Morgan Sindall Construction has launched a new business unit, Northern Home Counties Ventures and appointed Emma Curtis as director in an effort to expand the company's management capacity across the region.

The company stated that the Home Counties has become one of its ‘strongest growth stories'.

Under regional managing director Sean Bradley, working with regional commercial director Matt Guy, it now operates as three businesses: the established Northern Home Counties business, the newly created Northern Home Counties Ventures and the Southern Home Counties.

The Northern Home Counties businesses will span Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire and the North London boroughs.

Ms Curtis's appointment as director of the newly created Ventures arm gives Northern Home Counties additional ‘dedicated senior management capacity' the company said.

Her long-term experience at Morgan Sindall positions her and her team to ‘leverage the significant leisure, health and wider investment' being made in the region.

She will be joined by Rod Pavey, who has been appointed as area director for the Northern Home Counties, with the Southern Home Counties continuing to be served by ‘established' area director Guy Hannell.

Both directors will have a portfolio that includes work across the education, healthcare, leisure, justice and commercial sectors.

Morgan Sindall has also appointed Richard Dobson as regional managing director for London. He will be joined by Adam Allen as regional commercial director and will continue to build on the success the team has created, delivering ‘a broad range of public and private sector projects'.

Pat Boyle, managing director of Morgan Sindall Construction, said: ‘The advances we are making reflect the quality and consistency of our approach, and our belief in a decentralised model, built around genuine local presence and local knowledge, and all that means for our customers and supply chains.

'Under Sean Bradley's leadership, London and the Home Counties have grown to a scale where each deserves its own dedicated focus. It is an exciting time, and Sean and I are delighted to see so many talented colleagues progressing into new roles.'