Confirmation of Chief Executive appointment date

Balfour Beatty plc (the "Company")

Confirmation of Group Chief Executive Appointment Date

Balfour Beatty plc, the international infrastructure group, today announces that, further to the announcement of Philip Hoare's appointment as Group Chief Executive made on 5 March 2025, Philip will join the Company as Group Chief Executive and member of the Board as Executive Director, with effect from 8 September 2025. 

Leo Quinn will step down from the Board as Group Chief Executive on the same date and will continue in an advisory capacity for several months to ensure a seamless transition.

This announcement is made in accordance with Rule 6.4.7 of the UK Listing Rules.

Investor and analyst enquiries:

Jim Ryan

Tel. +44 (0) 7858 368527

[email protected]

Media enquiries: 

Louise McCullochTel. +44 (0) 7814 693 057 [email protected]

Notes to editors:

· Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group with over 27,000 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 116 years we have created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world. Currently, we are working to deliver Hinkley Point C, the first UK nuclear power station in a generation; constructing the world-class arts and cultural facility, the Lyric Theatre, in Hong Kong; and designing, building, financing, operating and maintaining the Automated People Mover superstructure at one of the busiest airports in the world, Los Angeles International Airport.

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