{"id":676990,"date":"2026-07-06T16:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T16:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/676990\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T16:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T16:45:10","slug":"collen-reshapes-leadership-under-new-europe-uk-and-ireland-divisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/676990\/","title":{"rendered":"Collen reshapes leadership under new Europe, UK and Ireland divisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-06T155429.588-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  \/>Peter Hoey<\/p>\n<p>The Irish family-owned contractor said the <a href=\"https:\/\/constructionwave.co.uk\/?s=restructure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">restructure<\/a> will sharpen strategic focus and strengthen operational delivery across its expanding markets.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the changes, Peter Hoey has been appointed business unit managing director, Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Hoey, who joined Collen in 2018, will oversee the company\u2019s operations across the continent.<\/p>\n<p>Supporting him is Ger Kelly, a 20-year Collen veteran, who becomes construction director \u2013 operations, Europe, with responsibility for project delivery and operational performance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-06T155537.887-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  \/>Derek O\u2019Conner<\/p>\n<p>Derek O\u2019Connor has been named business unit managing director for Ireland and the UK, leading the contractor\u2019s operations across its home markets.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Connor joined Collen in 2023 after spending more than 25 years with a tier-one contractor.<\/p>\n<p>The reshuffle also sees David Barron promoted from group technical director to chief technical and innovation officer.<\/p>\n<p>Barron, who joined from BAM UK &amp; Ireland in 2023, will lead the group\u2019s digital delivery, technical capability and innovation strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Bruce Greig has been promoted to commercial director, Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>Greig, who joined Collen in 2019 after previously working for Kier in Scotland, will support the company\u2019s commercial growth in Sweden and other \u201cemerging\u201d European markets. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peter Hoey The Irish family-owned contractor said the restructure will sharpen strategic focus and strengthen operational delivery across&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-676990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}