Glanua has appointed three senior leaders, Aubrey Mulveen as group chief financial officer, Peter Brewer as managing director for Industrial and Caroline Ó Laochdha as group HSQE and sustainability director, as reported by Irish Building Magazine, adding finance, industrial and safety leadership as it pursues €400m of annual revenue by 2028.

Glanua, an engineering company specialising in water, wastewater and bioresources infrastructure, is headquartered in Loughrea, Co Galway, employs more than 750 people, and has a presence across Ireland, the UK, Portugal and the US, according to Irish Building Magazine.

Mulveen joins from Chanelle Pharma, where he was chief financial officer for five years, after previous roles as chief financial officer at C&D Foods and audit director at KPMG in Galway, the announcement said.

Brewer, who has more than 30 years of international experience, joins from Veolia Water Technologies and will lead Industrial from the UK, while Ó Laochdha joins from Vision Built, a Sisk company, after several years at Mace Group.

Glanua Group Managing Director Karl Zimmerer said in the announcement that the appointments strengthen its ability to expand internationally and build capabilities across municipal and industrial water infrastructure and emerging advanced technology sectors.

The growth plan has numbers behind it: Irish Building Magazine reported in September that Glanua posted €155m of 2025 revenue, expects to exceed €200m in 2026 and holds an order book of about €900m to 2030, all as stated by the company.

Demand is public as well as industrial: the Government said in a July 2026 announcement that Uisce Éireann has secured €10.2bn for 2025 to 2029, with a further €2bn approved to support 300,000 new homes by 2030.

Recruitment is the other constraint: research led by the Technological University of the Shannon, reported by the Irish Green Building Council, found Ireland needs up to 120,000 additional skilled construction workers by 2030.

For the sector, a water engineering group adding a finance chief, an industrial managing director and a safety and sustainability director in one announcement shows that growth plans at this scale depend on governance and leadership depth as much as order books.