BAM has announced that James Wimpenny, Executive Director, Construction, UK and Ireland Division, is to retire on 31 January 2024.

Following a 38-year career with BAM, James is retiring to spend more time with his family and pursue opportunities in the charitable sector. He joined BAM in 1985 as a management trainee and has developed his career through various operational and leadership roles. In May 2015 James joined the then BAM Construct UK board, becoming the lead of this part of the business in January 2017 and subsequently joining the UK and Ireland Divisional Leadership team as the Executive Director of the Construction segment in January 2022.


In the interim Simon Finnie, Executive Director, Ventures, UK and Ireland Division, will take on the additional role of leading the Construction segment while a successor is recruited.