Richard Williams, formerly group development director, takes over as managing director.
Howells had been managing director of the employee-owned company for six years and helped the company reach its target of £1bn in revenue, aided by more than 15 acquisitions in the last three years and opening new offices in France, Turkey, Ukraine, Serbia, Uganda, Japan and Australia.
As group development director, Williams had taken a lead in strengthening the company’s safety and ethics policy. He is involved with global organisations that promote transparency, high standards and strong governance.
The two men are supported on the group board by strategic development director Kevin Stovell and director for Europe/Africa Guy Leonard, and for Asia Pacific/Australasia Kevin Dixon.
Howells said: “Mott MacDonald has been able to ride the storm of the past few years of turbulent world economic conditions due to our diversity, our multi-disciplinary skills, global presence and staff delivering innovation and excellence on projects. Our partnership approach matched with rigorous attention to cost and performance has stood us in good stead. With over 100 industry awards won in 2010, we've a strong track record in delivering successful and innovative projects, and we’re also widely acknowledged as leaders of best practice in sustainability. As chairman I will be leading the drive to further improve our performance with a key focus on delivering value to our customers.”
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