Saur Group chair joins British firm and relocates to London
Infrastructure investor John Laing has appointed Olivier Brousse, executive chair of French infrastructure firm Saur Group, as its chief executive.
Brousse will replace Adrian Ewer from 1 March and will relocate to London for his new role.
Phil Nolan, chair of John Laing, said Brousse鈥檚 appointment left the firm 鈥渨ell placed for the future鈥�.
He said: 鈥淗is outstanding track record at Saur Group and prior to that at Veolia, combined with the strong existing John Laing management team that he will inherit, reassures us that we will retain the solid platform that has delivered John Laing鈥檚 great success.鈥�
Nolan added: 鈥淎drian has given outstanding service to the company 鈥� 23 years in total, eight of which as chief executive.
鈥淗is leadership has been exemplary, overseeing the strategic shift away from construction to focus on our key target sectors of renewable energy, waste, accommodation, health and transport across the UK, continental Europe, North America and Australasia. He has helped turn John Laing into an investor and manager of infrastructure assets with a portfolio of investments valued at over 拢650m.鈥�
Brousse said he was 鈥渄elighted鈥� to be joining John Laing. 鈥淚 look forward to working with Phil and the team to build on Adrian鈥檚 good work and take the business to its next stage of growth and performance,鈥� he said.
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