Eric Wright Construction appoints new managing director

Eric Wright Construction has appointed John Hartnett as managing director, replacing John Wilson who retires after 24 years with the business.

Phil Brown has also joined the board as surveying director.

Jeremy Hartley, managing director of the Eric Wright group of companies, said: "John Wilson has done an excellent job leading the construction business through some extremely challenging times, not least the well-publicised challenges faced by the industry as a whole this year with Brexit and of course Covid. It is a situation no one could have begun to envisage.

"With a change of leadership under John Hartnett and Phil’s appointment further strengthening the board, we’re taking the opportunity now to respond to a very changed world and reshape the business to ensure it remains resilient and future-proofed to meet the continuing operational and commercial challenges which face the construction sector as a whole. Phil has a great deal of commercial expertise which will be invaluable as we deal with the economic challenges post-Covid."

Jeremy added: "Despite all the issues 2020 has thrown at us, our construction team has delivered over £60m worth of key projects on time or ahead of schedule during the summer which is a remarkable achievement."

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