1. Ray O’Rourke KBE
Chairman and Chief Executive
Age 65. Major Shareholder and founder of the
Laing O’Rourke Group. He chairs the Group
Executive Committee and is responsible for
leading the strategic direction and operational
management of the Group’s business
activities. Ray founded
R O’Rourke& Son in
1977, and commenced trading the following year. The
business acquired the construction arm of John Laing
PLC in 2001, and with the acquisition of Barclay
Mowlem in 2006, created today’s extended
international engineering and construction group.
Ray has a passion for developing and promoting
engineering and project delivery talent to meet
global construction challenges, and has a keen focus
on safety performance.
Committee membership:
1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9
Other appointments:
Non-Executive Director of Anglo American
Committee Membership:
- Group Shareholders
- Board of Directors
- Group Executive Committee
- Safety and Sustainable Development Committee
- Human Capital Committee
- Strategy Committee
- Investment Committee
- Audit Committee
- Engineering Excellence Group
- Europe Hub Executive Committee
- Australia Hub Executive Committee
