Paris Moayedi
Paris Moayedi (1938–2023) was the
entrepreneur who expanded Jarvis plc
from a small construction business into one of the UK's largest engineering contractors.
Career
Born in
Amec.[1] In 1983 he joined Walter Lawrence, a housebuilder, where he was appointed to establish a new division.[1]
In 1994 he was appointed
Chief Executive of Jarvis plc which he expanded from a small construction business into one of the UK's largest engineering contractors.[2] He resigned in 2003 after Jarvis faced an investigation into its maintenance of the railway track following the seven fatalities in the rail crash at Potters Bar.[2]
He was involved with Tetronics International, an international waste management company and Advanced Plasma Power, a small waste to energy business based in Swindon.[3]
He lived in a 15th-century
thatched house in Essex that used to belong to the singer Roger Whittaker.[3] He died in April 2023.[4]
References
- ^ a b 'I was the sort of guy my parents warned me about' Daily Telegraph, 2 December 2001
- ^ a b Norris appointed Jarvis chairman The Times, 25 November 2003
- ^ a b Profiles: Paris Moayedi and Steven Norris The Times, 26 March 2010
- ^ "Paris Moayedi: the man behind the rise (and fall) of Jarvis, dies aged 84". Building. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.