Andrew Davies

Andrew Oswell Bede Davies (born October 1963) is a British businessman, and CEO of Kier Group. Early career Educated at the University of Sheffield, Davies joined BAE Systems in 1985. At the company he became Managing Director Land Systems in 2004, Group Strategy Director in 2008 and Managing Director Maritime in 2011. He went on to be CEO of Wates Group in 2014 and was appointed CEO designate of Carillion in October 2017. Originally scheduled to join the financially troubled business in April 2018, Carillion announced in December 2017 that it had brought forward his start date to 22 January 2018. However, Carillion went into liquidation one week before he was due to take up his post. During 2018, Davies continued as a non-executive director of aerospace and defence contractor Chemring, and also walked several long-distance paths including the 186-mile Pembrokeshire Coast Path.