Constructing Excellence

Sesitwa Mohlala

Position: Senior Cost Manager and Chartered Surveyor, Turner & Townsend
Categories: Annual Conference 2023

Sesitwa is a Senior Cost Manager and a Chartered Surveyor at Turner & Townsend with his experience spanning across 8 years in the infrastructure and natural resources sector. Sesitwa began his career in 2015 as a graduate with Turner & Townsend in Johannesburg (South Africa) working in the mining & metals sector for 2 years. He subsequently moved to London, England in 2017 and has since been working on key and major infrastructure projects, providing a full range of cost & commercial management services that span across the whole project lifecycle.

During the 6 years, Sesitwa has obtained multi-disciplinary sector experience having worked for various key clients such as Constructing Excellence, Thames Water Utilities Limited, Heathrow Airport Limited, The Environment Agency, and Anglian Water to make a difference for them to achieve their project, portfolio and business objectives. As a custodian of the Construction Innovation Hub’s Value Toolkit, Sesitwa has been integral in the development of the industry wide Toolkit during its early phases and has led and supported on industry wide engagements through targeted workshops with the Supply Chain, Specialists, Manufacturers, Associations, and the insurance sector to ascertain value in procurement and delivery.

At Thames Water, Sesitwa is currently responsible for a portfolio of projects, providing cost & commercial management to meet his Clients AMP7 Business and programme objectives.

Sesitwa was a valued member of the Heathrow Expansion team and was involved in the procurement & tendering of the Logistics Hubs, before being part of the core commercial team tasked to efficiently close out £1Bn Expansion. 

Sesitwa is interested in Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) and is a member of the Mayor of London’s Young Professional Panel who are 10 young aspiring infrastructure leaders who have been chosen to provide expert advice on key challenges related to the planning and delivery of London’s infrastructure, acting as ambassadors for his infrastructure and sustainable development agenda.

Sesitwa is collaborative, forward thinking and a driven individual who can adapt to any changing environment and aims to provide value to all his clients, projects and have a positive impact in the Built Environment.