Saunders International Limited announced that John Power has indicated his intention to retire from the role of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The board of Saunders has appointed Mark Benson as the incoming Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. He will commence at Saunders on 10 August 2015 as an Executive Director and will take over as Managing Director on 5 October 2015.

John Power will continue as an Executive Director until he retires later in October 2015 and he will facilitate handover activities in this transition period. Mark Benson joins Saunders from RCR Tomlinson Limited where he is currently General Manager of RCR Energy which includes manufacturing workshops, site maintenance, construction and engineering groups. His career with RCR has spanned 9 years and has also held positions of Divisional Manager and National Operations Manager, in addition to holding senior positions on several major utility alliances.