NEW YORK, NY–Ernst & Young LLP announced that Greg Parker, a Senior Manager at the firm, will now lead the firm’s construction advisory practice in the Northeast, reporting to Mark Costello, Ernst & Young LLP, Americas Leader of Construction and Real Estate Advisory Services.

Prior to joining Ernst & Young LLP Parker was president and CEO of UK-based global construction consultant Currie & Brown’s U.S. operations. Parker has more than 20 years experience in construction cost and procurement management, serving clients in markets such as commercial, infrastructure, aviation, technology and pharmaceuticals in the U.S. and the UK. His recent U.S. assignments include auditing construction procedures for a major pharma campus, cost and schedule master planning for a major university construction project and technical due diligence for an offshore investor making major purchases in the commercial real estate market. He also directed a program for the design and implementation of an integrated web-based program/project controls solution for the Water Services Division of a major public authority.