UPP, UK. UK provider of on-campus residential and academic accommodation infrastructure, UPP has announced that Elaine Hewitt has joined the Business as its new Chief Executive Officer. A Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, Elaine joins UPP from NHS Property Services, where she has been Chief Executive Officer since 2015 and was responsible for overseeing a £3bn asset portfolio, some 4,000 properties, 5,000 employees and an annual income of more than £700m. She was previously Group Property Director at BT Group PLC. As well as having considerable private sector experience, Elaine has held public sector roles, notably Crown Representative in the Cabinet Office for Property and Facilities Management across Government. She is also a Senior Board Advisor to Dorrington Plc, a property investment and development company. “My immediate priority is to support our people, partners and resident students through the COVID-19 outbreak,” Elaine said.