Balfour Beatty plc (the "Company")

Group Chair Succession

The Company announced on 9 December 2020 that the Group Chair, Philip Aiken AM, intended to step down at the Annual General Meeting to be held on 13 May 2021.

An externally supported search for a suitable successor is progressing well but Philip Aiken's successor is unlikely to be in post before the Annual General Meeting. The Board has therefore asked Philip Aiken to remain as Group Chair until his successor can take up the position. Philip Aiken will then step down from the Board upon the successful handover to the new Group Chair.

Philip Aiken will therefore be standing for re-election at the upcoming Annual General Meeting in May 2021. 

Analyst/investor enquiries:

Angus Barry
Tel. +44 (0)7966 281635
angus.barry@balfourbeatty.com  

Media enquiries: 

Antonia Walton
Tel. +44 (0) 203 810 2345
antonia.walton@balfourbeatty.com

Notes to editors:

·    Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group with 26,000 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 112 years we have created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world including: the £1.5 billion A14 improvement scheme - Britain's biggest road project; Hong Kong's HK$5.5 billion world-class harbour theatre project for the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority; and the 12.5 mile $429 million North Metro Commuter Rail line in Colorado, US.