Balfour Taps Qinetiq’s Quinn as new CEO to Revamp Builder

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Balfour Beatty Plc named Leo Quinn as new chief executive officer to revamp Britain’s biggest builder which has suffered from mismanaged projects and a lack of demand.

Quinn will start on Jan. 1 after five years as CEO of defense specialist Qinetiq Group Plc, Balfour Beatty said today. The executive began his career at Balfour Beatty in 1979 as a civil engineer and later worked as president of Honeywell Building Controls and CEO of banknote printer De La Rue Plc. The stock gained 5.3 percent in London trading today.