Balfour Beatty, the construction, services group, has announced the appointment of Andrew McNaughton to the role of chief operating officer, effective from January 1, 2009.
In his role as CEO, Andrew McNaughton will oversee Balfour Beatty’s construction and engineering activities in the UK, the Gulf region, south-east asia and the group’s worldwide rail business.

Andrew McNaughton joined Balfour Beatty in 1997 and has undertaken a series of increasingly senior roles, most recently as group managing director with responsibility for the civil engineering activities of the group in the UK and the middle east.

McNaughton is a chartered civil engineer, a member of the Institute of Civil Engineering and a board member of the Major Projects Association.

He will report to Ian Tyler who, in addition to his responsibility for the strategic development of the group, will retain direct line management responsibility for the group’s interests in the US, its professional and technical services business and for the group’s central staff functions.

Anthony Rabin, deputy chief executive continues to have responsibility for the group’s worldwide infrastructure investment business.