Amey has appointed Andy Deman as its new highways sector director to take responsibility for its local and strategic highways operations
As the new highways sector director, Andy Deman will be an integral part of the transport infrastructure executive team at Amey.
His immediate priorities will be focused on supporting the people and teams to excel, in particular, embedding Amey’s operating model and delivering the highways growth plan.
For the past five years, Andy was operations director at Ringway Jacobs, leading a portfolio of local authority contracts. He created a single operational leadership team overseeing over 1,300 employees.
‘Drive the growth of transport infrastructure’
Peter Anderson, managing director of transport infrastructure, said: “I’m delighted Andy is joining Amey and my executive team, to drive the growth of the transport infrastructure business.
“We have an ambitious plan for the future to secure profitable growth, while maximising the combined knowledge across the business unit to deliver leading solutions for our clients and customers.”
With 25 years experience in the highways industry, Andy Deman has worked with local authority clients, as well as strategic highways clients, such as Highways England.
Prior to his role at Ringway Jacobs, Andy spent his early career at Carillion, progressing to contracts director. Followed by business director roles at Skanska.
Andy Denman, commented: “Achieving business success and delivering our strategic plan will need us to engage and work collaboratively, devising and implementing new and innovative ways to work.
“Collaborating to devise and implement improved ways of working is critical to engage people in the future of the business and our strategic plan.
“I’m looking forward to joining a team who are passionate about delivering the right solutions for our clients, who champion innovation and technology in service delivery, and who ultimately want to keep people safe.”
Andy will be joining Amey in May 2021.
