Meet the new members of your team
One of the things that sets us apart is that when you’re working with Sewell Advisory, we become an extension of your team. We want to work with you long-term, and we’re as engaged in your project as you are.
Our customers regularly tell us that our people are what makes the difference and keeps them coming back – they are the perfect addition to your team. Talented, enthusiastic and with bags of energy, they’ll bring their experience and expertise to your project and turn challenges into results.
Chief Executive Officer
Emma Bolton
Emma is an expert in public sector estates strategy, with extensive experience at leading diverse, multidisciplinary estates-focused teams across local authorities and the NHS at senior level across two decades. A Fellow of the RICS, Emma pairs this with her real estate management and town planning qualifications to give her a unique view across estates strategies.
Parallel CEO
Claire Harrison
Claire is CEO of Parallel, a specialist data and software development joint venture between Sewell Advisory and CHP. As well as expertise in data and digital solutions, Claire's a registered Better Business Case practitioner and brings business strategy, comms and marketing expertise to the Sewell Advisory Executive team, having worked for the public and private sector for almost two decades.
Deputy CEO
Jonathan Turner
Jonathan has nearly 30 years of experience working in the health and social care sector, with the first 12 years of his career being spent working in the NHS. He is an expert in supporting health and other public sector clients to align service and property strategies, ensuring built asset optimisation along with improving health and social care outcomes.
Deputy CEO
Nikola Idle
Nikola draws on almost two decades of experience working for & with Local Government and the Civil Service to lead on our internal operations & processes alongside supporting our delivery teams. Nikola is a Member of the Association for Project Management (MAPM) & a APMG Better Business Cases Registered Practitioner.
Director of Operations
Peter Jones
Peter manages a wide-range of estate-related projects in support of the NHS and local authorities. His career started with a 28-year spell in the Forces, serving internationally in command, operational, training and logistic roles. In 2004 Peter moved into the LIFT and healthcare property sector, overseeing the delivery and management of over £200m worth of primary care facilities.
Strategy Director
Greg Salisbury
Greg is responsible for our Strategy team who provide our whole range of strategic estate deliverables. Greg has worked globally with experience across multiple industries such as health, energy, and the wider public sector. Greg is a Chartered Management Consultancy Surveyor (MRICS) and is a APMG Better Business Case Practitioner.
Project Delivery Director
David Barley
David is responsible for our Development and Project Management team, ensuring projects are delivered within agreed resource, timescales and quality requirements. I've got a background in construction project management, specialising in projects in the primary care, mental health, and primary and secondary education sectors. I'm also a Better Business Case Practitioner.
Parallel Technology Director
Gareth O'Toole
Gareth is responsible for the development and enhancement of our digitisation approaches, technology products, data processes and leading our technology experts in Parallel and Sewell Advisory. He’s had 25+ years of experience in software development, process improvement and automation, project management and technology leadership.
Associate Director
Caroline Havler
Caroline supports Greg in leading the Strategy Team providing our partners with estates advisory services. Caroline is a Chartered Surveyor (MRICS) and an APMG Better Business Case Practitioner, with several years experience working in private practice in the health and local authority sectors, and previously in public sector regeneration.
Associate Director
Louise English
Louise joined Community Ventures in the summer of 2023, following a decade in the NHS. She is a qualified Chartered Commercial Property Surveyor and has a keen interest in strategic asset management and supporting public sectors organisations to achieve their estates ambitions. Louise is responsible for client engagement and partnership working, business development, and delivering bespoke commissions across the North East and Leeds.
Associate Director
Dayle Lynch
With 19 years working in local government, Dayle has significant experience developing and leading capital projects, service transformation programmes and successful cross-sector partnerships. Responsible for business development, managing partnerships and delivery of commissions across South Yorkshire and Bradford, Dayle is skilled in leadership, engagement and problem solving.
Associate Director
Nicola Gundill
AMPG International Better Business Case Practitioner, Nic is responsible for client engagement, partnership working and business development in the Midlands as well as delivering bespoke commissions. Her expertise is diverse, from project management and programme development working across for the health, local government, public and private sectors.
Parallel Senior developer
Giles Billingsley
Giles has worked at Parallel for over 20 years. He's been involved in the development of SHAPE from the start, and has worked on a range of products from CD-ROMs and interactive kiosks, to data driven web apps and web mapping. He currently specialises in JS, SQL Server, VB, PostGIS and Mapbox.
Associate Director
Jon Ramsey
Jon has worked in project delivery and operational management in the private and public sectors. An AMPG Better Business Case Practitioner, NEC4 accredited Project Manager and experienced in complex project development and delivery, programme management, lifecycle, compliance, contract and SPV management, he leads projects and the project delivery team alongside Dave and Paul across a range of sectors.
Associate Director
John Watson
John, has a wealth of previous experience in estates and property management having worked in Community and Primary Care Trusts, NHS Property Services (incl. LIFT) and the private sector. His expertise in strategy work, community provision and government sector gives him a huge range of knowledge to bring to the role of General Manager for 5 LIFT companies across Yorkshire and the North East.
Business Support Manager
Vicky Jagger-Strangeway
Vicky's expertise lie in corporate governance and compliance, overseeing the company's ISO compliance and other accreditations. She heads up the Business Support function, providing Company Secretarial support to the Board and CEO as well management of the office function and supporting the wellbeing of staff.
Associate Director
Paul McGuinness
Paul leads the project delivery team alongside Dave and Jon, working across a range of sectors. He has extensive experience in capital project delivery, specialising in medical imaging projects and ward refurbishments, previously working with both local authorities and the NHS.
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