Leo Quinn
{{short description|British business executive (born 1956)}}
Leo Quinn (born 13 December 1956){{Cite web |last=Collingridge |first=John |date=5 February 2017 |title=The turnaround king sets off on a quest to fix the future |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/article/the-turnaround-king-sets-off-on-a-quest-to-fix-the-future-6m3pvvcsr |work=The Sunday Times}} is a British business executive. In 2015 he became the Group Chief Executive of Balfour Beatty.[http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/bce14168-c985-11e4-b2ef-00144feab7de.html#axzz3um3zvwCk "Leo Quinn faces uphill battle to remove Balfour Beatty ‘skeletons’"]. Financial Times, March 20, 2015, Elizabeth Paton In October 2013, he founded The 5% Club{{Cite web|title=Our Founder|url=https://www.5percentclub.org.uk/our-founder/|access-date=2021-08-12|website=The 5% Club|language=en-US}}
Early life and education
Quinn was raised in Ladbroke Grove and was educated at the London Oratory School. As a young man Quinn worked at his father's business in West London.{{cite web|title=The Business on Leo Quinn|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-business-on-leo-quinn-chief-executive-qinetiq-2138077.html|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=21 November 2012}} He attended University of Surrey intending to study electronic and electrical engineering before transferring to Portsmouth Polytechnic, where he switched to civil engineering. He then went to Imperial College earning an MSc in management science.
Career
Quinn worked as a civil engineer for Balfour Beatty, beginning in 1979.[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/balfour-beatty-names-leo-quinn-new-chief-executive-9795094.html "Balfour Beatty names Leo Quinn new chief executive"]. The Independent, Alex Lawson, 15 October 2014 He worked for 16 years with Honeywell inc. in various management roles, including Global President of H&BC Enterprise Solutions.{{cite web|title=Leo Quinn Executive Profile and Biography|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=9512779&ticker=QQ/:LN|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141015015254/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=9512779&ticker=QQ/:LN|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 15, 2014|publisher=Bloomberg Business Week|accessdate=21 November 2012}}
For three years, Quinn was COO in the production management division of Invensys, a multinational engineering and information technology company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.{{Cite web|date=2011-10-23|title=Siebe and BTR unveil plans for pounds 9.4bn merger|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/siebe-and-btr-unveil-plans-for-pounds-9-4bn-merger-1187036.html|access-date=2021-08-12|website=The Independent|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Invensys History - Schneider Electric|url=https://www.se.com/ww/en/brands/invensys/invensys-history.jsp|access-date=2021-08-12|website=www.se.com|language=en-WW}}
From 2004 to 2008, Quinn was Chief Executive of De La Rue plc, a support service company involved in security printing, papermaking and cash handling systems.{{cite web|title=Inside the City: Quinn's QinetiQ Shake Up|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/business/Industry/article1131470.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055031/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/business/Industry/article1131470.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2016|publisher=The Sunday Times|accessdate=21 November 2012}}
He was also a director of Tomkins plc.{{cite web|title=Movers and Shakers|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2811859/Movers-and-shakers.html|publisher=Daily Telegraph|accessdate=21 November 2012}}
Quinn became Group Chief Executive of QinetiQ Group PLC in November 2009, replacing Graham Love.{{cite web|title=Business big shot: Leo Quinn|author=Susan Thompson|url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/business-big-shot-leo-quinn-vfxr7hs8f7h|work=The Times|access-date=21 November 2012}} and succeeded in increasing the company's pre-tax profits.{{cite web|title=QinetiQ Profits Rise Despite Tough Backdrop|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/defence/9694471/Qinetiq-profits-rise-despite-tough-backdrop.html#|publisher=Daily Telegraph|accessdate=23 November 2012}} He remained in this position until 2014, when he was hired by Balfour Beatty, which had been struggling financially, to create a turnaround plan.[https://www.standard.co.uk/business/jim-armitage-balfour-beatty-boss-leo-quinn-is-right-to-be-optimistic-as-he-battles-to-turn-the-a2487641.html Jim Armitage: Balfour Beatty boss Leo Quinn is right to be optimistic as he battles to turn the builder around"]. Evening Standard, JIM ARMITAGE 12 August 2015[http://www.building.co.uk/balfour-results-are-%E2%80%98horrible%E2%80%99-admits-boss-leo-quinn/5074566.article "Balfour results are ‘horrible’ admits boss Leo Quinn"]. 25 March 2015 | By Iain Withers
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- {{cite web|title=Leo Quinn Executive Profile and Biography|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=9512779&ticker=QQ/:LN|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141015015254/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=9512779&ticker=QQ/:LN|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 15, 2014|publisher=Bloomberg Business Week|accessdate=21 November 2012}}
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Category:Alumni of Imperial College London
Category:Alumni of the University of Portsmouth
Category:British chief executives