WEIR Group has said Christopher Morgan was appointed general counsel and company secretary of the engineering group from 1 May. Mr Morgan joined the Glasgow-based group in April 2014 as deputy general counsel. He was previously general counsel of Balfour Beatty's Rail Division. Mr Morgan succeeded Keith Ruddock who retired at the end of 2015. Weir said Andrew Neilson, director of strategy and corporate affairs, served as interim company secretary while it undertook a recruitment process.