Best foot forward: the former Army brigadier plotting Sir Robert McAlpine’s return to defence work

By Dave Rogers2024-11-25T08:26:00

Mike Hickson spent 30 years in the military. He hopes his experience will help the contractor get a bridgehead in the sector, he tells Dave Rogers

“What the Army brings is leadership and management ability to deal with chaos and come out of it in a decent order.”

Sir Robert McAlpine’s relatively new head of its fledgling defence business is explaining why he thinks construction firms should be using more veterans from the forces.

“There is something special about a soldier who has worked in some very difficult places that can bring a bit of something special to any organisation,” Mike Hickson adds. “But you have to give them a chance.”

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