CIMIC Group announced the promotion of Juan Santamaria to Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, from Managing Director of CPB Contractors, effective from 5 February 2020. Michael Wright, currently Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, has accepted a new leadership role within CIMIC Group, which will be announced in the near future. Juan is a highly regarded leader with more than 18 years' experience managing diverse businesses within sectors.

A civil engineer, Juan has extensive experience in construction, services and PPPs and a long history of high performance within the Group, including in his current position leading CPB Contractors and his previous role leading UGL. Juan has held positions with CIMIC Group for five years. Before becoming Managing Director of CPB Contractors, Juan was Managing Director of UGL.

Prior to that, he was Executive General Manager PPPs and Construction West at CPB Contractors.