New boss at BWB as long-standing CEO steps aside
Nottingham-headquartered engineering consultancy BWB has appointed Graham Sant as its new chief executive.
Sant, 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.
BWB has offices across the country in London, Leeds, Birmingham, and Manchester alongside its Nottingham headquarters.
The firm currently employs more than 350 people.
Sant 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.
Sant 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.”
