{"id":114194,"date":"2022-08-11T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T06:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=114194"},"modified":"2023-05-02T13:25:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T12:25:24","slug":"roger-morton-appointed-as-director-of-strategic-change-at-willmott-dixon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/roger-morton-appointed-as-director-of-strategic-change-at-willmott-dixon\/114194\/","title":{"rendered":"Roger Morton appointed as director of strategic change at Willmott Dixon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Roger Morton has been appointed to the newly created role of director of strategic change at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.willmottdixon.co.uk\/careers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Willmott Dixon<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>As the new director of strategic change at Willmott Dixon, Roger Morton will work with chief operating officer John Waterman to implement strategies that support the company\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/featured\/how-can-digital-solutions-keep-growth-in-the-construction-industry-sustainable\/114056\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> future growth.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Morton joins Willmott Dixon from Vistry Group, where he was group change director, following a 25-year career as an officer in the Corps of Royal Engineers.<\/p>\n<h3>Roger Morton will drive major change programmes at Willmott Dixon<\/h3>\n<p>John Waterman, chief operating officer at Willmott Dixon\u2019s construction and interiors businesses, said:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m delighted to welcome Roger to our senior team. 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I\u2019m looking forward to working with Roger as we move forward with our future growth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Willmott Dixon has an &#8220;impressive&#8221; approach to responsible construction and sustainability<\/h3>\n<p>Roger Morton commented: &#8220;Prior to joining Willmott Dixon, I was impressed with the company\u2019s approach to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/reducing-embodied-carbon-in-building-products-for-a-sustainable-future\/113622\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">responsible construction and sustainability<\/a>, alongside its reputation as a great place to work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m really excited to be part of the team and look forward to using my experience to help the company realise its ambitions for the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roger Morton has been appointed to the newly created role of director of strategic change at Willmott Dixon. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[172730],"tags":[882,661,592,465,1009],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-114194","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-people","7":"tag-employment","8":"tag-hr","9":"tag-skills","10":"tag-sustainable-construction","11":"tag-willmott-dixon"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Roger Morton appointed as director of strategic change at Willmott Dixon | Planning, Building &amp; 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