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Julie Ennis is CEO of Sodexo’s Corporate Services business across the UK & Ireland and also holds the position of Country President for Ireland.  In her combined roles, Julie has responsibility for leading the Sodexo corporate services business across the UK & Ireland as well as the corporate governance and directorial responsibility for the various business segments that operate across th...

Dawn is Chair of the Kiln Theatre in London, and Vice Chair of the London Marathon Charitable Trust.  She is a Director of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission (FFCC) and a member of the Advisory Boards of the Institute of Policy Research at the University of Bath and RAND Europe.  Dawn was the Chief Executive of The National Lottery Community Fund from 2013-2020 where she responsible for...

John C. Rood John Rood has over 30 years of experience in national security positions in the U.S. Government and the private sector in international business and aerospace and defense. He served as a senior official at the Defense Department, State Department, White House/National Security Council, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), in Congress as a staffer in the U.S. Senate, and as an executive...

Every year, UK Government buys some £292billion of services from the private sector. The post brexit UK government procurement measures, was developed over the last 15 months by a team of specialists in international procurement. The principles and journey is set out in a green paper. The WHAT is out there. We need conversations around SO WHAT, WHY and shape the future WHAT! Please read Baachu Sum...

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Michael Nationality - British Born - 1959 Age - 61 Years in the family business - 40 Managing Director for 25 years Currently CEO - for 15 years now Went to Roan Grammar School for Boys at 11 through to 16 years old. First worked at age 16 as a petrol pump attendant whilst waiting for my joining date for the Army. Spent 4 years in the Army, serving 4 tours in Northern Ireland and left aged 20. Joi...

Cheryl is the Executive Director HMPPS, responsible for Prison Reform. She joined the MOJ in 2013  with over 30 years Business and Commercial experience gained from the Private and Public Sectors. She has held a series of leadership posts with organisations such as the MoJ, Accenture, DXC, Fujitsu, NatWest, and the Metropolitan Police Service. She also is a Non-Executive Director for Government Fa...

Susan Sutherland is the head of market intelligence for JLL’s Corporate Solutions product organization. In this role, she leads a global team that researches key factors that drive product strategy – around market opportunities, competitor analysis, industry trends and more.  Previously, she spent over 5 years as the Head of Corporate Solutions Research for Asia Pacific at JLL, based in Singapore....

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Shelagh J Legrave OBE DL Shelagh Legrave has been Principal & Chief Executive of Chichester College since September 2010 and became Chief Executive of Chichester College Group in 2017. Prior to this she was the Chief Operating Officer for the College since April 2003. Chichester College Group is a £65m General Further Education college group following mergers with Crawley College and Worthing...

As VCSE Representative, Claire acts as an intermediary between government and the voluntary sector to champion the Social Value Act and an improvement in commissioning practices. Claire was appointed as VCSE Crown Representative in February 2018. As a key player in the social enterprise movement for over 30 years she brings a wealth of experience to the role. Claire has led the award-winning Black...

Tracey Williamson was appointed Commercial Director for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in February 2018.  Tracey has responsibility for 110 staff covering a global portfolio with multiple sites across 180 countries. Annual spend is £1.5b spend split between Corporate Procurement and Policy Programmes (Conflict Stability and Security Fund and the Prosperity Fund). In addition, with the FCO h...

Yash Kapila is an FM industry veteran with almost 30 years of integrated facilities management experience. He joined JLL in 2008 Managing Director Integrated Facilities Management - West Asia, Managing Director Corporate Solutions – India and became Integral Managing Director in February 2018. Previously Yash was Managing Director Erinaceous Property and Facilities Services, served as operations d...

Today's guest is Karamjit Singh CBE  Karamjit has been Chair of the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust since 1 September 2014. His previous experience of health leadership includes serving as the first Chair of Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (2006 – 2009), as well as Board membership of the Coventry Family Services Health Authority (1993 – 1996), Coventry Health Auth...

We continue with our guest Peter Ankerstjerne  IFMA Exclusive - IFMA journey, memories, vision for IFMA with RICS and IAOP Memories Peter Ankerstjerne, MBA, COP, FRICS, IFMA Fellow has more than 25 years of experience covering most aspects of facility management, service management, outsourcing, marketing, and strategy development.  Peter has spent most of his career with the ISS Group, where he l...

Peter's early life, career, future of work, future of workplace, gratitude, values and kindness and people influential in his life and career Peter Ankerstjerne, MBA, COP, FRICS, IFMA Fellow has more than 25 years of experience covering most aspects of facility management, service management, outsourcing, marketing, and strategy development.  Peter has spent most of his career with the ISS Gr...

Today's guest is Samantha Ulyatt    Sam has over 20 years’ experience working in procurement or commercial roles across several industries and has worked for Ciba Geigy, Astra Zeneca, EON, United Utilities and Babcock International.  She has focused her spend area across infrastructure programmes and projects and has a passion for leading workable commercial solutions whilst upskilling and al...

Gary Sturgess is the NSW Premier's ANZSOG Chair of Public Service Delivery at the University of NSW. He consults extensively with various government departments. Prior to that he spent 10 years in the UK, where he was head of a research institute founded by the international public service company, Serco Group plc. In the early 1990s, he was Director-General of the Cabinet Office in the Grein...

Today's guest is Gary Sturgess.  Gary is the NSW Premier's ANZSOG Chair of Public Service Delivery at the University of NSW. He consults extensively with various government departments. Prior to that he spent 10 years in the UK, where he was head of a research institute founded by the international public service company, Serco Group plc. In the early 1990s, he was Director-General of th...

Today’s guest is Chris Wright    Chris Wright is Chief Executive of Catch22, the social business driving public service reform. He leads the team of 1,800 staff and volunteers that supports over 60,000 people nationally. Chris has 30 years' experience across the social care and criminal justice systems. Chris originally trained as a social worker and probation officer, establishing Nottingham...

Today’s guest is Jonathan Werran Jonathan has extensive experience in communications and journalism. After five years as a reporter, commentator and features editor for The Municipal Journal, in 2015 he became the first strategic communications officer for the District Councils’ Network.    Prior to The MJ, he edited an online government property and public estate magazine and helped run communica...

Today's guest is Martin Traynor OBE, Small Business Crown Representative, Cabinet Office Martin Traynor OBE comes from a business background, with much of his early career spent in the hospitality sector, managing various hotels across the UK. He then spent 14 years as Group Chief Executive of Leicestershire Chamber of Commerce (including the Business Link service).  In recent years, Martin m...

Today's guest is George Lilley. George is Director of the Eric Wright Group and the Managing Director for Eric Wright FM. George is an experienced business leader with 30 years' experience within the FM industry. He gained extensive and diverse knowledge from fulfilling various roles within private and publicly owned companies, as well as running his own successful business.  Eric Wright...

Today's guest is Angad Rajain Angad is currently serving as the Global IFM Head at Tenon FM and is responsible for the growth of the Facility Management business in India and UK and has been associated with the firm since 2014. Previously, he served as the MD of Tenon FM India where he further strengthened Tenon FM market leadership.  Angad  is a management graduate and topper from Yale Schoo...