CBRE makes senior healthcare hires

CBRE has hired Sarah Livingston as an executive director and James Dunmore as a senior director, bolstering its healthcare teams in the public and private sectors. Livingston has joined the agent’s operational real estate offer from specialist healthcare provider Elysium Healthcare, now part of Ramsay Healthcare, where she was commercial director and a board member. While at Elysium, Livingston was responsible for overseeing and executing the growth strategy of the business, completing a number of M&A deals in the past five years and overseeing the group’s property development activities. Before that, Livingston was legal director at mental health and social care services provider Partnerships in Care. Dunmore will lead CBRE’s public sector healthcare team. He joined the firm from Assura, where he was head of business development and member of the executive committee. At the REIT, Dunmore led the strategic review and segmentation of the property portfolio and was responsible for developing and executing Assura’s strategy of getting closer to customers, entering new healthcare markets, and establishing strategic property partnerships and joint ventures. Prior to Assura, Dunmore supported the Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership and other public sector health economies on estate  strategies, business cases, commercial partnerships and infrastructure funding options. Tom Morgan, head of CBRE’s UK healthcare team, said Livingston’s “wealth of experience across commercial operations, M&A and private equity as well as her relationships within the NHS” will be “a major asset” to new and existing clients. Livingston said she will work with the team to “grow its strategic advisory business, targeting opportunities to create investment property mandates” and extend “the firm’s advisory offer to investors already invested in the healthcare real estate market, as well as those actively considering opportunities”. Amanda Clack, head of CBRE UK’s public sector team, said: “Our public sector team remains a key strategic priority for CBRE, and James will bring real leadership and focus to our public sector health teams. His relationships and experience in working with healthcare clients will enrich our ability to help our clients realise the potential for their real estate at a time where value enhancement and cost savings are a priority.” Dunmore said he will work with the CBRE team to “co-create sustainable exciting real estate solutions that respond to the challenges and opportunities faced by NHS trusts and their partners in delivering the ambitions of the long-term plan”.   To send feedback, e-mail pui-guan.man@eg.co.uk or tweet @PuiGuanM or @EGPropertyNews