UK operations director

Harsco Infrastructure has appointed John Simpson as UK operations director for its construction division. It follows the promotion of John Hynes to UK managing director in June.

Simpson joins Harsco after a successful period as UK operations director with industrial services specialist Interserve. He brings over 18 years experience in industrial and construction access, managing contracts for many global construction, engineering and petrochemical companies.

In 2007 he led SGS to the National Gold Award for Health and Safety and the Environment, the first time the award had been made to a 'high risk' subcontractor.