Thomas Woldbye has officially taken the helm at Heathrow as new CEO.

His arrival marks a new chapter for the hub airport that will push innovation in passenger service, sustainability and growth over the next decade.

He has taken up the post following the departure of former CEO John Holland-Kaye, who held the position for more than nine years.

As new CEO, Woldbye will oversee the airport’s multi-billion-pound plans to upgrade existing facilities over the next three years to provide an even better service for passengers, including the next generation security programme and new baggage system for Terminal 2.

Woldbye said: “The UK already has a hub airport that is the envy of much of the world. 

“As I spend my first days getting to know the colleagues and Team Heathrow partners who make it a success, I’m looking for how we can make Heathrow even better for our customers and the British economy.”

Balfour Beatty Communities has appointed David Berman as chief compliance officer. 

This is a newly created position within Balfour Beatty Communities that aligns with the company’s commitment to a culture of high ethical standards and integrity.

In his role, he will drive operational and regulatory compliance programmes across the business, as well as lead new and enhanced initiatives designed to further embed ethics and compliance within the organisation.

He will also help Balfour Beatty Communities advance a culture of ethics and compliance across the company and its workforce of more than 1,400 employees. 

He will be a member of the senior leadership team and will report to Chris Williams, president of Balfour Beatty Communities.

Berman has close to 20 years of experience as a compliance and investigations professional and comes to Balfour Beatty most recently from Lyft, Inc. where he developed and managed its ethics and compliance programme.

Creative consultancy LDA Design’s continued success in the infrastructure market is marked by the appointment of Maritta Boden as a director of environmental planning.

The role has a focus on strategic landscape masterplanning and landscape and visual impact assessment (LVIA)  for infrastructure projects. 

Boden is a qualified landscape architect and environmental planner and brings more than two decades’ experience in her specialist field. 

She has acted as a landscape lead and expert witness on a range of nationally significant infrastructure projects in the energy sector, working previously for SLR Consulting, WSP, The Landmark Practice and LUC.

Consultant Currie & Brown has announced a series of senior hires into its infrastructure group to augment the firm’s multidisciplinary expertise across the rail, road, aviation, energy and maritime sectors.

The news follows several new client wins and framework appointments for the firm, which was recently appointed to the £500m River Thames Scheme and the Department for Transport’s STARThree Framework. 

Over the past year the firm has seen exceptional growth of 25% in the infrastructure sector, and now comprises more than 150 professionals working across the UK and internationally.

 The new hires to the firm include Ian Bayes, senior director; Phil Iwobi, director and David Hutchens, associate director. 

Together they boast more than 80 years of industry experience gained working on landmark infrastructure, engineering and energy projects in the UK and overseas.