UK: Mike Pearce has been appointed as the chief executive for the Southern division of Breedon Group. He is currently managing director of the Aggregates division of Aggregate Industries Limited (AI). Pearce will take up the position in 2018, joining Breedon’s executive committee and succeeding Tim Hall, who will be leaving the company at the end of September 2017. In the interim, the Southern division will be led by Colin Parke, who currently runs Breedon Southern’s Central region, reporting to group chief executive Pat Ward.
Pearce was previously the commercial director for AI, coordinating strategic activities across its business divisions, whilse also managing the contracting division. He has been a member of AI’s executive committee since 2009, during which time he has been variously responsible for AI’s building products, ready-mixed concrete and asphalt businesses.
