Andrew Wyllie (born December 1962) is a Scottish civil engineer who was chief executive of the UK-based

Costain Group Costain Group plc is a British construction and engineering company headquartered in Maidenhead, England. Founded in 1865, its history includes extensive housebuilding and mining activities, but it later focused on civil engineering and commerci ...

from 2005 until stepping down on 7 May 2019. In November 2018, he became the 154th president of the

Institution of Civil Engineers The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is an independent professional association for civil engineers and a charitable body in the United Kingdom. Based in London, ICE has over 92,000 members, of whom three-quarters are located in the UK, whi ...

Career

Wyllie grew up in Scotland, being educated at Dunfermline High School and the

University of Strathclyde The University of Strathclyde ( gd, Oilthigh Shrath Chluaidh) is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, it is Glasgow's second-oldest university, having received its royal chart ...

, graduating in 1984 with a BSc in civil engineering. Wyllie began his construction career as a graduate engineer at

Taylor Woodrow Taylor Woodrow was one of the largest housebuilding and general construction companies in Britain. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index until its merger with rival George Wimpey to create Ta ...

in 1984, working in Saudi Arabia, Ghana and the Falkland Islands, and gained an MBA from the

London Business School London Business School (LBS) is a business school and a constituent college of the federal University of London. LBS was founded in 1964 and awards post-graduate degrees (Master's degrees in management and finance, MBA and PhD). Its motto is " ...

in 1993. After a three-year spell in business development at Taylor Woodrow, he became operations director of the firm's Africa division in 1996. In 1999, he was appointed a director of Taylor Woodrow Construction, of which he became managing director, aged 38, in July 2001. After four years in that role, he was appointed chief executive of the

in 2005, taking office in early 2006. He helped stabilise the then financially struggling business, which finished 2006 by issuing profits warnings and cancelling dividends. It finished 2006 with a pre-tax loss of £61.7m, by which time Wyllie was refocussing Costain on larger clients and pushing through a rights issue in 2007. In March 2019, Costain announced Wyllie would be stepping down as CEO on 7 May 2019, to be succeeded by Alex Vaughan. In December 2017 it was confirmed Wyllie would succeed Robert Mair as president of the

, and in November 2018, he became the ICE's 154th president. A fellow of the ICE, Wyllie is also a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (elected 2009), the

Institute of Directors The Institute of Directors (IoD) is a British professional organisation for company directors, senior business leaders and entrepreneurs. It is the UK's longest running organisation for professional leaders, having been founded in 1903 and incor ...

and the

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. He is a member of the Infrastructure Board of the

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and a companion of the Chartered Management Institute. From April 2009 to March 2017 Wyllie was a non-executive director of

Scottish Water Scottish Water is a statutory corporation that provides water and sewerage services across Scotland. It is accountable to the public through the Scottish Government. Operations Scottish Water provides drinking water to 2.46 million household ...

, and, since September 2017 has been a non-executive director of

Yorkshire Water Yorkshire Water is a water supply and treatment utility company servicing West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire, part of North Lincolnshire, most of North Yorkshire and part of Derbyshire, in England. The company has its ...

Honours

Wyllie was appointed a

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

for services to construction and engineering in the 2015 New Year Honours.

References

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