Search on for CLC Co-Chair as Andy Mitchell Steps Down

ANDY MITCHELL will step down as co-chair of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) in spring 2022.

Andy was appointed in October 2018 and co-chairs the CLC alongside the Minister for Business and Industry Lee Rowley MP. He has guided the sector through the challenges of Covid-19 while establishing the CLC in the construction industry.

The CLC is steering several programmes this year, including Construct Zero, Building Safety, the skills challenge, and implementing the Construction Playbook.

CLC Co-Chair

The CLC is now seeking nominations for Andy Mitchell’s successor. The role involves working directly with government, chairing a range of its industry-wide meetings, alongside acting as a spokesperson for the CLC.

Announcing his decision to step down Andy Mitchell said: “I am extremely proud of what we have achieved together in the last three years, and it is clear that not only did we play a major role in leading the industry through the pandemic but in the process we have managed to get a unity and coherence in the industry not seen before. We are now with credibility and confidence laying out plans for the industry’s development in the future. With a little over 18 months to go before we start commissioning on Tideway, it is right that I now dedicate my full focus to the project, but I wish the CLC the very best for the future.”

CLC Co-chair Lee Rowley MP said: “On behalf of the CLC and the Government I want to express our thanks to Andy for the extraordinary commitment that he has provided to the CLC for the past three years. His leadership of the Council through one of the toughest challenges that the industry has faced has been exemplary and has set UK construction on a positive course for the future.”

The new Co-Chair post will be interviewed for in April with an appointment planned for by the end of the month.

CLC Co-Chair Role

The CLC was created in 2013 to work between industry and government to identify and deliver actions supporting UK construction in building greater efficiency, skills and growth. The Co-chair is appointed by the Industry and BEIS.

The primary function of the Co-Chair is to provide leadership and strategic direction to the Council, facilitate the operations and deliberations of the Council and lead the Council’s functions and responsibilities under its mandate.

The role will require the candidate to have an excellent understanding of the industry and its challenges and be able to represent the industry as a whole from large to SME, design to aftercare, including specific issues such as Building Safety. They must be a champion for industry change and promote inclusion, diversity and improving the image of industry, as well as understand future trends and requirements to address industry change, i.e. sustainability, innovation, productivity and skills.

The job description is available on the CLC website.

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