– UK, London – Sweett Group (AIM: CSG.L), the international construction and property consultancy, is pleased to announce the appointment of Douglas McCormick as Chief Executive Officer of the Company with effect from 2 March 2015, at which time John Dodds will revert to being Non-Executive Chairman.
Douglas has over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry and was until recently Group Managing Director, Rail, Atkins (UK), managing more than £200 million of revenues and over 1,700 staff across the UK, India and China. He joined Atkins in 2002 and latterly served as Trading Director of Atkins Rail from 2007 with responsibility for the unit’s commercial function, business strategy and development, marketing and communications. Prior to that, Douglas was the Commercial Director at Metronet Alliance and Trans4m Ltd and had previously been a Project Management Director at Faithful + Gould, Scotland and Ireland.
Douglas is a Fellow of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and holds an MSc in Construction Management and a BSc in Quantity Surveying. In addition, he is a Commissioner for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, a non-executive Director of the Institute for Collaborative Working and sits on the Editorial Board of RailReview Magazine for Bauer Consumer Media.
John Dodds, Chairman of Sweett Group, said: “I am delighted to announce Douglas’s appointment as Chief Executive of Sweett Group. He has the ideal background and combination of skills necessary to reinvigorate the company and I am looking forward to working with him in taking Sweett into the next stage of its development.”
About Sweett Group
Sweett Group is a global provider of professional services for the construction and management of building and infrastructure projects. We have an integrated network of 58 offices in 18 countries across five continents offering cost consulting and project management. Our services support clients through every stage of the project life cycle based upon our international expertise and local knowledge. Our strength is our people’s world-class talent and expertise through which, we have time and again delivered exceptional results. The strategy builds on these key strengths.
A modern, progressive company, Sweett Group sets itself apart through people, culture and aptitude to change. By collaborative practices and innovative thinking – supported at all levels – our clients receive an offering that is constantly evolving and improving in response to project needs.
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