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Catherine Workman of Pinsent Masons Joins Elixr’s Board
With 30 years of international experience in Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs), infrastructure delivery, and strategic growth.
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Catherine Workman of Pinsent Masons Joins Elixr’s Board
With 30 years of international experience in Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs), infrastructure delivery, and strategic growth.
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Catherine Workman of Pinsent Masons Joins Elixr’s Board
With 30 years of international experience in Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs), infrastructure delivery, and strategic growth.
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Catherine Workman of Pinsent Masons Joins Elixr’s Board
With 30 years of international experience in Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs), infrastructure delivery, and strategic growth.
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Elixr is proud to announce the appointment of Catherine Workman as a Non-Executive Director, bringing over 30 years of international experience in Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs), infrastructure delivery, and strategic growth.
Catherine is a Partner and Head of the Middle East region at Pinsent Masons, a leading global law firm. With over three decades of drafting and negotiating high-value contracts for airports, ports, hospitals, schools, roads, energy-from-waste and other major infrastructure, she advises governments, developers, and lenders across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia. She spent eight years on Pinsent Masons’ global board and has been consistently named among the Construction Week Power 150 List of the most influential people in the construction industry in the Middle East – her listing has been both as a top lawyer and a leading woman in the sector.
Her appointment comes as Elixr delivers smart regeneration for towns and cities—helping unlock over £500 million projects in integrated planning, infrastructure, retrofit, and energy projects through its emerging data-and-tech approach.
As a Non-Exec, Catherine will strengthen Elixr’s governance and strategic capacity, using her deep expertise in PPP models, cross-border infrastructure law, and capital structuring to support delivery at scale, ensuring the next generation of smart, resilient places are built with integrity, purpose, and impact.
Q&A with Catherine Workman
What attracted you to Elixr’s mission in smart regeneration?
→The infectiousness of the commitment of Joseph and Catalina to improve the environment in which people live by being dynamic, creative and driven to succeed
You’ve structured PPPs across multiple continents; what project taught you the most about balancing risk and public value?
→ Gosh that is a tough question particularly if I can only pick 1! I would probably have to say my first ever project back which I started in 1994 which was Dartford & Gravesham Hospital Project – it was the first Hospital Project to achieve Financial Close in the UK. We developed a risk matrix for a hospital which is still being used today in the UK and across the world (which is a scary thought!)
Which infrastructure sector do you believe has the most untapped potential in data-driven placemaking?
→ As I was drawn to Elixr by what they are doing in relation to housing – there is still more to come in the housing space. However the scale of opportunity and application across all types of infrastructure asset classes is huge. The developments in housing will set a proof of concept and the benchmark which will be invaluable to move other areas forward faster.
What role do you think governance plays in ensuring long-term success of town-scale regeneration?
→ As a lawyer, it is not a surprise that I think that governance plays a huge role in long term success – it is a bedrock which provides stability to the process as well as gives credibility to the market that correct procedures have been considered and have been carried out. Get this right and it is enormously invaluable for everyone →
Elixr is proud to announce the appointment of Catherine Workman as a Non-Executive Director, bringing over 30 years of international experience in Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs), infrastructure delivery, and strategic growth.
Catherine is a Partner and Head of the Middle East region at Pinsent Masons, a leading global law firm. With over three decades of drafting and negotiating high-value contracts for airports, ports, hospitals, schools, roads, energy-from-waste and other major infrastructure, she advises governments, developers, and lenders across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia. She spent eight years on Pinsent Masons’ global board and has been consistently named among the Construction Week Power 150 List of the most influential people in the construction industry in the Middle East – her listing has been both as a top lawyer and a leading woman in the sector.
Her appointment comes as Elixr delivers smart regeneration for towns and cities—helping unlock over £500 million projects in integrated planning, infrastructure, retrofit, and energy projects through its emerging data-and-tech approach.
As a Non-Exec, Catherine will strengthen Elixr’s governance and strategic capacity, using her deep expertise in PPP models, cross-border infrastructure law, and capital structuring to support delivery at scale, ensuring the next generation of smart, resilient places are built with integrity, purpose, and impact.
Q&A with Catherine Workman
What attracted you to Elixr’s mission in smart regeneration?
→The infectiousness of the commitment of Joseph and Catalina to improve the environment in which people live by being dynamic, creative and driven to succeed
You’ve structured PPPs across multiple continents; what project taught you the most about balancing risk and public value?
→ Gosh that is a tough question particularly if I can only pick 1! I would probably have to say my first ever project back which I started in 1994 which was Dartford & Gravesham Hospital Project – it was the first Hospital Project to achieve Financial Close in the UK. We developed a risk matrix for a hospital which is still being used today in the UK and across the world (which is a scary thought!)
Which infrastructure sector do you believe has the most untapped potential in data-driven placemaking?
→ As I was drawn to Elixr by what they are doing in relation to housing – there is still more to come in the housing space. However the scale of opportunity and application across all types of infrastructure asset classes is huge. The developments in housing will set a proof of concept and the benchmark which will be invaluable to move other areas forward faster.
What role do you think governance plays in ensuring long-term success of town-scale regeneration?
→ As a lawyer, it is not a surprise that I think that governance plays a huge role in long term success – it is a bedrock which provides stability to the process as well as gives credibility to the market that correct procedures have been considered and have been carried out. Get this right and it is enormously invaluable for everyone →
Elixr is proud to announce the appointment of Catherine Workman as a Non-Executive Director, bringing over 30 years of international experience in Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs), infrastructure delivery, and strategic growth.
Catherine is a Partner and Head of the Middle East region at Pinsent Masons, a leading global law firm. With over three decades of drafting and negotiating high-value contracts for airports, ports, hospitals, schools, roads, energy-from-waste and other major infrastructure, she advises governments, developers, and lenders across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia. She spent eight years on Pinsent Masons’ global board and has been consistently named among the Construction Week Power 150 List of the most influential people in the construction industry in the Middle East – her listing has been both as a top lawyer and a leading woman in the sector.
Her appointment comes as Elixr delivers smart regeneration for towns and cities—helping unlock over £500 million projects in integrated planning, infrastructure, retrofit, and energy projects through its emerging data-and-tech approach.
As a Non-Exec, Catherine will strengthen Elixr’s governance and strategic capacity, using her deep expertise in PPP models, cross-border infrastructure law, and capital structuring to support delivery at scale, ensuring the next generation of smart, resilient places are built with integrity, purpose, and impact.
Q&A with Catherine Workman
What attracted you to Elixr’s mission in smart regeneration?
→The infectiousness of the commitment of Joseph and Catalina to improve the environment in which people live by being dynamic, creative and driven to succeed
You’ve structured PPPs across multiple continents; what project taught you the most about balancing risk and public value?
→ Gosh that is a tough question particularly if I can only pick 1! I would probably have to say my first ever project back which I started in 1994 which was Dartford & Gravesham Hospital Project – it was the first Hospital Project to achieve Financial Close in the UK. We developed a risk matrix for a hospital which is still being used today in the UK and across the world (which is a scary thought!)
Which infrastructure sector do you believe has the most untapped potential in data-driven placemaking?
→ As I was drawn to Elixr by what they are doing in relation to housing – there is still more to come in the housing space. However the scale of opportunity and application across all types of infrastructure asset classes is huge. The developments in housing will set a proof of concept and the benchmark which will be invaluable to move other areas forward faster.
What role do you think governance plays in ensuring long-term success of town-scale regeneration?
→ As a lawyer, it is not a surprise that I think that governance plays a huge role in long term success – it is a bedrock which provides stability to the process as well as gives credibility to the market that correct procedures have been considered and have been carried out. Get this right and it is enormously invaluable for everyone →
Elixr is proud to announce the appointment of Catherine Workman as a Non-Executive Director, bringing over 30 years of international experience in Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs), infrastructure delivery, and strategic growth.
Catherine is a Partner and Head of the Middle East region at Pinsent Masons, a leading global law firm. With over three decades of drafting and negotiating high-value contracts for airports, ports, hospitals, schools, roads, energy-from-waste and other major infrastructure, she advises governments, developers, and lenders across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia. She spent eight years on Pinsent Masons’ global board and has been consistently named among the Construction Week Power 150 List of the most influential people in the construction industry in the Middle East – her listing has been both as a top lawyer and a leading woman in the sector.
Her appointment comes as Elixr delivers smart regeneration for towns and cities—helping unlock over £500 million projects in integrated planning, infrastructure, retrofit, and energy projects through its emerging data-and-tech approach.
As a Non-Exec, Catherine will strengthen Elixr’s governance and strategic capacity, using her deep expertise in PPP models, cross-border infrastructure law, and capital structuring to support delivery at scale, ensuring the next generation of smart, resilient places are built with integrity, purpose, and impact.
Q&A with Catherine Workman
What attracted you to Elixr’s mission in smart regeneration?
→The infectiousness of the commitment of Joseph and Catalina to improve the environment in which people live by being dynamic, creative and driven to succeed
You’ve structured PPPs across multiple continents; what project taught you the most about balancing risk and public value?
→ Gosh that is a tough question particularly if I can only pick 1! I would probably have to say my first ever project back which I started in 1994 which was Dartford & Gravesham Hospital Project – it was the first Hospital Project to achieve Financial Close in the UK. We developed a risk matrix for a hospital which is still being used today in the UK and across the world (which is a scary thought!)
Which infrastructure sector do you believe has the most untapped potential in data-driven placemaking?
→ As I was drawn to Elixr by what they are doing in relation to housing – there is still more to come in the housing space. However the scale of opportunity and application across all types of infrastructure asset classes is huge. The developments in housing will set a proof of concept and the benchmark which will be invaluable to move other areas forward faster.
What role do you think governance plays in ensuring long-term success of town-scale regeneration?
→ As a lawyer, it is not a surprise that I think that governance plays a huge role in long term success – it is a bedrock which provides stability to the process as well as gives credibility to the market that correct procedures have been considered and have been carried out. Get this right and it is enormously invaluable for everyone →
