{"id":526153,"date":"2025-08-04T10:52:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T09:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/?p=526153"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:52:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T09:52:06","slug":"sisk-boss-paul-brown-named-next-build-uk-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/peoplemoves\/sisk-boss-paul-brown-named-next-build-uk-chair-04-08-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Sisk boss Paul Brown named next Build UK chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-5\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pt-12 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"user\" data-message-id=\"9add67ff-d9fe-48fd-bb85-1dd53f5468bd\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden items-end rtl:items-start\">\n<div class=\"relative max-w-[var(--user-chat-width,70%)] bg-token-message-surface rounded-3xl px-5 py-2.5\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"e1c08d44-2166-4684-8b45-2618269df73b\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p>Paul Brown is set to become the new chair of Build UK following his nomination by the industry body\u2019s board.<\/p>\n<p>Brown, currently vice-chair of Build UK and chief executive of contractor John Sisk &amp; Son, will succeed outgoing chair Julie White after the annual general meeting on 23 September.<\/p>\n<p>He has been an advocate for industry innovation and collaboration and has promoted youth engagement and diversity within construction, Build UK said.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation added that it was \u201clooking forward\u201d to Brown taking up his new role after the annual general meeting on 23 September.<\/p>\n<p>Brown has been chief executive at Sisk since January 2022. His CV includes seven years as managing director of Balfour Beatty\u2019s North West delivery unit (from 2006 to 2013), before an initial 11-month stint at Sisk as UK civils director.<\/p>\n<p>He then moved to Warbeck Engineering &amp; Construction as managing director before returning to Sisk in 2015, initially as civils managing director based in Manchester.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/peoplemoves\/build-uk-names-new-chair-26-09-2023\/\">White has been chair of Build UK since September 2023<\/a> and a board member since 2015 when the organisation was established.<\/p>\n<p>She is managing director at D-Drill Group and also serves on the Skills Mission Board, Industrial Strategy Forum and Small Business Council at the Department for Business and Trade.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/builduk_construction-leadership-activity-7356934221740797955-dYsh?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_android&amp;rcm=ACoAAAHBdLwBKAy9GRj5m68YpxT686IGlsnUXSQ\">Source: LinkedIn announcement<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Brown is set to become the new chair of Build UK following his nomination by the industry body\u2019s board. 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