The construction, property management and services company Kier Group, has appointed Nicola Peake as Managing Director of its environmental business division. In her new role reporting to Kier Services managing director Claudino Veritiero, Peake "will focus on driving sustainable growth through strategic client relationships, continuing to develop high quality collection, maintenance and processing services". In her previous role as Managing Director of May Gurney’s Environmental Services, Peake produced a ten-fold growth in annual revenues (from £10 million to £100 million), in just four years. In 2011, Kier was awarded the £90 million contract for recycling and waste management services in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, having taken on responsibility for street cleansing for the council in 2008. In addition, the company acquired Pure Recycling in 2010. The Kier Group now owns also one of the largest and most technologically advanced materials recycling facilities in the UK and Europe, which was completed in February 2011. Kier is said to be keen to build further on its environmental business portfolio. With her previous experience in this field, Veritiero spoke of how Peake’s "track record of delivering profitable growth will play a major part in taking our environmental business to the next level". Peake spoke of her excitement at this new position, stating: “I am delighted to be joining such a robust business, which has great people, and the appetite to maximise opportunities.”