Balfour Beatty has appointed Emma Loxton as Chief Strategy Officer, adding her to the international infrastructure group’s Executive Committee as it advances its Evolve, Energise, Explore growth strategy.
Loxton will join Balfour Beatty in October and report to Group Chief Executive Philip Hoare. She will lead the company’s strategy function and help shape and execute its long-term growth plans.
She joins from McKinsey & Company, where she spent more than a decade advising large industrial and infrastructure companies on strategy, transformation, and growth.
Loxton was a partner at McKinsey and most recently led its UK Advanced Industries and Transport & Infrastructure practices. Earlier in her career, she worked as a Senior Policy Advisor in the UK Government’s Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit.
At Balfour Beatty, Loxton’s strategy role will span the company’s operations across the UK, U.S., and Asia, with particular emphasis on priority markets including UK energy, UK transport, UK defense, and U.S. buildings.
The appointment comes as Balfour Beatty pursues its next phase of profitable growth in complex infrastructure. The company employs approximately 26,000 people and develops, builds, finances, maintains, and operates infrastructure across the UK, U.S., and Asia.
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“Emma is a proven strategy and transformation leader with a strong track record of helping complex organisations sharpen performance, strengthen competitiveness and deliver lasting change. Her insight, energy and commercial focus will be invaluable as we continue to execute our strategy, progress Evolve, Energise, Explore and capture the opportunities created by strong demand for complex, critical infrastructure across our chosen markets. I am delighted to welcome her to Balfour Beatty.”
Philip Hoare, Group Chief Executive of Balfour Beatty
“Balfour Beatty is an industry leader with exceptional people, distinctive capabilities and a vital role delivering the infrastructure we all depend on. The Group is well positioned for its next phase of profitable growth, with strong positions in attractive markets and a clear ambition for the future. I am excited to join Philip and the leadership team, and to work with colleagues across Balfour Beatty to help deliver this next chapter.”
Emma Loxton, Incoming Chief Strategy Officer of Balfour Beatty
