Kier chief says writing was on wall for Carillion weeks before it went bust

By Dave Rogers2021-07-19T05:00:00

Contractor collapsed a week before Andrew Davies had been due to take top role, opening up eventual move to rival

Kier chief executive Andrew Davies has spoken for the first time about his aborted move to Carillion which ended up with him never taking the top job after the firm went bust a week before he was due to start.

Davies ended up taking over as Kier boss in April 2019 – more than a year after he was supposed to start the chief executive’s role at Carillion.

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