{"id":140877,"date":"2024-06-25T12:04:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T11:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=140877"},"modified":"2024-06-25T12:10:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T11:10:51","slug":"ray-orourke-stepping-down-replaced-son-cathal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/people\/ray-orourke-stepping-down-replaced-son-cathal\/140877\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray O&#8217;Rourke stepping down, to be replaced by son Cathal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>After five decades leading<a href=\"https:\/\/www.laingorourke.com\/company\/leadership\/?filter=Board\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Laing O&#8217;Rourke<\/a>, founder and chief executive Ray O&#8217;Rourke is stepping down<\/h2>\n<p>Ray O&#8217;Rourke KBE founded Laing O&#8217;Rourke in 1977 as a regionally based formwork and concrete specialist.<\/p>\n<p>Ray O&#8217;Rourke will continue to serve on the Group Board as a deputy chair, alongside brother and co-founder Des. Ray will chair the Board Nomination committee, drive innovation in construction methods, and be available to the Group CEO to meet with key customers, stakeholders and to provide mentoring and advice.<\/p>\n<h3>Marking Laing O&#8217;Rourke&#8217;s transition to the next generation<\/h3>\n<p>The Board of Laing O&#8217;Rourke has unanimously approved the appointment of Cathal O\u2019Rourke, Ray&#8217;s son, as the new Group chief executive officer, effective from 1 July 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Cathal is a graduate civil engineer and has served as managing director in Australia and most recently, Group chief operating officer.<\/p>\n<p>Other roles include serving as President of the Australian Constructors\u2019 Association (ACA) and sitting on both the Construction Industry Leadership Forum and Construction Industry Culture Taskforce.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the change in leadership at Laing O&#8217;Rourke, Sir John Parker GBE FREng said: \u201cAt this time of major transition in the leadership of the Group we are fortunate to have such a well-qualified and talented successor to Ray in Cathal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Board has every confidence in Cathal\u2019s leadership qualities, accumulated experience, his commitment to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/decarbonising-the-built-environment-by-addressing-whole-life-carbon\/130934\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> modernising the industry<\/a> and his alignment with Laing O\u2019Rourke\u2019s values of care, integrity, and courage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe salute the unique creativity of Ray\u2019s leadership in building the Group and its culture that we know today. We are fortunate that he will continue to serve providing ongoing guidance and mentorship.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Continuing Laing O&#8217;Rourke&#8217;s record of successful project delivery<\/h3>\n<p>Commenting on his appointment, Cathal said: \u201cI am truly honoured to be trusted with the leadership of our business and our people, and I am committed to continuing to work with our clients, delivery partners and all other stakeholders to lead positive change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether we can continue to drive forward on our mission to transform our sector into a more sustainable and productive industry, embracing new and innovative ways of doing things, whilst at the same time, providing our people with safe, challenging and rewarding careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on his decision to hand over the role of CEO and assume a new position on the Group Board, Ray O&#8217;Rourke said: \u201cI am delighted to be in a position to hand over the reins of CEO to my son and our Group COO, Cathal O\u2019Rourke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am incredibly proud of our people and what we have achieved as a business.<br \/>\n\u201cWe have maintained a commitment to transform our industry, and our people are recognised for their ability to deliver complex engineering projects using advanced and sophisticated techniques across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCathal has enjoyed a successful career in our family business, spanning a quarter of a century and I have every confidence he will continue to lead our people well into the future, upholding the values and guiding principles that have been the foundation of our success.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After five decades leading Laing O&#8217;Rourke, founder and chief executive Ray O&#8217;Rourke is stepping down. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":140880,"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":[661,620],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-140877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-people","8":"tag-hr","9":"tag-laing-orourke"},"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>Ray O&#039;Rourke stepping down, to be replaced by son Cathal | Planning, Building &amp; 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