Appointment of CEO For Hawkins Group of Businesses

Appointment of CEO For Hawkins Group of Businesses

Geoff Hunt has been appointed CEO Hawkins Group to lead the next phase of growth and development for the businesses.

Geoff recently led the Kordia Group during eight years of major operational and business transformation, and previously led ALSTOM and Electrix through substantial growth and into new business areas.

David McConnell, Managing Director of owner McConnell Group , says that Hunt brings a leadership strength and style that fits well with the Hawkins Group, one that will enable and support the existing leadership teams.

“We are delighted that Geoff is joining Hawkins Group. With 35 years of contracting and construction experience across electricity, telecommunications, rail and energy contracting sectors, both in New Zealand and offshore, his diverse experience and skill-base complements the Group’s existing building and infrastructural industry expertise. He has strategically grown the value and revenue of every organisation he had led and will ably lead the Hawkins Group businesses through the next period of growth,” says McConnell.

Hawkins Group comprises Hawkins Construction, Hawkins Infrastructure and Harker Underground Construction. Each business is a leader in their respective market sectors and is well positioned to take advantage of the accelerated opportunities coming out of Christchurch, the improving building market particularly in Auckland, and in the case of Hawkins Infrastructure, niche offshore markets.

The McConnell Group Board believes that the appointment of Geoff Hunt will extend Hawkins’ capacity to build on its existing strengths and leverage future opportunities.

Hawkins Construction, led by Dan Ashby is a “tier one” New Zealand building business, and Hawkins Infrastructure, led by Brian FitzGerald, is a market leader in the rail, energy, open spaces and increasingly, water sectors. Harker Underground Construction is a specialist trenchless tunnelling business, with significant below ground infrastructure experience and is led by GM Leigh Bishop.

“Geoff joins Hawkins at a very exciting time in the construction and infrastructure sectors; construction opportunities in Christchurch are now turning into real projects and the overall building market in New Zealand is improving with Auckland’s commercial pipeline strengthening. At the same time we are targeting infrastructural projects in open spaces, water and civil sectors and niche projects offshore,” says McConnell.

Having been acting in a capacity as “Interim CEO” of Hawkins, David McConnell will now focus on strategic opportunities for both Hawkins and the other McConnell Group businesses while continuing in his external roles including Chairmanship of ATEED (Auckland Tourism Events and Economic Development – an Auckland Council CCO).

Hunt joins Hawkins Group on June 4.

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