Sisk brings in Graham’s civils boss to new COO role at infrastructure business

John Sisk & Son has brought in the managing director of John Graham’s civil engineering business to a newly created role of chief operating officer for its infrastructure division.

Leo Martin joins in January after more than a quarter of a century at Graham and will report directly to Sisk’s group chief executive Paul Brown.

Sisk said its infrastructure division has been established “to provide dedicated executive leadership across Sisk’s growing civil engineering activities in Ireland and the UK”.

It consists of two business units, namely Sisk Infrastructure and the recently acquired Farrans business.

Sisk said Alan Rodger and Dominic Lavery will continue to report to Martin in their current capacities as managing directors of their respective business units.

Before joining Graham at the end of the 1990s, Martin worked for piling firm Cementation and later Trafalgar House which eventually became Skanska.

Brown said: “We are delighted to welcome Leo in the new year and to learn from his experience in the civil engineering sector across Ireland and the UK as we look to grow our business in this space. Leo is incredibly well known and respected throughout the industry.

“Over the past number of years, we have seen sustained and significant investment in infrastructure across Ireland and the UK - from transportation, aviation and water to energy, flood alleviation, and utilities. With the recent addition of Farrans to the Sisk family, the scale and capability of our infrastructure operations has increased considerably.”