Engineering support company Babcock has announced CEO Peter Rogers is to retire later this year.

It is understood he will be succeeded by Archie Bethel, who will take the role of Chief Operating Officer from 01 April until Mr Rogers steps down in August.

Mr Bethel is currently Chief Executive of the Marine & Technology division and joined the company in 2004.

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Babcock Chairman Mike Turner said: "Peter has been an outstanding Chief Executive. Under his leadership, Babcock has grown into one of the UK's leading businesses, whilst maintaining an enviable track record of delivery to customers and shareholders."

He added: "I am delighted that Archie will be taking the role of Chief Executive. Archie has overseen the successful growth of the Group's largest division from a £273 million business in 2004 to a £1.6 billion business today, whilst reinforcing our reputation of being trusted to deliver increasingly complex and critical engineering programmes."

During Mr Rogers' 13-year tenure, Babcock has grown into a large company with a turnover of £4.5 billion in 2014/15.

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