Hill & Smith PLC, provider of solutions that enhance the resilience of infrastructure and the built environment, has announced the appointment of Gillian Tomlinson as a non-executive director.

Tomlinson will join the nomination, audit and remuneration committees of the board, replacing Leigh-Ann Russell, who stepped down from the board on 12 March 2025.

Tomlinson is chief data and digital officer at FTSE100 engineering company Weir Group PLC. Prior to joining Weir, Tomlinson was director of data and analytics at telecoms company Three UK.

Alan Giddins, chair of Hill & Smith, said: “On behalf of the Board, I am delighted to welcome Gillian to Hill & Smith. Gillian has worked across a range of international businesses and brings a highly complementary skillset which will be hugely additive to the Board and the Group as it delivers on the updated strategic plan set out by Rutger [Helbing, CEO] and his executive team at the Group’s recent full year results.”