously led Wood’s global Operations business unit. In a two-decade career at Wood, Craig has garnered considerable experience in managing large projects and portfolios of work. He is an industry figurehead with a passion for diversity and inclusion.

In the final appointment, Steve Nicol will join the ELT as the new Executive President of Operations, following a successful 20+ year career at Wood. Steve is an accomplished leader who has previously held a variety of roles in finance, commercial and business transformation, and most recently Group Deputy CFO.

Ken Gilmartin, CEO at Wood, commented on the changes, “Having set out a new strategy at the end of last year, there is positive momentum across the business and real clarity of focus. The evolution of our leadership team is about putting the right people in the right roles to accelerate our efforts to build a great place to work, drive performance excellence and deliver profitable and sustainable growth.”

These changes to the ELT will help Wood to achieve their growth ambitions and deliver on their recently launched strategy. The company is confident that the new team will drive performance excellence and deliver profitable and sustainable growth.

The new leadership changes will be effective from 1 February 2023.

All other ELT members will continue in their existing roles:

• David Kemp, Chief Financial Officer
• Azad Hessamodini, Executive President of Consulting
• Lesley Birse, Executive President of People & Organisation
• Jennifer Richmond, Executive President of Strategy & Development
• Martin McIntyre, General Counsel & Company Secretary

More detail on the members of Wood’s executive leadership team is available here.

SOURCE: John Wood Group PLC