Frankham’s three senior hires: delivery and risk management lens for project teams
Reviewed by Tom Sullivan
First reported on The Construction Index
30 Second Briefing
Frankham Group has strengthened its leadership with three senior hires: Richard West as CFO, Rob Hesmondalgh as CTO, and Dan Quinn as director of fire within its risk management business, following LDC’s recent investment and the transition to new CEO Richard Chitty. The consultancy has also made 28 internal promotions, including four new directors – Holly Watson, Holly Garland, Dawn Barsley-Dale and Paul Marsh – to expand its management capacity. The moves signal a push to grow from a London and South East base to a full national consultancy presence.
Technical Brief
- New CFO Richard West brings 25 years’ experience in senior financial roles to Frankham.
- Twenty‑eight internal promotions in a single year indicate a deliberate pipeline for project and discipline leadership.
- Four new directors – Watson, Garland, Barsley‑Dale and Marsh – expand decision‑making capacity across regional project teams.
Our Take
Frankham’s UK focus in London and the South East positions it squarely in the most active geography in our 901 Infrastructure stories, where project pipelines are being reshaped by tighter funding and climate-resilience requirements.
The link to Lloyds Banking Group is notable given Lloyds’ recent report calling for smarter financial risk sharing in UK infrastructure; a consultancy with a CFO bringing 25 years of senior finance experience is likely to be better placed to structure bids and frameworks that align with those expectations.
Recording 28 internal promotions in a single year suggests Frankham Group is scaling delivery capacity organically, which often helps win repeat work on complex projects in the South East where client frameworks increasingly reward continuity of teams and institutional knowledge.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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