Nottingham-headquartered engineering consultancy BWB will grow under new leadership with the appointment of Graham Sant as Chief Executive.
Graham, who joined the company’s board three years ago, takes over from long-running CEO Steve Wooler, who has led BWB since a management buy-out in 2008 and will stay on as a non-executive director.
Graham said: “I joined BWB because it stood out as something almost unique – a consultancy of national standing that has a refreshingly agile and entrepreneurial approach, and a team of people who combine experience and intense professionalism with real ingenuity and client focus.
“They’re passionate about creating places which work for everyone while preserving our planet in the process. It’s a guiding principle for them.
“My remit has been to help the business build on that culture to grow the number of large, high-value projects that we are delivering on behalf of clients, and I’m delighted to be taking over the reins from Steve at a time when BWB is doing significantly more large-scale work.”
Major projects BWB has delivered include SEGRO’s strategic railfreight interchange at Radlett, the BBC’s new West Midlands headquarters in Birmingham, the Hinckley national railfreight interchange with Tritax Symmetry and National Highways’ major improvement scheme on the M621 in Yorkshire.
Graham added: “Steve has done an incredible job leading BWB. It has navigated the financial crisis, Brexit and the pandemic, but it has grown significantly, and delivered landmarks that embody sustainable design. It has also become established as an employer of choice and recognised as the best large consultancy by the Association for Consultancy and Engineering.”
Reflecting on his time leading BWB, Steve Wooler added: “In many ways, BWB has been my life’s work professionally, and while I’m stepping down as CEO I am definitely not stepping away from a business I’m passionate about.
“I was BWB’s 18th employee in a small office in Nottingham, and have seen it evolve from a single-discipline small consultancy to a national multi-disciplinary business which delivers for blue chip clients from offices across the UK.
“There is so much more that we can still achieve and I’m absolutely confident that with Graham at the helm of a brilliant team we have an exciting journey ahead of us.”
