{"id":7562,"date":"2025-09-03T07:46:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T07:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=7562"},"modified":"2025-09-03T07:46:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T07:46:37","slug":"costain-transformation-board-director-exits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/costain-transformation-board-director-exits\/","title":{"rendered":"Costain transformation board director exits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Costain&#8217;s board director for strategy and change has left the business ahead of planned redundancies at the firm&#8217;s business transformation team.<\/p>\n<p>Abi Lalani has exited as the main broad closes out the present 3-year transformation programme and put the team of around 30 staff into redundancy consultation.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The team now subject to the change have been the primary driver behind large volumes of group-wide redundancies many from the highways business since the beginning of transformation in 2022.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"500979\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cadmancranes.com%2F%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cadman Cranes - Construction Enquirer - MPU Digital Advert.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">Costain<\/span> is understood to have told staff that some work will be covered through new 18-month fixed-term roles in Risk &amp; Assurance, including a Head of Controls Transformation and a process improvement role.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">There may also be roles created in Digital Transformation, where a new director joined earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Costain spokesperson said: \u201cWe are consulting on proposed changes to our Strategy and Transformation team following the successful completion of our three-year transformation programme and are supporting our people during the process<em>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Between 2022 and 2024, <span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">Costain<\/span> invested more than \u00a317m in its Transformation programme<\/p>\n<p>In its annual reports, Costain said the programme had exceeded targets and contributed to margin improvements from 2.6% in 2022 to 3.4% in 2024.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"122945\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eca.co.uk%2Fspecify%3Futm_source%3DConstruction-Enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dweb-banner%26utm_campaign%3DSpecifier-0925\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ECA3777-Specifier-Banner-MPU-300x250px.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"468489\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flanneryplanthire.com%2Fplant-operator-training%2F%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/flannery.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/45bpalP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Costain&#8217;s board director for strategy and change has left the business ahead of planned redundancies at the firm&#8217;s business transformation team. Abi Lalani has exited as the main broad closes out the present 3-year transformation programme and put the team of around 30 staff into redundancy consultation. 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