{"id":35300,"date":"2026-05-05T06:20:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/tt-appoints-former-royal-mail-chief-in-ai-drive\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T06:20:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:20:28","slug":"tt-appoints-former-royal-mail-chief-in-ai-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/tt-appoints-former-royal-mail-chief-in-ai-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"T&#038;T appoints former Royal Mail chief in AI drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-507933\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>She will be responsible for driving global transformation including \u201cembracing the opportunities of AI and technology\u201d as Turner &amp; Townsend aims to become the world\u2019s leading programme management business.<\/p>\n<p>Gilthorpe was most recently Chief Executive of Royal Mail and previously spent nearly 15 years on the executive team at Heathrow Airport.<\/p>\n<p>David Whysall, Chief Operating Officer, Turner &amp; Townsend, said: \u201cEmma is one of our industry\u2019s most prominent figures with a tremendous track record of operating and delivering significant transformation across a range of large, multi-sector organisations and will play an integral role in accelerating our own global growth ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmma\u2019s role in overseeing Heathrow\u2019s transition to become one of the world\u2019s leading infrastructure operators will be very relevant as we continue to support our clients\u2019 deliver major complex programmes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gilthorpe added: \u201cI am excited to be joining a fantastic business which I had first-hand experience of as a client during my time at Heathrow. I am looking forward to working with a great team of people at what is a pivotal time in the company\u2019s growth journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/userphoto\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Grant Prior\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\">\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2026\/05\/05\/turner-townsend-appoints-former-royal-mail-chief-in-ai-drive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] She will be responsible for driving global transformation including \u201cembracing the opportunities of AI and technology\u201d as Turner &amp; &#8230; <a title=\"T&#038;T appoints former Royal Mail chief in AI drive\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/tt-appoints-former-royal-mail-chief-in-ai-drive\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about T&#038;T appoints former Royal Mail chief in AI drive\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}