David Lowery - Divisional Managing Director

David’s role as Executive Board member and Divisional Managing Director incorporates more than 21 years in the construction and civil engineering industry. He has extensive experience spanning across the UK and overseas, predominantly working on major infrastructure projects with large tier one organisations. Immediately before joining Galliford Try, David was director of a major Joint Venture delivering a multi-billion-pound civil engineering contract on HS2.

Glennan Blackmore - Managing Director

Glennan brings more than 30 years’ experience in construction to Galliford Try, having most recently managed the National Highways portfolio for Skanska as Highways Sector Director. He has overseen international projects and has been accredited with Fellowship of both the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation in recognition of the significant contribution he has made to the industry.

Alison Chippington - Pre-construction Director

Alison is a chartered civil engineer with more than 30 years’ experience. Alison leads all aspects of work-winning, tender strategies, pre-contract and bid management for our Infrastructure business as well as our customer and business development team. Alison is a fantastic role model in our business having been named Best Female Mentor at the 2016 European Women in Construction and Engineering Awards. She has also supported the business’s QUEST scholarships, which aligns to Galliford Try’s focus on early careers and establishing itself as a destination workplace for those in infrastructure.

Liz Bell - Operations Director

Liz covers our Local Authority business. She has more than over 30 years’ experience within the construction industry covering a variety of sectors including highways, industrial buildings and water. Starting out as a Graduate Engineer, Liz also has many years’ valuable self-delivery experience.

Jon Hodgins - Engineering Director

Jon has over 30 years' of experience in the construction industry working on the design and construction of a wide range of projects. Jon started his career working on the construction of several motorway new build and widening projects, then had a spell designing marine civil engineering projects after which he joined Galliford Try and established and developed the in-house engineering department. He has also been responsible for all temporary works procedures and training for the past 15 years.

Faye Hodgkinson - Head of Procurement

With over 18 years of experience managing supplier relationships, Faye brings a wealth of knowledge to a fundamental part of our business. Having joined Galliford Try in 2022, Faye is focused on building relationships, enhancing the way we support our supply partners and building a strategic approach to how manage supplier relationships in the most effective way.

Mark Bridges - Head of Health, Safety and Environment 

Mark joined the business in 2018 from Carillion where he worked in various roles for 20 years. With safety of paramount importance to our business, Mark leads a culture of safety that ensures all of our people take ownership of ensuring everyone reaches home safe and well. Mark supports the business in both Local Authority and National Highways contracts.

Jane Webster - Business Development Manager 

Jane joined Galliford Try in 2022 with over 20 years’ experience in business development, and a breadth of experience in the nuclear sector. Jane brings a strategic focus to how we approach our future customers and the areas we can strengthen our current experience and skill. With a focus on pipeline and adjacent markets, Jane supports our customers and supply partners.

Sairah Hussain - Head of Customer and Social Value 

Sairah joined Galliford Try in 2019 and leads on our strategic approach for customer and social value. Supporting both Local Authority and National Highways contracts, Sairah is bringing her 20 years' learning from retail to shape our customer approach and ensure we deliver local legacy that is vital for our business.

Steve Bickley – Head of Commercial

Steve joined Galliford Try in 2018 and has over 20 years of experience in the construction industry working on a wide range of civil engineering projects UK wide. Steve started his experience working on the major motorway upgrades and new build design and construct road projects. After leading the National Highways portfolio with multiple frameworks and joint ventures, in 2023 Steve moved to lead development of commercial strategies, risk management and governance across the business unit focusing on driving consistency in delivery.

Ed Wells – Head of Digital Construction

Ed has over 10 years’ experience in construction working predominantly on the delivery of major highways schemes as a civil engineer, quality lead and now as the Head of Digital Construction for Infrastructure. Ed is responsible for our digital systems related to construction delivery, information management, BIM, data, reporting, setting out and surveying, carbon and innovation.

Duncan Healey – Environmental and Sustainability Manager

Duncan has a background in environmental science which has led him to a career in environmental management. He has spent the past 10 years' working as environmental lead on Highways projects, and has excellent experience in dealing with ground investigation, contaminated land, environmental monitoring, and remediation. He’s passionate about environmental sustainability and leaving a lasting legacy.

Luke Winch – Low Carbon Manager

Luke began his career as a Temporary Works Designer. His passion for sustainability and low carbon design in civil engineering led him to the role of Low Carbon Manager at Galliford Try, where he leads the efforts in the Infrastructure business to decarbonise projects. Luke uses his background in civil engineering design to critically evaluate emerging technologies and practices to decarbonise the construction industry and support their deployment in projects.

Keeley Russell – Senior Stakeholder Manager

Keeley has over 25 years of customer and stakeholder experience that also encompasses social value. She is particularly passionate about leaving a lasting legacy in the communities we work in. Keeley's career spans both the private and public sectors, where she has focused on best practice and improvement.

Rachael Land – Senior Customer and Social Value Manager

Rachael joined Galliford Try from Buckingham Group Contracting Ltd. She has over 25 years’ experience working in education and early careers and has been delivering social value within the construction industry for over five years. Rachael is a specialist at maximising our social value impact on our Infrastructure projects.

Lizzie Rendell – Inclusion Partner

Lizzie is an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion professional and has worked in the construction industry across the UK and Nordics for the last 10 years. She joined Galliford Try in 2023 in the role of Inclusion Partner, leading change across our Infrastructure business unit. Lizzie utilises a data-led approach to drive meaningful initiatives across our Infrastructure projects and wider business and focuses on engaging and training leaders with the inclusive leadership skills to lead effectively in a changing industry.

Tim Bowers – Regional Manager, North

Tim is our Regional Manager looking after our Local Authority Business in the North. With 30 years’ experience he has worked on major Highway schemes for Local Authorities and National Highways, Public Realm, Flood Defence and in the Water industry. He has extensive Temporary Works and Health and Safety knowledge. His career in the industry started as a chainlad and he has worked through the engineering ranks to become a Charter Civil Engineer.

Richard Towse – Commercial Director

Richard has more than 30 years’ experience in construction, the last 20 of which have been in senior positions in the civil engineering industry. Most recently, Richard was Commercial Director at construction engineering company Volker Stevin where he played a pivotal part in growing the business sustainably. He has also carried out senior roles for Carillion, Alfred McAlpine, Balfour Beatty and Morgan Sindall.

Alison Holloway – HR Lead

Alison is an experienced HR Lead having worked in the construction and manufacturing industries across both the public and private sectors for over 25 years. Alison oversees our HR function for the Infrastructure Business and is focused on ensuring our employees flourish and are fully supported within the business.

Andy Arpino – Sector Commercial Director

Andy started his career as a Quantity Surveyor, he has more than 25 years’ industry experience and has been with Galliford Try for nine years progressing through a number of roles. He works alongside Commercial Director Richard Towse to lead on commercial activities and oversees relationships with key clients across Infrastructure.

Jon McRae – Sector Commercial Director

Jon is the Commercial Director for our National Highways portfolio, which includes the A47 scheme in the East of England. With a degree in Quantity Surveying, Jon joined Galliford Try from Balfour Beatty and is a well-regarded commercial professional in the industry.

Jenny Reid – Resourcing Partner

Jenny provides recruitment support to Hiring Managers within Galliford Try's Infrastructure division, working in collaboration with National Highways and Local Authority clients across the country. Jenny has over 10 years’ experience building on relationships with existing clients and developing relationships with new clients.

Andres Barros – Head of Planning

Andres has more than 10 years’ of experience within the construction industry. Before joining Galliford Try, Andres worked as National Planning Manager for Eiffage Genie Civil and was involved in the planning of one of the sections of the Main Works of the C23 section of HS2. He is a specialist in the implementation of the software Primavera P6 in order to achieve the full control of the work in terms of time, performance and economy.

Jamie Bradley – Head of Engineering & Design

Jamie is a Chartered Civil Engineer and a specialist in design and engineering management for infrastructure contractors. He joined Galliford Try in August 2023 and has worked extensively to build on our design management community and how we improve our relationships with designers and clients to drive innovation and performance.

Nina Harris – HR Advisor

Nina supports the Infrastructure business by providing guidance on employee relations, policies, and general HR practices. She supports managers and employees on HR issues, while assisting in the implementation of HR strategies to help improve performance and engagement.

Neil Scullion – Head of Operational Health, Safety and Environment

Neil has over 20 years of experience in the construction industry and the last 10 years specialising in HS&E roles in the Infrastructure sector. Neil supports the business by ensuring that we adopt a knowingly safe and well environment, where we eliminate risk through the design and planning stages to ensure that everybody goes home to their loved ones each and every day.

Jamie Missenden – Regional Manager

Jamie is responsible for operations across the southern half of the country for our Local Authority business and manages the Midlands Highways Alliance, GEN5 and Eastern Highways Alliance Frameworks. He has overseen significant growth in the region during his nine years with the business and has a wide breadth of experience of self-delivery, supply chain partner delivery, team building, growth and sustainability.