Our guest is Darren James, Chief Executive Officer of Keltbray Group. He shares with us how he's gone about developing a purpose and strategy for Keltbray - as well as some tips for getting great staff engagement through the process, especially from junior staff.
Darren was appointed Chief Executive of the Keltbray Group in April 2020. Prior to this he was an Executive Director of Costain Group PLC from 2007 as Managing Director of the £1.2bn Infrastructure Division for over 10 years and latterly as the Chief Operating Officer for the Costain Group. In addition to overall P+L responsibility for the Groups operations he held specific responsibility at the Executive Board for Safety, Health and Environment and Chaired the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Board.
An honours graduate in Civil Engineering from the University of Surrey, Darren has undertaken further postgraduate executive educations programmes at Harvard (Leadership), Wharton (Strategy) and London (Finance) Business Schools.
A Chartered Civil Engineer, Darren is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, the Institution of Civil Engineers and Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation.
Darren is a Non-Executive Director of the Port of London Authority a Director of the Rail Industry Association, a member of the Rail Supply Group Council as industry champion on one of the Rail Sector Deal Pillars and a member of the Princes Trust Built Environment Leadership Group.
Darren James