Project director on Terminal 2 job joins Morgan Sindall to head up its airports business

Keith Cannin - Morgan Sindall

Morgan Sindall has poached a Balfour Beatty boss to become its director of airports.

Keith Cannin was an operations directors in Balfour Beatty鈥檚 aviation division, and was a project director on the firm鈥檚 Heathrow Terminal 2 programme.

In his new role at Morgan Sindall, Cannin will be based at Heathrow airport, where the firm was recently appointed as one of four contractors on the airport鈥檚 拢1.5bn five-year investment programme.

He will report to Nick Fletcher, managing director of civil engineering at Morgan Sindall, and will be responsible for delivering all the firm鈥檚 airport work.

Cannin said he was 鈥渓ooking forward to the new challenge鈥 of working at Morgan Sindall. 

He added: 鈥淭he UK鈥檚 airport infrastructure needs continued investment and upgrades to keep pace with demand and the reality of global competition. The Morgan Sindall airports team has a great track record for delivering high quality, complex projects around the country and we are well placed to support the sector.鈥