With effect from this summer, she will manage all of Bouygues Construction’s building activities in the UK, namely Bouygues UK, Leadbitter, Denne, Thomas Vale and Bouygues Development.
She will also operate as UK country director, with a role to strengthen cooperation between Bouygues UK, Bouygues Travaux Publics and Bouygues Energies & Services.
Viala will also become a member of the Bouygues construction management committee.
“Thanks to her experience of British culture, her knowledge of the Group, her considerable experience of site work and facilities management and her proficiency on managing complex projects, she will be able to rapidly define action plans and strategies, working alongside UK management teams, to strengthen the company’s activity in the United Kingdom and ensure sustainable profitability,” said the company.
After graduating from the ESTP engineering school, Fabienne Viala joined the Bouygues Construction Group in 1987. She gained experience in all aspects of site work in the Paris region before becoming head of production in 2001. She was then named Deputy CEO of the management committee of Bouygues Entreprises France-Europe, where she supervised complex projects including design-build, PPP and concessions and was responsible for the delivery of 14 prisons. She transferred to Bouygues Energies & Services in 2012, where she headed the facilities management unit in France and Italy, and she was appointed CEO for the western regions of Bouygues Energies & Services in 2015.
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