Global real estate advisor, CBRE, has named Sarah Livingston as head of its UK healthcare sector.

In her new role, Livingston will be responsible for building a strategic growth plan, harnessing CBRE’s leading capabilities to further capitalise on the wealth of opportunities presenting the healthcare sector.

She will also be focused on identifying and driving opportunities across CBRE to deliver an integrated, end-to-end service to clients.

Livingston joined CBRE in 2022 from Elysium Healthcare, a specialist healthcare provider of mental health, learning disability, and neurological facilities, which she co-founded in 2016.

She led the growth strategy for the company taking it from 21 hospitals in 2016 to over 75 sites by 2021.

The business was sold to Ramsay Healthcare in 2022.

Prior to Elysium, she was general counsel at Partnerships in Care for five years.

To further strengthen its healthcare offering, Paddy Brice has joined CBRE to lead its Healthcare Investment Properties business.

Brice brings a wealth of experience from his nearly 20 years in the senior living sector.

He led Richmond Villages, part of the Barchester Group, through the GFC, driving the senior living business and developing seven new retirement villages before overseeing the successful sale to Bupa.

More recently, he has focused on developing new retirement living businesses, first as the chief executive of Cinnamon Retirement and then as chief executive of Opus following the sale of Cinnamon Retirement to Activum SG.

Livingston said: “Demand for healthcare continues to increase and the health and care sectors are rapidly evolving, including an exciting number of new entrants into the market from both an investor and provider perspective.

“As a result, there is a growing demand for our proven and trusted advice. We’re having conversations with clients that we haven’t had for years, for example around building new hospitals, presenting new challenges and opportunities to those operating in the sector.”

She added: “2024 marks our most-successful year to date as a team and we are excited to build on this momentum by bolstering our senior expertise, in particular in the care and senior living sectors.

“I can’t wait for us to get started.”