Three months after being acquired by U.K.-based construction giant Balfour Beatty, Parsons Brinckerhoff looked inside the organization for its new leader. George J. Pierson, a three-year veteran with PB, was named the company’s Chief Executive Officer in early December. He will assume the role after the first of the year.
Pierson, a licensed engineer and attorney who originally joined the firm as general counsel, succeeds Keith J. Hawksworth as CEO. Hawksworth will become chairman.