Incumbent step down from UK board
Aecom has brought in a new managing director of its environment and ground engineering business.
Belgian Gert Vermeiren will take over from Craig Edwards as boss of the division with Edwards stepping down from the UK board as a result.
Vermeiren has been with Aecom for eight years and came across to the business after the firm completed the purchase of rival URS in 2014.
Filings made at Companies House show Edwards, who has been with the business 18 years, stepped down as a director last Friday. He was only appointed to the board last spring.
Aecom said more details of Edwards鈥� new role will be announced soon.
In its latest accounts, the firm said profit rebounded last year more than tripling to over 拢20m.
It said 2020鈥檚 results had been impacted by the cost of covid-19 which saw it cut jobs, introduce voluntary pay cuts and leave office space it didn鈥檛 need any more. 鈥淭hese activities were not replicated in 2021,鈥� it added.
As a result, the firm said pre-tax profit in the year to 1 October rose to 拢20.6m from 拢6m last time.
The bulk of its business is from work in the UK with 拢363m coming from its home market with the remainder from Europe and the Middle East. Overall turnover was down 6% to 拢450m.
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