‘A man you can have a bit of faith in.’ How Andrew Davies turned around Kier

By Dave Rogers2025-07-22T11:33:00

Source: Jean Goldsmith

The firm’s chief executive has today announced his retirement. He leaves the business in a vastly different shape to the one he joined, writes Dave Rogers

Just think. If Carillion had survived, then Andrew Davies would (probably) never have joined Kier.

He had been lined up to take charge of Carillion at the start of 2018 – previous employer Wates had even let him leave their business a few months early in order for him to get cracking – but a week before he was due to arrive, it went down the pan – one of the biggest corporate failures in recent years.

So, instead of trying to plot a recovery of sorts at Carillion, he spent much of the next 12 months on an enforced sabbatical.

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