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Andrew Davies (businessman)

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Andrew Oswell Bede Davies (born October 1963)[1] is a British businessman.

Career

Educated at the University of Sheffield, Davies joined BAE Systems in 1985.[2] At the company he became Managing Director Land Systems in 2004, Group Strategy Director in 2008 and Managing Director Maritime in 2011.[3]

He went on to be CEO of Wates Group in 2014[4] and was appointed CEO designate of Carillion in October 2017.[5] Originally scheduled to join the financially troubled business in April 2018, Carillion announced in December 2017 that it had brought forward his start date to 22 January 2018.[6] However, Carillion went into liquidation one week before he was due to take up his post.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Andrew Oswell Bede DAVIES". Companies House. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Profile: the new CEO of Carillion, Andrew Davies". Constructing Global. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  3. ^ "All change at the top for BAE Systems". Portsmouth News. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Wates names new chief executive". Construction Index. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Carillion picks new chief executive to lead its rebuild". FT. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  6. ^ Torrance, Jack (20 December 2017). "Troubled Carillion brings forward appointment of chief executive". Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Carillion to go into liquidation". BBC News. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)