International engineering firm, Buro Happold is to appoint Roger Nickells as Chief Executive Officer and Oliver Plunkett as Middle East Managing Director

BATH, England. - Monday, June 9th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Buro Happold today announced that its senior partnership has unanimously appointed Roger Nickells as Chief Executive Officer, effective from Wednesday 25th June. Oliver Plunkett will now take leadership of the firm’s Middle East offer as the new Managing Director.

“Oliver has demonstrated over the past four years his passion for the Middle East region and his excellent leadership skills,” said Roger Nickells. “Oliver has spearheaded major strategic change across our Saudi Arabia efforts and I look forward to seeing him translate his success into his new role as Middle East Managing Director. I will be working closely with Oliver and all our teams across the organisation to deliver our clear vision for the future.”

Since joining the company in 2010, Oliver has been leading the firm in Saudi Arabia and under his leadership has created a renaissance for Buro Happold across the Kingdom which he will now scale up in his new role as Middle East Managing Director working across Saudi Arabia and the wider gulf nations.

Commenting on his new role, Oliver Plunkett cited, “This is an exciting time for our firm in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Nations and I am proud to have been appointed the new Managing Director for the region. I will continue my work in Saudi Arabia working closely with the leadership team and widen my work remit to the rest of the Middle East translating and scaling up successes to lead the region forward with confidence. In the next couple of years we have a multitude of once in a generation projects approaching completion - Atturaif, Haramain, King Abdul Aziz Centre for World Culture, King Abdullah Financial District, Heart of Doha and Louvre Abu Dhabi to name a few. Working with our team of world class engineers, and with a clear strategic direction, we have a positive future ahead of us.

“I would like to congratulate Roger on his new role as our Chief Executive Officer, having experienced his leadership first hand, I have absolutely no doubt he is the right person to lead our firm to a new and exciting future. I wish him well and look forward to continually working closely with him as I move forward and grow our firm’s Middle East efforts. It is an exciting time for the organisation and one I am very proud to be part of.”

Contacts

Buro Happold

Stacey Carter, + 44 (0) 77525 765 812

Stacey.carter@burohappold.com

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