Skanska UK announces executive shake-up

Skanska UK chief executive Katy Dowding has promoted Terry Muckian, Andrew English and Jo Mortensen to executive vice presidents, while current executive vice presidents Thomas Faulkner and Swati Paul have decided to step down and will be leaving the company.

 New executive vice president Terry Muckian will have full responsibility for Skanska’s building unit.

 Muckian joined Skanska in 2011 and has held three managing director roles in utilities operations, the cementation business and the building unit most recently.  

Andrew English will have responsibility over Skanska’s infrastructure unit, after having rejoined Skanska earlier in 2024 as managing director for the unit.

English previously worked at Skanska for almost a decade, including in two managing director positions, before moving abroad in 2020. 

He previously led John Holland Group’s national infrastructure business and oversaw AtkinsRéalis’ UK transportation division. 

Jo Mortensen will join the Skanska UK Executive Management Team at the start of the new year as Executive Vice President for Technology, Sustainability & Innovation. 

He will move from Skanska Norway where he has held a similar role and will bring that knowledge and expertise to benefit Skanska’s UK customers. 

Adam McDonald, meanwhile, will take on an expanded role, becoming Executive Vice President and chief commercial officer (CCO), will oversee Skanska’s UK commercial strategy. 

In the role McDonald will have executive responsibility for the Cementation Skanska piling and foundations business, the facilities management operation and Skanska Rashleigh Weatherfoil, Skanska’s mechanical and electrical engineering business. 

McDonald joined Skanska as a graduate in 2003, becoming managing director in 2017 and joined the executive management team as executive vice president in 2023.   

Last year, Katy Dowding was appointed president and CEO of Skanska UK, taking over from incumbent Gregor Craig who is set to retire.

In July, the UK division declared steady turnover but a slump in operating profit in its latest financial results. 

Skanska UK President and CEO Katy Dowding says: “These executive appointments are testament to our strong talent pool, robust succession planning and commitment to providing career development opportunities.  

“I wish Thomas and Swati every success with the next stage of their careers and give my sincere thanks for their significant contributions during their time at Skanska.”

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The firm was appointed to the upgrade scheme by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), as part of a wider £3.8 billion estate modernisation programme.  

ISG will refurbish and return to use 300 single-person cells at the Category B men’s prison in the Winson Green area of the city. 

It is understood to be the firm’s “largest refurbishment project to date”. 

ISG is also one of four project partners on the MoJ’s £1 billion New Prisons Programme Alliance to deliver four new adult male prisons across the UK. 

The contractor has also been appointed to the MoJ’s five-year, £2.5 billion Constructor Services Framework, providing access to national and regional projects valued up to £30 million. 

“The MoJ continues to be one of our most innovative and progressive customers across a range of measures – from procurement approaches, modern methods of construction (MMC) adoption and as an environmental, social and governance (ESG) trailblazer,” said Alister McNeil, sector director for justice, ISG. 

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The firm was appointed to the upgrade scheme by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), as part of a wider £3.8 billion estate modernisation programme.  

ISG will refurbish and return to use 300 single-person cells at the Category B men’s prison in the Winson Green area of the city. 

It is understood to be the firm’s “largest refurbishment project to date”. 

ISG is also one of four project partners on the MoJ’s £1 billion New Prisons Programme Alliance to deliver four new adult male prisons across the UK. 

The contractor has also been appointed to the MoJ’s five-year, £2.5 billion Constructor Services Framework, providing access to national and regional projects valued up to £30 million. 

“The MoJ continues to be one of our most innovative and progressive customers across a range of measures – from procurement approaches, modern methods of construction (MMC) adoption and as an environmental, social and governance (ESG) trailblazer,” said Alister McNeil, sector director for justice, ISG. 

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The firm was appointed to the upgrade scheme by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), as part of a wider £3.8 billion estate modernisation programme.  

ISG will refurbish and return to use 300 single-person cells at the Category B men’s prison in the Winson Green area of the city. 

It is understood to be the firm’s “largest refurbishment project to date”. 

ISG is also one of four project partners on the MoJ’s £1 billion New Prisons Programme Alliance to deliver four new adult male prisons across the UK. 

The contractor has also been appointed to the MoJ’s five-year, £2.5 billion Constructor Services Framework, providing access to national and regional projects valued up to £30 million. 

“The MoJ continues to be one of our most innovative and progressive customers across a range of measures – from procurement approaches, modern methods of construction (MMC) adoption and as an environmental, social and governance (ESG) trailblazer,” said Alister McNeil, sector director for justice, ISG. 

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