New senior hire at EC Harris in Europe

Consultant EC Harris has appointed Lee Cookson as partner and head of service for its contract solutions team in Europe.

Cookson will be responsible for leading and growing the firm’s forensic delay analysis capability across Europe as part of the contract solutions team and will also join EC Harris’ global contract solutions leadership. He will report to the location leader for contract solutions Europe, Gary Kitt.

He joins EC Harris from Driver Consult where he was responsible for the provision of expert witness and claims services for global engineering and building disputes.

Cookson has over 30 years’ industry experience and is a chartered building surveyor, a member of the Association for Project Management and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.