Jonathan Garrett

Group Head of Sustainability, Balfour Beatty plc

Jonathan Garrett has over 20 years’ experience in corporate environmental management and sustainability.  He joined Balfour Beatty, the multi-national infrastructure services group in 2008 as Group Head of Environment.  He provided a leading role in the development and launch of Balfour Beatty’s 2020 sustainability vision and roadmap for its global operations. 

Prior to Balfour Beatty, he was head of Corporate Responsibility at Brett Group, an aggregates and building materials supplier.  Jonathan was previously Health, Safety and Environment Director at Premier Foods plc, the UK’s largest food producer, employing over 20,000 people across 60 major sites.  Prior to this, he led a major restructuring of the central HS&E function at RHM plc, before its merger with Premier Foods in early 2007. Before entering the food industry, Jonathan spent 7 years as Environment, Health and Safety Director at Smiths Group plc, the global engineering and technology company. He began his career with 10 years as an environmental consultant.