Balfour Beatty Group chief executive Leo Quinn has resigned from his role as skills lead on the Construction Leadership Council.
Balfour Beatty cited Quinn’s other “ongoing long-term commitments” as the reason behind his decision to step down from the position he took up 15 months ago.
The CLC, whose co-chairs are Crossrail boss Andrew Wolstenholme and Conservative peer Lord Prior, is a pan-industry body working with government to support the UK construction sector.
A spokeswoman said: “Having delivered the skills workstream report in July and taking into account his other important long-term commitments, including the 5% Club, Mr Quinn suggested to the CLC that the moment had come to transition his role on the CLC skills workstream to new leadership.”
The news comes a week after Quinn announced that Balfour Beatty was likely to vote against the CITB in the upcoming consensus vote on the future of the industry training body.
Prior to re-joining Balfour Beatty, Quinn launched the 5% Club in 2013 – an industry-led initiative under which members commit to ensuring 5 per cent of their workforces are apprentices, graduates or sponsored students.
