VTU Group appoints Liam O'Neil as new CEO
VTU Group announces the appointment of Liam O'Neil as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He succeeds long-serving CEO Friedrich Fröschl, who will move to an advisory role at the end of 2025.
Liam O'Neil brings extensive experience and a proven track record in engineering services and project management. With over 23 years' experience in the energy sector, he has held various senior roles in private and public companies, including Chief Operating Officer of private equity-led engineering and construction company PD&MS Group and most recently President of Growth and Execution at Wood. There he led key areas in new energies, process and chemical engineering, life sciences, minerals and metals.
Born in Scotland and raised in Canada and the UK, Liam O'Neil began his career in technical roles in automation, controls and instrumentation. In addition to his recent roles, he has also worked for several large listed companies on both the client and contractor side - including Petrofac, AMEC Foster Wheeler and Worley. Liam has held a variety of technical, project and management roles and has successfully led numerous modification projects and major projects. He has also driven organic growth with blue chip clients.
Liam holds an MBA from the University of Warwick, an MSc in Project Management and postgraduate degrees in Civil Engineering and Management. He completed executive programs at the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford and is currently completing an MSc in Finance at the University of Manchester.
With his broad expertise and commitment to excellence, he is ideally equipped to lead the VTU Group into a successful future.
Friedrich Fröschl commented: "In Liam O'Neil we have found a highly experienced engineering manager whose background in engineering and project management as well as his professional development have equipped him with the ideal skills profile to continue VTU's success story. It will be a pleasure to support him as he takes on the CEO role and I wish him all the best in his new leadership role at VTU Group."
Liam O'Neil expressed his excitement about his new role: "I am very honored to be joining VTU as CEO at such a pivotal time in the company's development. VTU stands for technical excellence, trusted, long-term customer relationships and a strong, people-centered culture - all of which I want to preserve and build on.
My first impression is that we have a highly skilled and motivated workforce ready to support our customers in a complex and changing environment. VTU is a trustworthy and adaptable partner - with a focus on delivering what our customers really need, not just what we want to offer. This customer-centric mindset, combined with our technical depth and flexibility, makes us unique.
To serve our customers even better, we will scale responsibly: Improve systems, strengthen implementation and introduce new capabilities - without losing what makes VTU special.
Growth and professionalization must go hand in hand with our culture. I am determined to lead VTU into the next chapter of success, staying true to the values and spirit that got us here. I look forward to listening, learning and working closely with our great teams across Europe to shape the future of VTU together."
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