Balfour Beatty has appointed Stephen Billingham as a non-executive director with immediate effect.

Stephen has over three decades of business and management experience, including 11 years at Balfour Beatty’s predecessor BICC plc. He is currently executive chairman of Punch Taverns plc (where he will stand down from executive duties later this month), chairman of Anglian Water Group Ltd and an HMG appointed non-executive director of Urenco Ltd.

Previously he was finance director of British Energy Group plc and WS Atkins plc.

Chairman Philip Aiken said: “I am delighted that Stephen has agreed to join the Balfour Beatty Board. He brings immense experience of different industries, including construction and support services, both from the supplier and the client side, as well as having a strong background in Finance in several complex organisations. Stephen Billingham will be the fifth new director to join in 2015, as we make good progress to strengthen both Balfour Beatty’s Board and executive management.”