Coffey International Limited has announced that it has appointed Mr Mark Croudace as Group Executive of Coffey Environments effective 7th November this year. Mr Croudace is currently Coffey’s Group Executive Business Development.

 

Mark holds an MBA, a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) and has attended an Executive Program at Kellogg Business School (Chicago).

 

Before joining Coffey in 2008 as Group Executive of Business Development, he worked at Ernst & Young for over 10 years. During his last 4 years, Mr Croudace was the Ernst & Young Partner responsible for the successful expansion and profit growth of Ernst & Young’s New Zealand business.


Mark has also worked in Australia and internationally as a chemical and process engineer across major oil and gas, mining and infrastructure projects for an environmental consulting business. In this role, Mark undertook process design and negotiated contracts for large scale pollution control systems with many global industrial, mining, oil and gas corporations including Shell, BHP, ICI and Mannesmann.


Managing Director of Coffey, John Douglas, said: “We conducted a thorough internal and external recruitment process for the right candidate to lead Coffey Environments as it is Coffey’s second largest division and offers enormous growth potential.


“Mark is ideally suited to this role; along with his demonstrated understanding of working within environmental and consulting businesses, he has strong business acumen and a proven ability to expand business operations and to provide profit growth in large professional service organisations.


“His experience and knowledge of Coffey’s markets, strategy, systems and processes will enable Mark to make an immediate impact and accelerate Coffey Environments’ business growth,” he said.

 

Mr Croudace said: “I am delighted to take this opportunity to work within a role that complements my skills base and experience as an engineer and a corporate leader, managing P&L and leading sales and business growth initiatives across a group of practice areas.


“Coffey Environments has a great client base, excellent environmental professionals, and an established track record in environmental consulting with deep specialisations right across the spectrum of services – from environmental impact assessments, monitoring and compliance, to site remediation services.


“I see great opportunity to further leverage our position across the buoyant environmental services market. I am excited to hit the ground running and ensure we deliver for our clients and shareholders,” Mr Croudace said.