Kier Group plc has made two new appointments to its senior leadership team. Tracey Collins is appointed to a newly created role of Head of emerging talent, diversity inclusion while Tracey McNamara joins as Group Procurement Director. Tracey Collins has held a number of roles across Kier and has been the Group's Head of diversity inclusion since March 2022.

In her new expanded role, she will now be responsible for setting and embedding the Group's emerging talent strategy, critical for meeting the growing demand for skills to deliver the UK's ambitious programme of infrastructure. Tracey will report to Louisa Finlay, Chief people officer. The CITB estimates that up to 225,000 new workers will be needed by 2027 to support the construction pipeline in the UK and, in this new role, Tracey will be driving the ambitions of Kier to attract and retain talent, including apprentices and graduates, as well as those wanting to gain work experience within the industry.

Since becoming Head of diversity inclusion at Kier, Tracey has delivered a range of initiatives, including the successful rollout of Expect Respect, the behaviours expected across sites and offices. Also joining Kier's senior leadership team is Tracey McNamara as Group Procurement Director, where she will work with business divisions to support Kier's valued and extensive supply chain. Tracey will report to Simon Kesterton, Chief financial officer.

Tracey joins from Berry Global (formerly RPC Group plc), where she spent twenty years and held the role of procurement director. In that role, she maximised supply chain opportunities and collaboration across 350 sites worldwide and developed and embedded supply chain strategies that aligned to the company's sustainability goals. Both these positions will support the Group's purpose, to sustainably deliver infrastructure across the UK by creating new job and training opportunities.