The appointment strengthens the group’s senior leadership team as it continues to grow its presence in the energy sector, positioning itself as an integrated delivery partner for major energy and infrastructure programmes.

Carruthers brings 15 years of experience in the energy sector, having held senior leadership roles across ScottishPower. His background spans energy portfolio development, policy influence, and clean energy investments, with a strong track record of translating government policy and market changes into credible, investable growth opportunities.

He has led the establishment of new business units including hydrogen, shaped early‑stage investment cases in project development, covered a portfolio of operational assets and engaged extensively with government, regulators, public bodies and industry stakeholders.

At Global, Carruthers will assume responsibility for shaping and securing Global’s future growth across the energy sector, focusing on market positioning, strategic acquisitions and partnerships and disciplined pipeline creation across fabrication, engineering, ports, logistics, renewables and the wider industrial energy market.

He will work closely with the Global leadership team to ensure alignment between growth ambition and delivery capability, supporting strategic initiatives across the Global group, to unlock sector-wide client engagement, frameworks and strategic industry programmes.

The appointment reflects Global’s continued investment in leadership and capability as the energy sector undergoes significant transformation.

Chairman Roy MacGregor said: “Barry brings a rare combination of strategic insight, policy understanding and commercial leadership. His experience operating at the interface of government, industry and delivery will be instrumental as Global continues to grow its Energy portfolio and support the delivery of complex, large‑scale infrastructure and energy transition programmes.”

A core element of Carruthers’ role will be external engagement and advocacy, positioning Global as a trusted delivery partner aligned to national and regional energy priorities. He will also act as a visible ambassador for the Group, representing Global across key industry forums, conferences and networks.

Carruthers added: “I’ve had fantastic exposure in the past decade to large-scale project developments, construction programmes and operational assets. It’s that experience that highlights to me that this is absolutely the ‘decade of delivery’ with capital available and utility-scale programmes in place, it’s now an exciting time to see the talented companies within the Global group take on the challenges of critical delivery.  

“With the chairman’s ambition flowing through the leadership team, we can look to grow our capabilities through our multidisciplinary portfolio of companies, but also to bring even more complementary businesses, services and skillsets into a credible, highly valued, and growing delivery group. 

“I’m genuinely excited to see how we can collectively shape and deliver the energy landscape in the coming years, and create thousands of new career pathways across the energy landscape as we go on that journey.”