LONDON: Kier Group plc has confirmed that Andrew Davies has today joined as Chief Executive and that Philip Cox has resumed the role of Non-Executive Chairman.

Kier also announces that Andrew Davies will lead a strategic review of the Group which will consider ways of further simplifying Kier to create a more focused group, the allocation of capital resources across the Group and additional steps to improve cash generation and reduce leverage. This review will build on work that has been undertaken by the Board in recent months and is in addition to the previously announced Future Proofing Kier programme. The conclusions of the review will be announced in July.[the_ad id=”31605″]