An electrical engineer by trade, Wilson has over 40 years’ experience within the engineering and construction industry, spanning the utilities, transport, infrastructure and power markets.

Prior to joining Balfour Beatty back in 2021 he enjoyed a successful career at both J. Murphy & Sons and Skanska where he was managing director of their utilities businesses.

At Balfour Beatty, he joined as utilities director for Balfour Beatty VINCI’s HS2 Area North Project, leading the delivery of all utility works.

He moved to Balfour Beatty’s Power T&D business as chief operations director at the start of this year before being promoted to head the business today.

Wilson will be responsible for delivering the business’ growth plans, fuelled by the UK Government’s requirement for clean and domestically generated energy.

Clients include Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks and National Grid.

Last year, Balfour Beatty was appointed as one of 10 delivery partners to SSEN Transmission’s £10bn Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) framework, responsible for delivering the onshore transmission infrastructure within SSEN’s network redevelopment programme across the North of Scotland.

Balfour has since commenced the detailed design and development of nine schemes.