Independent construction, property and management consultancy, Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) has appointed Stewart Binns as a partner.

Binns (pictured) has joined from Turner & Townsend, where he spent the past 14 years as a director in the project management team and as national health and higher education lead. He is experienced in risk management and structuring effective procurement solutions and had a portfolio of projects across the public sector, including the University of Leeds, University of Huddersfield, York NHS Trust, and the Yorkshire & York Primary Care Trust.

Georgie Whitham has joined RLB’s London team from Capita. She has worked with a variety of healthcare organisations, including commissioners, providers, regulators and social enterprises, on a wide range of schemes from new-build multi-speciality facilities to trust-wide transformation strategies, new digital-based models of care, and clinical commissioning groups’ strategic estates plans. Whitham also has experience of activity modelling, simulation and strategic data mapping.

Paul Dutton has joined RLB’s project management team in Birmingham. He has a background in IT, medical equipment and project management and has worked on a range of health and education projects, including hospitals and specialist centres such as the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Liverpool, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, St George’s Hospital and Royal Berkshire Hospital. 

RLB director Andrew Reynolds said: “It is an exciting time for the UK business. We are seeing opportunities open with the healthcare division, as the needs change both of the NHS and within the private healthcare sector. Our high-profile projects are enabling us to attract the best talent which in turn means we can offer a strategic, consultative approach to serve the market even better.”