Our people

Jim has been with Henry Riley since 1984, becoming a Partner in 1991 and Managing Partner in 2012, before becoming Chairman in 2021. He is also a Chairman of Nidus Riley. Jim is focused on the promotion of the business externally, working with David and the Management Team to continue to strengthen our regional offering and streamline the business.

Email: jim.hendley@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2200

David is the CEO of Henry Riley. Having joined Henry Riley in 1986, David has been with the company for over 35 years and became a Partner of Henry Riley in 1997. He has worked in a wide range of sectors including retail, banking & finance and health. David is responsible for the day to day leadership of the business. 

Email: david.needham@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2200

David has been with Henry Riley for 15 years and is an Executive Director based in the Birmingham office. David has strong experience in both the retail and residential sectors, with a series of high end residential developments. He has worked on multiple projects involving phased construction, working in live environments and landlord management.

Email: david.ayres@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)121 603 9000

Graeme is an Executive Director of Henry Riley and has 35 years' experience as a cost and project manager working with a range of blue chip clients on a variety of projects. Due to his extensive knowledge and experience, Graeme is the company’s industrial and logistics sector head. Having completed many projects in this sector, Graeme is well adept to the challenges and issues involved and can successfully fine-tune procedures and processes to improve the delivery and provide efficiencies for both client and consultant teams.

Email: graeme.croy@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2200

Chris is an Executive Director of Henry Riley and has been with the company for over eleven years. He is an experienced quantity surveyor having worked in an array of areas including retail, mixed use, leisure, health and public sectors.

Email: chris.donachie@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)116 208 1354

Graeme is the Executive Director in charge of the Cambridge office and oversees a dedicated and experienced team delivering services across all development sectors. Graeme is a chartered quantity surveyor and has worked as a project manager on a number of multi-million pound projects over the past 24 years.

Email: graeme.hall@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)1223 845 000

Mike is an Executive Director of Henry Riley and has worked in the Bolton office for over 25 years.  He has gained a wide range of experience particularly in the retail, commercial and leisure sectors. Having acted as key client manager for many retail clients over the years, Mike undertakes the role as Henry Riley’s retail sector head. This role enables Mike to oversee all retail appointments within the company and ensure a seamless delivery in this fast paced environment.

Email: mike.hilton@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)161 935 8002

Lewis has been with Henry Riley for almost 20 years and is an experienced cost manager, having worked in a broad range of sectors with several key clients. Lewis has considerable experience within the leisure sector having worked closely with a number of high profile clients and is the company’s leisure sector head. His ability to problem-solve and deliver projects within live environments with minimal disruption places him well to oversee all client teams and ensure smooth delivery.

Email: lewis.hodgkinson@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2200

David is an Executive Director of Henry Riley LLP with 38 years' experience in the construction industry and more than 20 of those in managing cost and project management teams. He is an experienced project and cost manager and has worked in a broad range of sectors including, food and non-food retail, mixed use development, leisure and residential.

Email: david.janney@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)117 440 0061

Gil is an Executive Director of Henry Riley and an experienced client manager. He works with clients to develop pipelines and programmes of work and will build a team that will give a client confidence and security that their targets will be delivered.

Email: gillan.newby@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2200

Peter is a chartered quantity surveyor who has extensive UK and international experience in all aspects of construction. He has over 30 years of experience in residential and large scale mixed use developments and as the company’s Residential Sector Head is responsible for the overall delivery and quality of all projects within this portfolio.

Email: peter.ockenden@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2200

Andrew is an Executive Director of Henry Riley and a Director of ESP who are an affiliated company. He is responsible for the business development of the companies and manages the Bolton office. Andrew is a chartered surveyor with 39 years' experience in wide range of sectors including retail, commercial, leisure, residential and the public sector.

Email: andrew.pollard@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)1204 668 392

Iain has been with the group for 23 years and is an Executive Director of Henry Riley. Initially from an engineering design background, Iain is responsible for and leads the engineering cost management team and is the Director in charge for a number of our key clients. Iain is also the company’s commercial sector head. Applying the knowledge and skills that he has developed particularly in regards to activity based working, he is well placed to offer advice on innovative development solutions whilst overseeing all commercial appointments and continually improving the service delivery.

Email: iain.powell@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7017 8990

Emma is an Executive Director and member of the Management Board at Henry Riley, responsible for quality and risk management. She is a chartered quantity surveyor with 25 years’ experience and her detailed knowledge of the services provided to our clients ensures that we deliver to the highest professional standards. Emma’s role includes the development of processes and procedures to drive consistency, reduce risk and continually improve.

Email: emma.sellick@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2200

Andrew has been with Henry Riley for 18 years and he is an experienced cost and project manager having worked in a broad range of sectors including health, retail, education and industrial sectors. Andrew is also the company’s health sector head, overseeing all health appointments and working to continually improve the service delivery.

Email: andrew.turner@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2200

Steve is an Executive Director of Henry Riley and has over 43 years’ experience in providing cost and project management services. Applying the knowledge and skills that he has, he oversees all transport and infrastructure appointments whilst continually improving the service delivery in this sector.

Email: steve.wheatley@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2200

Damian is a Project Director of Henry Riley and has in excess of 20 years’ experience in the industry, particularly the retail sector. Damian has acted as key client manager for several major retailers during his time which has involved developing and managing these accounts.

Email: damian.brown@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)161 935 8002

Harry is a chartered quantity surveyor who has been with Henry Riley for over 10 years. He is an experienced cost manager having worked extensively in the retail and health sectors, working for major retailers and private investors. He is experienced in initial cost planning and strategic cost management of roll-out programmes.

Email: harry.clarke@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2271

James is a Project Director of Henry Riley who is experienced in working in a wide range of public and private sectors which include education, health, commercial, retail and residential. James has led large project teams on a number of complex projects which were successfully delivered to the clients' brief. James acts as a key client manager for several of our health and education clients.

Email: james.godden@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)1223 554908

Dan is a chartered quantity surveyor with 13 years’ experience working as a quantity surveyor and project manager on new build, mixed use and refurbishment projects across the residential, commercial, and leisure sectors. He is also the lead of our national MMC team, lead of retirement housing, and head of our internal APC training programme.

Email: dan.macpherson@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)1223 845000

James is a Project Director in our Cambridge office. He has over 20 years’ experience working in cost and project manager roles in a broad range of sectors including education, residential and healthcare. James is also the education sector head overseeing the service delivery to our education clients. 

Email: james.robinson@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)1223 845 000

Douglas is a highly experienced chartered quantity surveyor, project manager and dispute resolution specialist. He brings more than 40 years post qualification experience of senior level project and contract management, procurement and contentious work gained internationally and in the UK.

Email: douglas.beckwith@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)117 440 0061

Paul is a Technical Director and has been with the business for 15 years. He is a chartered quantity surveyor who has worked within a range of sectors including retail, commercial, infrastructure and health. In recent years Paul has been actively involved with strategic cost planning for large scale programmes particularly in the retail sector.

Email: paul.curran@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)161 935 8002

Steve is a Technical Director of Henry Riley and has over 25 years’ experience providing cost consultancy services. He is experienced in multiple sectors and has also delivered a range of mixed use and residential developments.

Email: steve.dodgin@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)1204 668 392

Richard is an experienced chartered surveyor with over 10 years’ experience in the industry. He has worked in a broad range of sectors including residential, commercial, retail, education and industrial and logistics. He has also a member of our IMS team, providing monitoring services to several of our clients.

Email: richard.faller@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)116 208 1354

Bernard is a Technical Director of Henry Riley and has over 30 years’ experience as a cost consultant and employer’s agent. Bernard is a key client manager and has worked on many mixed use and residential projects. He also has experience working in the commercial, leisure, retail, and health sectors.

Email: bernard.fitzpatrick@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2200

Adam is a chartered quantity surveyor who has experience working in the residential, retail and education sectors. He has experience working with several of our key clients, working within live operational environments with a focus on high value delivery with minimum disruption to the client.

Email: adam.gibbins@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)121 603 9000

James has been with Henry Riley for over 10 years and is an experienced quantity surveyor having worked in a broad range of sectors, including commercial, retail, education, industrial and logistics and leisure. James relocated to Australia in 2017 and is the Office Manager of our Melbourne office, and key client manager for several of our Australian clients.

Email: james.grosser@henryriley.com
Tel: +61 (0)488 043 892

Tim is a Technical Director of Henry Riley with over 35 years' experience in the industry. He is responsible for the development and successful delivery of engineering based project management schemes. Originally from a building services cost consultancy background, his expertise has been honed in several sectors of the industry including retail, pharmaceutical and residential.

Email: tim.hilton@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2200

Joel has been with Henry Riley since 2007 and is the Regional Office Manager of the Newcastle office, responsible for overseeing all appointments in the North East. He has experience of working across a range of sectors, including leisure, retail, industrial and commercial and is a key client manager.

Email: joel.neasham@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)191 814 2415

Rob has worked at Henry Riley LLP for 29 years and is a Technical Director. He is a highly experienced cost consultant and project manager and has predominately worked in the retail, commercial and health sectors.

Email: rob.nicoll@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2200

Marcus is a Technical Director of Henry Riley and manages the Health and Safety division. He has over 16 years of experience in construction Health & Safety, is an incorporated member of the Association of Project Safety (Under CDM 2015) and acts as a CDM Advisor (formally CDM Co-ordinator) to assist the disbursement of Health & Safety duties under the newly introduced Principal Designer, working in a broad range of sectors including residential, leisure, health, retail and education.

Email: marcus.parkins@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7017 8990

Daniel is a chartered quantity surveyor who is a key member of the industrial and logistics sector team. He also has vast experience of working within the retail sector, and in particular with retail roll-out programmes.

Email: daniel.pickard@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2229

Helen is a chartered quantity surveyor who is experienced in all aspects of cost management, fund monitoring and acting as employer’s agent primarily in the residential, commercial and industrial and logistics sectors. Helen is Head of Monitoring Standards as part of our monitoring team, working with our financial institution clients.

Email: helen.simmons@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2240

Nick is a highly experience quantity surveyor who joined Henry Riley in 1995 and has since become a Technical Director. Having worked in the construction industry for over 25 years, Nick has extensive experience in the food and non-food retail, health and mixed use sectors.

Email: nick.taylor@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2200

Graeme is an Executive Director of Henry Riley and has 35 years' experience as a cost and project manager working with a range of blue chip clients on a variety of projects. Due to his extensive knowledge and experience, Graeme is the company’s industrial and logistics sector head. Having completed many projects in this sector, Graeme is well adept to the challenges and issues involved and can successfully fine-tune procedures and processes to improve the delivery and provide efficiencies for both client and consultant teams.

Email: graeme.croy@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2200

Mike is an Executive Director of Henry Riley and has worked in the Bolton office for over 25 years.  He has gained a wide range of experience particularly in the retail, commercial and leisure sectors. Having acted as key client manager for many retail clients over the years, Mike undertakes the role as Henry Riley’s retail sector head. This role enables Mike to oversee all retail appointments within the company and ensure a seamless delivery in this fast paced environment.

Email: mike.hilton@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)161 935 8002

Lewis has been with Henry Riley for almost 20 years and is an experienced cost manager, having worked in a broad range of sectors with several key clients. Lewis has considerable experience within the leisure sector having worked closely with a number of high profile clients and is the company’s leisure sector head. His ability to problem-solve and deliver projects within live environments with minimal disruption places him well to oversee all client teams and ensure smooth delivery.

Email: lewis.hodgkinson@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2200

Peter is a chartered quantity surveyor who has extensive UK and international experience in all aspects of construction. He has over 30 years of experience in residential and large scale mixed use developments and as the company’s Residential Sector Head is responsible for the overall delivery and quality of all projects within this portfolio.

Email: peter.ockenden@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2200

Iain has been with the group for 23 years and is an Executive Director of Henry Riley. Initially from an engineering design background, Iain is responsible for and leads the engineering cost management team and is the Director in charge for a number of our key clients. Iain is also the company’s commercial sector head. Applying the knowledge and skills that he has developed particularly in regards to activity based working, he is well placed to offer advice on innovative development solutions whilst overseeing all commercial appointments and continually improving the service delivery.

Email: iain.powell@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7017 8990

Andrew has been with Henry Riley for 18 years and he is an experienced cost and project manager having worked in a broad range of sectors including health, retail, education and industrial sectors. Andrew is also the company’s health sector head, overseeing all health appointments and working to continually improve the service delivery.

Email: andrew.turner@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2200

Steve is an Executive Director of Henry Riley and has over 43 years’ experience in providing cost and project management services. Applying the knowledge and skills that he has, he oversees all transport and infrastructure appointments whilst continually improving the service delivery in this sector.

Email: steve.wheatley@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2200

James is a Project Director in our Cambridge office. He has over 20 years’ experience working in cost and project manager roles in a broad range of sectors including education, residential and healthcare. James is also the education sector head overseeing the service delivery to our education clients. 

Email: james.robinson@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)1223 845 000

Emma is an Executive Director and member of the Management Board at Henry Riley, responsible for quality and risk management. She is a chartered quantity surveyor with 25 years’ experience and her detailed knowledge of the services provided to our clients ensures that we deliver to the highest professional standards. Emma’s role includes the development of processes and procedures to drive consistency, reduce risk and continually improve.

Email: emma.sellick@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2200

Michelle joined Henry Riley in 2021. Michelle has over 25 years' experience in the construction and oil and gas industries, with specialisms in business transformation, organisational culture and capability, and employee engagement and wellbeing. Michelle's key objective is to drive our ambitious five year strategy through our people. 

Email: michelle.bennett@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2200

Marcus has worked at Henry Riley since 2006 becoming Head of IT in 2012. He has over 20 years' experience in Information Technology across several disciplines including software development, service support and management, and IT security. Marcus leads the IT support team and is responsible for the overall IT strategy for the company.

Email: marcus.catterall@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2237

Peter is a certified accountant who has worked in property and construction for over 25 years. Peter leads the Finance team which provides reporting, finance and tax support to both the LLP and its Directors. He oversees the day to day financial matters for the Directors’ subsidiaries and affiliated companies, where he also acts as Company Secretary.

Email: peter.runting@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2212

Eleanor is the Head of Marketing and has 10 years’ experience operating in the construction industry. She is responsible for creating and implementing Henry Riley’s communication and marketing strategy.

Email: eleanor.wright@henryriley.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8662 2239