BALFOUR Beatty has appointed Emma Loxton as the group’s chief strategy officer.
Emma joins from McKinsey & Company, where she spent more than a decade advising industrial and infrastructure businesses on strategy, transformation and growth. She was a partner at McKinsey, most recently leading its UK advanced industries and transport & infrastructure practices. Earlier in her career, she was a senior policy advisor in the UK Government’s prime minister’s strategy unit.
Emma will help shape and deliver Balfour Beatty’s long-term strategy when she joins in October, supporting the next phase of growth across its chosen markets and building on the group’s infrastructure capability, presence in the UK, US and Asia, and priority growth markets of UK energy, UK transport, UK defence and US buildings.
Balfour Beatty is currently continuing to deliver its profitable growth strategy and advance its ‘Evolve, Energise, Explore’ growth plan.
Philip Hoare, Balfour Beatty group chief executive, said, “Emma is a proven strategy and transformation leader with a strong track record of helping complex organisations sharpen performance, strengthen competitiveness and deliver lasting change. Her insight, energy and commercial focus will be invaluable as we continue to execute our strategy, progress Evolve, Energise, Explore and capture the opportunities created by strong demand for complex, critical infrastructure across our chosen markets. I am delighted to welcome her to Balfour Beatty.”
Emma Loxton commented, “Balfour Beatty is an industry leader with exceptional people, distinctive capabilities and a vital role delivering the infrastructure we all depend on. The group is well positioned for its next phase of profitable growth, with strong positions in attractive markets and a clear ambition for the future. I am excited to join Philip and the leadership team, and to work with colleagues across Balfour Beatty to help deliver this next chapter.”
