John McDonough CBE (November 1951 – 17 September 2023) was a British businessman who was CEO of Carillion from January 2001 to December 2011.
[1] He earned a degree in mechanical engineering from Imperial College London in 1972.
[2] McDonough was CEO of Carillion from January 2001 to December 2011[3] and he led the company's transition of focus from construction to services.
[4] He retired in December 2011, having reached the age of 60, and was succeeded as CEO by the chief operating officer, Richard Howson.
[3] He was also chairman of Vesuvius, an engineered ceramics company, from October 2012 to April 2022,[8] and of Sunbird Group, a construction services business operating in East Africa, from September 2014[9] to August 2022.