Leo Quinn is a British business executive. In 2015 he became the Group Chief Executive of Balfour Beatty.[1] In October 2013, he founded The 5% Club[2]
As a young man Quinn worked at his father's business in West London.[3] He was educated at Imperial College and Portsmouth University, earning an MSc in Management Science, DIC, and a BSc in Civil Engineering.
Career
Quinn worked as a civil engineer for Balfour Beatty, beginning in 1979.[4] He worked for 16 years with Honeywell inc. in various management roles, including Global President of H&BC Enterprise Solutions.[5]
For three years, Quinn was COO in the production management division of Invensys, a multinational engineering and information technology company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.[6][7]
From 2004 to 2008, Quinn was Chief Executive of De La Rue plc, a support service company involved in security printing, papermaking and cash handling systems.[8]
Quinn became Group Chief Executive of QinetiQ Group PLC in November 2009, replacing Graham Love.[10] and succeeded in increasing the company's pre-tax profits.[11] He remained in this position until 2014, when he was hired by Balfour Beatty, which had been struggling financially, to create a turnaround plan.[12][13]
^Jim Armitage: Balfour Beatty boss Leo Quinn is right to be optimistic as he battles to turn the builder around". Evening Standard, JIM ARMITAGE 12 August 2015
^"Balfour results are ‘horrible’ admits boss Leo Quinn". 25 March 2015 | By Iain Withers
External links
"Leo Quinn Executive Profile and Biography". Bloomberg Business Week. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
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