Reds10 has promoted Phil Cook, Joe Shepherd and Ryan Geldard to managing directors of their respective divisions.
Together they will lead the delivery of Reds10鈥檚 strategy across defence, public sector and offsite manufacture respectively.
Scott Laird takes on the newly created role of AI & technical director, while Uthira Balachandar continues in her role as design director. David Newey and James Bateman remain in their positions as construction directors, and Stephanie Mehra continues as finance director.
As part of the changes, chief executive Matt Bennion will take on a new role at Reds10鈥檚 sister company, Thrive-AI, after six years in his current role. Thrive-AI applies machine learning to help clients operate their buildings more efficiently, improve user experience, reduce energy consumption and optimise the lifespan of critical assets.
Founder and chairman Paul Ruddick will assume day to day leadership of the Reds10 business.
Ruddick said: 鈥淔ollowing four years of strong growth, we are moving to the next phase of our strategy focused on advancing technologies to fully industrialise our design, production and construction processes and integrate AI across the business. As part of our plan, Matt Bennion is taking on the leadership of Thrive-AI to accelerate its development and growth, while a new generation of leaders takes the helm at Reds10. We thank Matt for his outstanding contribution to date, and we are excited to move forward on our mission to modernise construction, driving up productivity, quality, and sustainability and delivering exceptional value to clients.鈥�
Matt Bennion said: 鈥淚 am delighted to be able to hand the baton on to the new leadership team. It has been a huge privilege to have worked with them and led such a talented Reds10 team over the past six years. These promotions put Reds10 on a firm footing for the next stage of its development and allow me to hand over my CEO responsibilities, safe in the knowledge that the business will continue to go from strength to strength. I鈥檓 excited to be spending more time developing and growing our sister company Thrive-AI, our intelligent building platform that puts end users, operators and asset owners in control of their building, carbon footprint and operating costs. It鈥檚 a great business and gives Thrive-AI and Reds10 the opportunity to transform the use and operation of buildings for our customers.鈥�
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