Key appointments made in infrastructure sector

Construction and infrastructure services group Kier has promoted James Martin to health, safety, wellbeing and sustainability director and head of the group’s Responsible Business team. 

Martin joined Kier on the group’s graduate programme in 1999 and has gone on to work on some of largest and most high-profile infrastructure projects in the UK, including Crossrail, Sellafield, Hinkley Point C and the Channel Tunnel.

Most recently, he has been working as a project director for Eiffage Kier Ferrovial BAM Nuttall (EKFB), which is responsible for delivering 80km of civil engineering works for HS2.

He started his new role on September 4.

The previous holder of this role, Chris Lilley, has also been promoted to a regional director within the Eastern and Midlands region of the group’s construction business. 

During the past two years, he has created a new health, safety and wellbeing strategy and overseen a strong improvement in the group’s safety performance.

He also played a leading role in the design and rollout of a culture programme across the group, as well as developing Kier’s evolved sustainability framework and maintaining an industry-leading approach to health and safety.

Both Lilley and Martin have taken part in Building Leaders, Kier’s talent development programme with Cranfield University which is aimed at supporting people into senior roles.

Global sustainable development consultancy Arup has announced the appointment of David Hughes as major programmes director.

He will focus on supporting and accelerating the firm’s delivery of significant national infrastructure and strategic change programmes. 

Based at Arup’s headquarters in London, he takes on a UK and international role, focused on clients across energy, transport and the broader built environment.

A recognised leader of complex major public sector programmes, Hughes joins Arup from the Department for Transport (DfT) where he was accountable for leadership and oversight of DfT's portfolio of major rail investment projects. 

As director of investment delivery planning at Transport for London, he held senior leadership roles on projects including Crossrail, the Northern Line Extension and the Tube upgrades.

He spent his early career at the Ministry of Defence, BBC, and Deloitte.

Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP has strengthened the broad M&A capabilities of its global energy and infrastructure practice with the addition of new partner Candice Lambeth in London.

Lambeth focuses on domestic and cross-border M&A, joint ventures, and co-investments across a wide spectrum of energy and infrastructure sectors ranging from traditional energy and renewables to digital and social infrastructure, transport and logistics. 

She advises infrastructure and private equity sponsors, financial institutions and corporates.

Joining from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Lambeth is the fifth new European energy and infrastructure partner at Paul Hastings this year.