Page 7 - Business Review 2016

7 Business Review 2016
“A good year is
always pleasing,
but a good year
in a period of
transition and
refocus is
especially so.”
Alastair Kerr
Chairman
Challenges and goals
As we move into 2017, we will focus on developing the
qualities that every leading player in this sector must
have. One in particular is the ability to innovate and
draw on the wealth of experience of our teams,
and we reflected our commitment to innovation with
a recent senior appointment to drive that agenda.
We also need to improve on our diversity, rebalancing
our talents across genders and ethnicities in this
traditionally male sector. I’m pleased to say we have
high-achieving women across our business on-site
and in our offices, but there is more work to do.
With our growth agenda well under way, we must also
remember that expansion brings demands. As we
become one of the major contractors in construction,
the challenge will be not to lose the nimbleness, flexible
structure and family ethos that has built our success to
date. These are nice challenges to have as we continue
to build on our legacy.