Luke Hands joins Ardmore from Henry Construction Projects, where he spent two years as HSEQ director.
Before joining Ardmore, he spent nine years at J Murphy Sons, initially in environmental management and later headed up health, safety, environmental, quality & sustainability for Murphy鈥檚 building business.
He joins Ardmore as the company aims to increase turnover from 拢400m to 拢500m over the next two years.
Luke Hands said: 鈥淚鈥檓 delighted to take on this role at such an important period for the Ardmore Group. From the outset, it鈥檚 been clear that Ardmore is passionately committed to its workforce and supply chain. I鈥檓 looking forward to working with the team to keep improving and innovating the way we manage health and safety.鈥
Ardmore director James Byrne said: 鈥淲hile safety excellence has long been the highest core value at Ardmore Group we must continue to invest in innovative solutions and the right people to enable us to deliver; Luke brings a wealth of safety experience and a considerable track record in operational delivery and will play a pivotal role in the achievement of our goals.鈥
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