NH gets new CEO

Kit Kennedy is the new CEO of construction company NH International.

In a statement, NH said Kennedy’s appointment would be effective from January 6.

He succeeds John Connon, who retired on December 31.

Kennedy is a project management specialist with 30 years’ experience managing diverse construction and renovation projects across the Caribbean. He brings significant expertise in the planning, monitoring, execution and close-out of projects and in leading high performing teams, the statement said.

Kennedy has an MBA from William E Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester, with a specialisation in finance and strategy, and a BSc in civil engineering from UWI.

He is a registered engineer with the Board of Engineering of Trinidad and Tobago (BOETT) and also a member of the Association of Professional Engineers (APETT). Kennedy is qualified as a project management professional (PMP) and is a member of the Project Management Institute (USA).

“The chairman and board warmly welcome (Kit) Kennedy’s leadership of the NH management and staff, as his competence and outstanding track record make him ideally suited to build upon the company’s successful history and to chart the execution of our strategic plan through to the next phase of our transformation journey,” the company said.