Mr Marsden will become the Director of People and Organisational Development for Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions and will be in charge of management strategy when it comes to HR. He was a member of the executive team at EDF specialising in brand strategy and knows the energy sector well.

Talking about his new post he said, “My first impressions of the business are extremely positive. Our marketplace is becoming increasingly competitive but this company has always had a real breadth and depth of skills something I am looking forward to building on.”

Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions works across the energy industry building and maintaining infrastructure particularly in the water and power sectors.