Former Kier boss suggests firm grew too quickly

By Will Ing2019-06-12T05:00:00

Firm’s acquisitions in recent years include Green Macs and May Gurney

A former chief operating officer at Kier has suggested the contractor grew too quickly just as construction demand was slowing.

Stephen Bowcott joined Kier in 2006 and was appointed construction director in 2010 before being made chief operating officer in 2013 as the firm acquired May Gurney.

Bowcott left Kier in 2015 to become managing director of Sisk, the Ireland-headquartered contractor where he is now chief executive.

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