International infrastructure group Balfour Beatty has today announced the appointment of Philip Harrison as Chief Financial Officer.

He will take up his new position and join the Board later in the year. Mr Hanson's career includes senior roles in large and complex international businesses.

Prior to his current role as Group Finance Director at Hogg Robinson Group plc, he was the Group Finance Director at VT Group plc, the £1.3 billion turnover government support services business, and at Hewlett-Packard where he was the VP Finance for the $43 billion turnover Europe, Middle East and Africa region and a member of the EMEA boa