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| SNC-Lavalin announces appointments within its Infrastructure and Power groups SNC-Lavalin Group (TSX: SNC) announces two senior appointments within its Infrastructure and Power groups. Ian Edwards is named Executive Vice-President, Infrastructure Construction, within the company's Infrastructure group, effective November 3. Mr. Edwards will be based in Montreal and report to Hisham Mahmoud, President, Infrastructure, SNC-Lavalin. The Infrastructure Group's Infrastructure Construction business unit provides construction services for infrastructure projects in a variety of sectors, including urban transit and heavy rail systems, super-hospitals, highways, bridges, airport terminals and water facilities. The Infrastructure Construction business frequently works in an integrated fashion with the Infrastructure group's concession investments, engineering, and operations and maintenance businesses. Mr. Edwards has over 30 years of experience in delivering complex infrastructure projects across Europe and Asia. He joins SNC-Lavalin after six years in senior roles with the Leighton Group. In 2012, he became the Managing Director, Leighton Asia, India and Offshore, where he led a diverse business of 20, 000 employees spanning the construction, infrastructure, oil and gas and mining sectors in 14 countries. For four years prior to this, Mr. Edwards was Executive General Manager, Leighton Asia Limited, where he secured sustainable, year-on-year business growth and significantly enhanced shareholder returns. Mr. Edwards holds Higher and Ordinary Certificates in Civil Engineering from Lancashire University in the United Kingdom. He is also an incorporated Member of the Chartered Institute of Building and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, as well as the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. Pierre St-Arnaud is named Executive Vice-President, Transmission & Distribution (T&D), within the company's Power group, effective December 8. Mr. St-Arnaud will be based in Calgary and report to Alexander (Sandy) Taylor, President, Power. SNC-Lavalin's Power group also includes nuclear power plant (including Candu reactor technology), hydro power plant and thermal power plant businesses. As a leading provider of services in its field, SNC-Lavalin's T&D business unit works with global clients to deliver cost-effective, sustainable and customized solutions for electrical transmission and distribution systems. This includes consulting services, feasibility studies and a combination of engineering, procurement and/or construction services, for projects ranging from high-voltage transmission infrastructure (up to 800 KV and HVDC expertise up to +/- 600 KV DC), to related automation and telecommunication subsystems. Mr. St-Arnaud has more than 35 years of international experience with high technology and high value-added manufacturing and engineering companies, including as CEO of SR Telecom and senior executive roles at Hydro-Québec and ABB. He has acted as President and General Manager of ABB France for the past four years. At ABB, Mr. St-Arnaud developed and implemented innovative strategies which resulted in higher customer satisfaction levels, profitability and quality of project execution. Mr. St-Arnaud holds a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering from the École Polytechnique de Montréal, and a Master's of Business Administration from the Université du Québec à Montréal. He is also a Member of the Quebec Order of Engineers. write your comments about the article :: © 2014 Construction News :: home page |