{"id":21723,"date":"2023-09-08T23:15:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T06:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/trio-of-skanska-directors-exit-ahead-of-up-to-90-job-cuts\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T23:15:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T06:15:48","slug":"trio-of-skanska-directors-exit-ahead-of-up-to-90-job-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/trio-of-skanska-directors-exit-ahead-of-up-to-90-job-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Trio of Skanska directors exit ahead of up to 90 job cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The business streamlining comes just four months after Katy Dowding was promoted to UK President and CEO of the business, which in August reported strong profit and revenue growth last year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_478626\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/09\/7a9cc0ad8b004fd292ae063ef14fd9ca.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(l-r) Neeson leaves after 22 years, MacAskill after 16 years and Mann after 12 years<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Executive vice president Martin Neeson, operational efficiency director Andy MacAskill, and communications director Anna Mann have left after many years with the Skanska business.<\/p>\n<p>A spokeswoman for Skanska told the <em>Enquirer<\/em> that the high-level director departures were unconnected with the broader cost-cutting plan being delivered in the face of challenging market conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proposing to make some changes to our back-office support functions and will be consulting with employees potentially affected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is understandably an unsettling time, and we will do everything that we can to support people through the process in line with our values.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not wish to pre-empt the outcome of the collective consultation process so it would not be right to comment further on the total number of roles potentially affected at this time,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Enquirer<\/em> understands that up to 90 staff have been put at risk just a few week after the UK arm of the Swedish construction group, reported pre-tax profit up nearly 60% to \u00a355m in the year to December 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The spokeswoman added: \u201cWhile these proposed changes have been driven by the broader challenging market conditions affecting construction, we remain a financially strong business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Skanska added that the proposed changes would not impact on project delivery.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2023\/09\/08\/trio-of-skanska-directors-exit-ahead-of-up-to-90-job-cuts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The business streamlining comes just four months after Katy Dowding was promoted to UK President and CEO of the business, &#8230; 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