Yorkshire-based offsite manufacturer Thurston Group has restructured its team to enhance delivery, support growth, and maintain operational excellence.
In line with Thurston’s ambition to reach £100m in turnover within the next six years, the promotions and appointments are set to support the company’s plans to scale.
Hayley Richardson has been appointed as operations director after 5 months in the role on an interim basis. Her remit includes heading up a team of four senior leaders across the areas of design and technical, commercial, construction, and pre-construction.
Richardson has worked in finance roles across the construction, education, healthcare and charitable sectors for over 25 years, at both executive level and board level in project director, and FD and CFO positions.
Having spent the past few months involved with Thurston, assessing areas for improvement and business success, Richardson brings an understanding of the delivery journey from the customer viewpoint, providing valuable insight as Thurston improves its processes.
Reporting to Richardson will be Marc Johnson, who has been promoted from technical director to the role of head of design and technical; and Gary Robinson, moving from construction director to the role of pre-construction director.
Joining the team, and also reporting to Richardson, will be Mike Langton, who has joined as head of commercial.
The restructuring is rounded out with Joanne Ainsley and Simon Shirtliffe joining the commercial team as estimators.
Speaking about joining Thurston Group in a new permanent role, Hayley Richardson said: “After spending a few months getting to know the business and the brilliant team, I’m delighted to be joining Thurston on a permanent basis.
“Everything I’ve seen so far from Matt and the team to drive improvement has been really positive, and I know there’s plenty of hunger to continue improving, to help us meet our ambitious growth plans.
“As we aim to become the number one modular manufacturer in the country, I’m keen to use my personal insights of the customer journey to help deliver consistently high-quality products and projects to our clients.”
Speaking of the new appointments and promotions, managing director of Thurston Group, Matt Goff, said: “I’m really pleased to welcome Hayley to Thurston permanently, after her brilliant work over the past year in helping us expand our service offering to the education and healthcare sectors. I’m also excited to welcome Mike, whose expertise spans both traditional and modular construction.
“This new structure, underpinned by quality and led by a first-class team, is designed not only to meet the growing demands of the business, but to unlock internal development opportunities and create the capacity we need to thrive as a larger business, as we set out to meet our ambition of being the modular manufacturer of choice in the UK.”
