Real estate advisor CBRE has appointed Sarah Livingston as head of its UK healthcare sector.

Livingston joined CBRE in 2022 from Elysium Healthcare a healthcare provider of mental health, learning disability and neurological facilities, which she co-founded in 2016. She led the company taking it from 21 hospitals in 2016 to more than 75 sites by 2021. The business was sold to Ramsay Healthcare in 2022. Prior to Elysium, Livingston was general counsel at Partnerships in Care for five years.

Paddy Brice has joined CBRE to lead its healthcare investment properties business. He has nearly 20 years’ experience in the senior living sector. He led Richmond Villages, part of the Barchester Group, managing the senior living business and developing seven new retirement villages before overseeing its sale to Bupa. More recently Brice has focused on developing new retirement living businesses, first as chief executive of Cinnamon Retirement and then as chief executive of Opus following the sale of Cinnamon Retirement to Activum.

Livingston said: “Demand for healthcare continues to increase, and the health and care sectors are rapidly evolving, including an exciting number of new entrants into the market from both an investor and provider perspective. As a result, there is a growing demand for our proven and trusted advice. We’re having conversations with clients that we haven’t had for years, for example around building new hospitals, presenting new challenges and opportunities to those operating in the sector.

“2024 marks our most successful year to date as a team and we are excited to build on this momentum by bolstering our senior expertise, in particular in the care and senior living sectors.”