Burns & McDonnell Senior Executive Leslie Duke Named New CEO of 100% Employee-Owned Firm
KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leslie Duke has been named the new CEO of Burns & McDonnell, effective Jan. 1, 2024. In March, current Burns & McDonnell Chairman and CEO Ray Kowalik announced his retirement at the end of 2023, coming off a record-breaking year for the firm. Duke will be the eighth CEO in the firm's 125-year history.
- KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leslie Duke has been named the new CEO of Burns & McDonnell , effective Jan. 1, 2024.
- In March, current Burns & McDonnell Chairman and CEO Ray Kowalik announced his retirement at the end of 2023, coming off a record-breaking year for the firm.
- Leslie Duke has been named the new CEO of Burns & McDonnell, effective Jan. 1, 2024.
- Duke grew up in El Paso and joined Burns & McDonnell in 1999 as a structural engineer.