Mark Foy, leader govt and leader inspector of the Place of job for Nuclear Law till July, will sign up for the board of Laing O’Rourke as a non-executive director in November.
Foy will chair the Laing O’Rourke board’s newly shaped protection committee.
Laing O’Rourke, in three way partnership with Bouygues of France, is major contractor for the Hinkley Level C nuclear energy plant this is lately beneath building in Somerset. Their Bylor three way partnership has additionally been appointed to construct the replica Sizewell C in Suffolk.
Additionally becoming a member of the Laing O’Rourke board subsequent yr is Jersey employment legal professional Helen Ruelle , former director at legislation company Ogier and prior to {that a} spouse at Mourant.
Present corporate secretary Jim Edmondson will stay as a member of the board and can beef up the O’Rourke circle of relatives place of job, Oisín Capital, which is based totally in Jersey. Edmonson is operating with Ruelle to impact a clean transition forward of her officially taking on the location in April 2026, the corporate stated.
Stepping down from the Laing O’Rourke board are Australian miner Mark Cutifani, who’s a former leader govt of Anglo American, and Danish service provider banker Charlotte Valeur.

Heather MacCallum, who joined the board in November 2022 and lately chairs the audit and chance committee, will transform the senior impartial director, and a member of the remuneration committee. She is any other Jersey resident.
Hayaatun Sillem, who joined the board in March 2022, will now chair the board’s sustainability committee. She can even sign up for the nomination committee. Dr Sillem, who has served as leader govt of the Royal Academy of Engineering for 8 years, introduced that she is going to step down from that position on the finish of December.
Chairman Ray O’Rourke stated: “We imagine that the modernisation of the development trade, that we’re backing our other folks to ship, will also be on the center of a twenty first century business revolution.
“Even though the operating paradigm is new, our dedication to a type constructed across the ordinary ability of our other folks is continuing. The arriving of Mark Foy and Helen Ruelle, along with the experience and revel in of Hayaatun Sillem and Heather MacCallum will best deepen this wealthy custom at Laing O’Rourke.
“The arduous paintings, ingenuity and determination of everybody at Laing O’Rourke has created a platform for innovation unheard of in our trade. I wish to thank Mark Cutifani and Charlotte Valeur for his or her steerage and recommendation over time, as we pioneered the trendy strategies of building that at the moment are powering the following level of Laing O’Rourke’s enlargement.”
Leader govt Cathal O’Rourke added: “Mark Foy and Helen Ruelle are becoming a member of the board at an exhilarating time for Laing O’Rourke. I’m desperate to paintings with them as we form a brand new paradigm for the development trade.”
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