New Europe chief taking temporary charge of role

The boss of Lendlease鈥檚 developments business in the UK is leaving after more than eight years at the company.

Bek Seeley joined in summer 2015 after stints at Aecom and before that Mouchel, later bought by WSP.

She arrived at Lendlease as commercial director before being made managing director of the firm鈥檚 development business for Europe in late 2019, taking over from Jonathan Emery.

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Bek Seeley joined the firm more than eight years ago

In a statement, Lendlease said: 鈥淏ek Seeley has decided that the time is right for her to leave the company to start the next chapter of her career.

鈥淗er strong partner and stakeholder relationships, passion for place and communities, political acumen and calm pragmatism have been of real value to the business and have helped us to secure and convert some of the most prestigious urban regeneration projects in the UK including Elephant Park, Silvertown, High Road West, Euston, Thamesmead, IQL and Smithfield.鈥�

The firm said it would announce a successor 鈥渋n due but course鈥� and added: 鈥淔or the moment our regional CEO Andrea Ruckstuhl will step in to lead the development business, working closely with the existing development leadership team.

鈥淏ek is working closely with Andrea and the team to ensure a smooth handover for our clients, partners and our people.鈥�

Ruckstuhl has taken over as boss of Lendlease Europe from Neil Martin, who announced he was leaving earlier this year. He formally goes at the end of this month.

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