Mace has announced the appointment of two more non-executive directors who will join its group Board in the new year, including the former boss of Heathrow.
From 1 January 2025, former Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye and Sylvia Metayer, former chief growth officer at Sodexo, will join as non-executives as Mace looks to expand hubs in the UK and Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Americas and Asia Pacific.
Holland-Kaye is currently serving as a non-executive director at Thames Water. He has led major infrastructure projects and held senior roles at Taylor Wimpey.
Metayer is an experienced non-executive director who currently sits on the boards of Groupe des Aéroports de Paris and Keolis.
Other non-executive directors joining from the new year include Dame Alison Nimmo, previously CEO of the Crown Estate; Nina Bjornstad, who has worked for Google and Microsoft and PwC UK Advisory; Eric Hageman, chief financial officer of Swedish telecoms company Telia; and John Coghlan, currently a director of Landmark.
Completing the new board will be Mark Reynolds in his role of executive chairman, Jason Millett as the new group CEO and David Allen, group CFO.
After 12 years as group chief executive and two as both group chairman and CEO, Reynolds is passing the day-to-day running of Mace Group to Millett from 1 January while remaining executive chairman.
Millett steps into the chief exec role having spent the last year as group deputy CEO. He has also held the recent post of interim CEO for Construct.
Reynolds said: “The appointments of John and Sylvia represent the final step in the establishment of our new Group Board, meaning Mace has access to the independent challenge and expertise it needs to realise the scale of our ambitions.
“John’s knowledge of major infrastructure and Sylvia’s significant experience in global corporate service provision will be invaluable as the business pursues its aim to be the world’s leading programme and project delivery consultant and construction expert – and with Jason taking over as our group chief executive in January I couldn’t be more confident of our success.”
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