Announcement of succession planning within Waterman Group

16 September 2024

After 42 years at Waterman, including 17 years as Chief Executive, Nick Taylor has decided to step down from the Waterman Group Plc Board on 31st March 2025.

Nick will be succeeded on 1st April 2025 by Neil Humphrey, who is currently the COO of UK and has been an integral part of the Waterman team since 2001.

Nick Taylor
+44 7778 364 330
nick.taylor@watermangroup.com

Neil Humphrey
+44 7774 109 111
neil.humphrey@watermangroup.com

From 1st April 2025, Nick will continue to support Waterman as Non-Executive Chairman and will retain his position as a Director of Waterman’s businesses in Ireland and Australia.

This transition has been carefully planned over several years, with the next generation of leaders increasingly taking on more active and responsible roles within Waterman’s organisational structure. The Managing Directors and their contact details are shown below:

Andrew Ferguson
Infrastructure & Environment (Consulting)
+44 7733 321 708
andrew.ferguson@watermangroup.com

Richard Whitehead
Structures (Consulting)
+44 7778 364 330
richard.whitehead@watermangroup.com

Mark Terndrup
Building Services (Consulting)
+44 7787 526 732
mark.terndrup@watermangroup.com

Jonathan Purcell
Building Services (Consulting)
+44 7951 723 521
jonathan.purcell@watermangroup.com

Mark Emberton
Infrastructure & Environment (Secondment)
+44 7721 780 441
mark.emberton@watermanaspen.co.uk

Paul O’Connell
Ireland (Dublin)
+353 386 258 9080
p.oconnell@waterman-moylan.ie

Phillip Barnes

Philip Barnes
Australia (Melbourne)
+61 411 647 727
p.barnes@waterman-australia.com.au

Brian Mason
Australia (Sydney)
+61 419 134 960
b.mason@waterman-australia.com.au

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