Price named chief exec of Confederation

Jennie Price is to take over as chief executive of the Construction Confederation. Price is currently the director of the Major Contractors Group and will replace retiring Ian Deslandes later this year.

Before joining the MCG, she was director of legal and public affairs at the Building Employers Confederation - the forerunner to the Construction Confederation. Prior to that, Price studied law at King's College, London, and qualified as a barrister.

Clive Benfield, chairman of the Confederation said that Price, 39, "beat a number of impressive outside candidates for the post." He added: "I am confident she will make an outstanding contribution to the Confederation and the wider industry."

No comment is being made as to her replacement at the MCG or whether Price will overlap with Deslandes before he retires as chief executive later this year.