Based in the company’s Manchester office, Murray brings over 30 years’ construction industry experience.

Most recently at Kier he was responsible for the delivery of projects valued at £625m in the education, healthcare, commercial office, defence, R&D and retail sectors.

Before that he was Morgan Sindall’s managing director of construction in the north.

As northern regional managing director, he will oversee ISG’s operations across its Manchester, Liverpool, Bradford and Leeds office bases.

ISG’s northern region is currently delivering the £66m-plus Exhibition Centre Liverpool and four star hotel development.

Several high-profile leisure schemes  are also set to be announced imminently.

The region is also re-bidding the influential North West Construction Hub framework and continues to be active on the MoJ’s Strategic Alliance Framework, Cleveland Fire Authority Capital Build Framework, Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust Framework and YORbuild.