Shawn Hurley

Skanska AB recently named Shawn Hurley president and CEO for Skanska USA Commercial Development, which has invested $1.5 billion in sustainable developments since 2009. Hurley succeeds Mats Johansson, who has served as the president and CEO of the unit since its launch in the U.S. in 2009, and will assume his new role on Jan. 1. Hurley has nearly 20 years of experience in project development and joined the company in 2010 as executive vice president and regional manager for commercial development operations in Boston. During his tenure, he negotiated the acquisition of more than 1.5 million square feet of development rights and supervised the development of nearly $1 billion worth of projects in the Greater Boston area. He received a Master of Science in real estate development from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Arts in architecture from Washington University in St. Louis.