By Business & Finance 
Paul Brown, CEO of Sisk, is the Business & Finance Business Person of the Month for July 2024, in association with KPMG.
The Cork-founded construction firm was given the contract by Manchester City Football Club to develop the club’s Etihad Stadium. The development will include all weather facilities, a sky bar with views overlooking the pitch as well as a stadium roof walk experience. There will also be a covered City Square fan zone with capacity for 3,000 people as well as a new shop, museum, workspace and a 400 bed hotel.
Paul Brown, CEO of Sisk, said: “We are delighted to be working on such an iconic venue and look forward to creating a best-in-class fan experience and year-round entertainment and leisure destination at the Etihad Stadium.
Danny Wilson, Managing Director of Manchester City Operations, added: “This development will not only enable the Club to enhance and expand its offering to fans and visitors on both matchday and non-matchday, but it will also create lasting long-term economic and social benefits for our local community, building on the investment we have delivered in East Manchester since 2008.”
Paul Brown has been with Sisk since 2015. In 2015, he came on board as Managing Director Civils, based in Manchester. He went on to become Chief Operating Officer UK Construction & Civils in 2020 and within two years would become CEO. Before Sisk, Brown held the role of Managing Director at Warbreck Engineering & Construction and before that was MD of Balfour Beatty, the North West Delivery unit.
He was educated at St. Edwards College, Liverpool and went on to study at the University of Leeds. He has said of his decision to join Sisk, he was motivated by the challenge of developing its civil engineering operations in the UK. On becoming CEO, he said his appointment is an opportunity to build on the company’s achievements to date and continue its transition to become a modern, sustainable construction business helping its clients realise their ambitions in a sustainable manner.
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Business & Finance, Business Person of the Month
Business & Finance, in association with KPMG, recognises excellence in business through the ‘Business Person of the Month’ award. This award seeks to recognise noteworthy achievements in business leadership, and, particularly, those that make a telling contribution to the wider business community in Ireland.
