Heath Drewett, previously group finance director of Atkins since 2009, now becomes president of Atkins, SNC-Lavalin鈥檚 fifth business sector, and a member of SNC-Lavalin鈥檚 executive committee. He reports directly to SNC-Lavalin president and chief executive Neil Bruce.
With the addition of Atkins鈥� 18,000 employees around the world, SNC-Lavalin now has more than 50,000 employees and annual revenues of approximately 拢7.2bn.
鈥淪NC-Lavalin is continuing to deliver on its strategy of establishing itself in the top three in our industry globally,鈥� said Neil Bruce. 鈥淏y combining our two highly complementary businesses, we are solidifying SNC-Lavalin鈥檚 position as one of the largest fully integrated professional services firms in the world, while improving our margins and balancing our business portfolio.
鈥淲e are now a true global player that is in a stronger position to offer clients complementary and a wider breadth of expertise, capabilities and services. We are thrilled to welcome the employees of Atkins and the tremendous talent they will bring to our combined company. Together, we will become part of a larger global organisation that will open the door to new opportunities for further growth and development.鈥�
In selling out to foreign takeover and foresaking independence, WS Atkins has now gone the same way as Scott Wilson, Halcrow, Maunsell, WSP, Babtie, Sir Alexander Gibb, Hyder Consulting (Acer/Freeman Fox, as was) and other great names of British civil engineering.
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