CIMIC Group announced the promotion of Pedro Vicente to CIMIC Chief Executive Officer, from Executive General Manager Operations, effective May 26, 2022. Juan Santamaria, currently Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CIMIC, will continue to serve as Executive Chairman. He has also accepted a position as Chief Executive Officer of Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, SA (ACS).

ACS is the largest shareholder in HOCHTIEF, which is currently completing its 100% acquisition of CIMIC. Appointed as Chief Executive Officer in May 2022. Pedro was formerly CIMIC Group Executive General Manager Operations.

Pedro has more than 25 years of international experience in the delivery of major construction, services and resources projects, including managing Dragados Australia and Leighton Asia. He joined Leighton Asia in 2015 as Executive General Manager South East Asia and India, and became responsible for all of Leighton Asia in 2016. Prior to Leighton Asia, Pedro held key management roles with international construction company, ACS Group, and its subsidiaries.

His roles included Dragados S.A. Area Manager and Director; Dragados Canada as Executive Vice President; and Dragados Australia as Executive Director. Pedro holds a Master of Civil Engineering from the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain and is a member of the Spanish Association of Civil Engineers.