Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB), the property and management consultancy, has appointed Conor Ellis to head up its UK healthcare sector division, with immediate effect.

Ellis has over 20 years’ experience within the healthcare sector, including 10 years within hospital management in the UK. He has held senior management roles in the private sector, including partner at Tribal, head of health sector UK and Europe at EC Harris (now known as Arcadis), and most recently head of health at Citrica.

Dean Sheehy, RLB director, said: ‘We are delighted to welcome Conor as a partner to RLB to lead our expanding healthcare business.  His breadth of international healthcare experience plus absolute focus on customer delivery will be a tremendous asset to our business.”

Ellis commented: “The team at RLB has a great record of working closely with its clients and I look forward to joining them to collaborate with CCGs, trusts, government agencies, investors, contractors and the design community to improve patient, staff and carers’ environments and outcomes.”