Sara has thirty years’ experience in the construction industry working for several prominent consultancies serving public and private sector clients across the sectors. Quantity surveying provided a firm foundation from which Sara diversified into Employer’s Agent and Project Management services plus specialist claims and contractual advice. Sara joined Gleeds in 2015 to establish a Retail Developments Sector based upon personal expertise and contacts. Recognised as both technical expert and thought leader within the industry, Sara has a reputation as scheme facilitator, connecting people to unlock workflows. With a proven expert in strategising, developing and implementing new business streams, Sara’s role naturally expanded into full town and city centre regeneration to recognise the changing market place, maximise opportunities and expand the client pool. The recent adoption of the role of Head of Cost Management position was a natural transition as a true advocate of service delivery excellence. Sara has a history of providing mindful leadership to both improve technical capabilities and motivate and inspire staff at all levels. Sara considers that service delivery excellence alone does not offer a true differentiating factor in the current fast moving world in which we must seek to become a strategic partner to our clients and influencers offering them the corporate advantage in their marketplace through creativity and ingenuity. In this respect the human dimension becomes front and centre in the evolving corporate environment and life-long relationship building is critical as we recognise that the invisible psychological factors determine customer choices. Sara has a passion for the role and a pride in establishing connections, unlocking opportunities and satisfying clients which propels her out of bed each morning. At the end of the day however the important “me” time is taken up by three horses and a love for show jumping and the adrenaline rush which that offers!