BALFOUR Beatty has appointed Tony Wilson as MD of its UK Power Transmission and Distribution (Power T&D) business.
He will be tasked with delivering the business’ growth plans, establishing it as the ‘pre-eminent partner’ to customers which include Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks and National Grid.
An electrical engineer by trade, Tony has over 40 years’ experience within the engineering and construction industry, spanning the utilities, transport, infrastructure and power markets. He has previously worked at Skanska and J. Murphy & Sons, where he was MD of the firm’s utilities sector.
Tony joined Balfour Beatty in 2021 as utilities director for Balfour Beatty VINCI’s HS2 Area North Project, leading the delivery of all utility works. Last year he moved to Balfour Beatty’s Power T&D business as chief operations director.
The Power T&D business works with electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks, from scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance.
Last year, Balfour Beatty was appointed as one of ten delivery partners to SSEN Transmission’s Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) framework, responsible for delivering the onshore transmission infrastructure within SSEN’s ‘Pathway to 2030’ network redevelopment programme across the north of Scotland.
