Lana Shaylor, aged 29, joined the family business five years ago as a business development executive and now becomes business development director.
She is the younger sister of chief executive Stephen Shaylor, 48, and Richie Shaylor, 45. Their father Fred Shaylor, who set the company up in 1970, died in 2013.
Lana Shaylor, who is also a shareholder in the business, oversees key account management, frameworks and bid management for the company.
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