Turner & Townsend reshapes management: delivery and risk takeaways for project teams
Reviewed by Tom Sullivan
First reported on The Construction Index
30 Second Briefing
Turner & Townsend has reshaped its leadership, appointing Patricia Moore as managing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa alongside her existing UK MD role, signalling a push to grow its major programme advisory across the region. Andy Scott becomes MD for defence and infrastructure after leading teams on Heathrow, Hinkley Point C and Edinburgh Trams, consolidating transport, energy and defence programme expertise under one portfolio. Former UK infrastructure lead James Corrigan moves to become MD for the USA, taking experience from HS2, Crossrail and wider UK programme advisory into the North American market.
Technical Brief
- Leadership reshuffle explicitly targets growth of Turner & Townsend’s EMEA major programme advisory footprint.
- Patricia Moore links UK and EMEA portfolios, enabling cross-border programme controls and risk management consistency.
- Andy Scott’s new defence and infrastructure remit consolidates transport, energy and defence programme management under one leadership line.
- Scott’s track record includes leading advisory teams on Heathrow expansion, Hinkley Point C and Edinburgh Trams delivery.
- James Corrigan previously led the programme advisory team on HS2 and Crossrail, exporting UK megaproject experience to the US.
- Corrigan most recently headed the UK infrastructure business, integrating cost, schedule and risk services across multiple asset classes.
- Turner & Townsend positions its UK and EMEA network as a single platform for managing geopolitical, cost and schedule uncertainty.
Our Take
Turner & Townsend has featured repeatedly in recent UK Infrastructure coverage, from Heathrow’s long‑term expansion portfolio management (3 March 2026) to Highland Council’s community hub framework, signalling that any leadership reshaping will directly affect programme controls and cost management on multiple public and transport portfolios.
The firm’s role in the £200m STEP fusion prototype contract and in the Wylfa SMR early‑phase team places its UK and EMEA management at the centre of emerging nuclear and fusion workstreams, where governance, risk and schedule discipline are likely to be more scrutinised than on conventional projects.
In our database of 804 Infrastructure stories, Turner & Townsend is one of the more frequently recurring UK‑based consultants, so changes in its leadership structure are likely to ripple through procurement and delivery models on major schemes in both the United Kingdom and the United States markets it serves.
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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