Sarah Townsley

Head of Commercial
A highly experienced and accomplished commercial professional, Sarah manages a team of commercial managers, quantity surveyors and assistants and is responsible for ensuring the commercial and financial wellbeing of the Company.
A highly experienced and accomplished commercial professional, Sarah manages a team of commercial managers, quantity surveyors and assistants and is responsible for ensuring the commercial and financial wellbeing of the Company.

I enjoy working for Amaro in part due to the extremely fast paced nature of the works – no two days are the same!

I also really appreciate our ability to react quickly to meet our clients’ needs, both due to the size and structure of the business and its unique and empowering culture. I also enjoy working as part of a team that works together and supports each other to succeed.

About Sarah

Having always worked in challenging and high-pressure environments, Sarah began her career at BAE Systems, enrolling on their Business Apprenticeship programme, completing her degree on a part time basis whilst gaining experience from right across the organisation.

Settling into the Commercial function, she quickly worked her way up through the ranks to become a Contracts Manager, working on a wide variety of UK and international defence projects.

Having been with the business since 2016, Sarah has been absolutely instrumental in helping Amaro become the success you see today. Involved in all projects regardless of size and highly regarded by our clients, as Head of Commercial, her responsibilities include…

  • Commercial management of project accounts including applications for payment, invoices and variations
  • Credit control and business cashflow forecasting
  • Business development including pricing and preparation of tenders
  • Contract reviews
Qualifications and memberships
  • BA (Hons)
Areas of expertise
  • Commercial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • Tender Preparation
  • Credit Control

Sarah's colleagues

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Nick Egan

Nick Egan

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Caroline Foster

Commercial Manager

Michael Ewart

Managing Director
John Waugh

John Waugh

Engineering & Operations Director
Our Values
We are Amaro.
Agile.

Motivated.

Accountable.

Respectful.

Open.
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