Leo Quinn is a British business executive. In 2015 he became the Group Chief Executive of Balfour Beatty.[1] In October 2013, he founded The 5% Club[2]

Early life and education

As a young man Quinn worked at his father's business in West London.[3] He was educated at Imperial College and Portsmouth University, earning an MSc in Management Science, DIC, and a BSc in Civil Engineering.

Career

Quinn worked as a civil engineer for Balfour Beatty, beginning in 1979.[4] He worked for 16 years with Honeywell inc. in various management roles, including Global President of H&BC Enterprise Solutions.[5]

For three years, Quinn was COO in the production management division of Invensys, a multinational engineering and information technology company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.[6][7]

From 2004 to 2008, Quinn was Chief Executive of De La Rue plc, a support service company involved in security printing, papermaking and cash handling systems.[8]

He was also a director of Tomkins plc.[9]

Quinn became Group Chief Executive of QinetiQ Group PLC in November 2009, replacing Graham Love.[10] and succeeded in increasing the company's pre-tax profits.[11] He remained in this position until 2014, when he was hired by Balfour Beatty, which had been struggling financially, to create a turnaround plan.[12][13]

In October 2013, Quinn founded The 5% Club.[2]

Personal

Quinn is married with two step sons.[10] Quinn has three brothers and one sister.

References

  1. ↑ "Leo Quinn faces uphill battle to remove Balfour Beatty ‘skeletons’". Financial Times, March 20, 2015, Elizabeth Paton
  2. 1 2 "Our Founder". The 5% Club. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  3. ↑ "The Business on Leo Quinn". The Independent. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "Balfour Beatty names Leo Quinn new chief executive". The Independent, Alex Lawson, 15 October 2014
  5. ↑ "Leo Quinn Executive Profile and Biography". Bloomberg Business Week. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  6. ↑ "Siebe and BTR unveil plans for pounds 9.4bn merger". The Independent. 2011-10-23. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  7. ↑ "Invensys History - Schneider Electric". www.se.com. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  8. ↑ "Inside the City: Quinn's QinetiQ Shake Up". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  9. ↑ "Movers and Shakers". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  10. 1 2 Susan Thompson. "Business big shot: Leo Quinn". The Times. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  11. ↑ "QinetiQ Profits Rise Despite Tough Backdrop". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  12. ↑ Jim Armitage: Balfour Beatty boss Leo Quinn is right to be optimistic as he battles to turn the builder around". Evening Standard, JIM ARMITAGE 12 August 2015
  13. ↑ "Balfour results are ‘horrible’ admits boss Leo Quinn". 25 March 2015 | By Iain Withers
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