David Thorpe, a non non-executive director of Interserve, has spent nearly £25,000 buying a stake in the building maintenance group.
Thorpe bought 12,793 shares for 194.40p each in his first purchase of shares in the group after becoming a non-exec in January this year.
Yesterday the group said it has won three contracts in the Middle East worth £50m in aggregate.
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Two of the contracts are for engineering and fabrication projects in Qatar while the third is for a construction project in Dubai.
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