Movers and Shakers

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Global FM service provider Atalian Servest has announced the appointment of three new members to its marketing and communications team to support the company’s long-term strategy and growth plans, enabling its branded businesses to meet the fast-evolving expectations of its customers in the UK and Ireland.

Graham Parsons has been appointed group marketing director UK & Ireland and will be responsible for guiding all marketing and communications functions. He is joined by new head of communications Ian Green and head of brand Brian Bloomer.

Mr Parsons has more than 20 years’ experience of developing and implementing marketing and communication strategies across diverse markets and countries. He joins Atalian Servest from Mitie where he was head of marketing and technical services.

David Kos has joined the Colliers National Capital Markets team as a director of industrial and logistics investment, bringing with him a wealth of knowledge and contacts across the sector.

Mr Kos previously worked for niche investment agency Lewis Ellis and was made a partner in the business last year. He has significant transactional experience across all commercial markets and in recent years had a strong focus on industrial and logistics as the sector gained momentum.

He will be responsible for enhancing his new employer’s presence in the industrial investment markets at a national level, while working closely with its agency team to provide a full service to developer and investor clients.

Food services provider Compass Group has announced the promotion of Gaétan de L’Hermite to its group executive committee following his appointment as regional managing director for Asia Pacific (APAC).

Since joining the company in 2002, he has held various managing director roles in Africa, Central Asia, Ireland and, most recently, France, where he successfully led key projects including the full sectorisation of the business, the creation of new operating brands and the recent launch of Compass Group France’s comprehensive Net Zero 2040 roadmap.

Mr de L’Hermite is now responsible for the group’s business interests across APAC, its third largest region, which includes Australia, Japan, New Zealand, China, and India.

Peter Grierson has joined Birmingham-based mechanical and electrical building services provider J S Wright as its new managing director.

He was previously national sales director for Wolseley Pipe and Climate and will take control of the day-to-day running of his employer and its sister company Wright Maintenance following Phil Leech’s move to chairman.

He is based at the Aston headquarters of the employee ownership trust-controlled company, which also has a London office. Mr Grierson has more than 30 years of experience in the sale of building products to the construction industry.

Hard service provider Platinum Facilities has announced that Paul Goodchild has been promoted to managing director.

He joined as finance and commercial director in 2018 and earned his promotion through his extensive efforts to enable exceptional service delivery, develop the company culture and achieve growth.

Mr Goodchild has 23 years’ experience in the service industry, 14 of which are in the FM sector. He is a qualified chartered director with the IOD, has an MBA from Robert Gordon University and is CIMA Professional Qualified.

CPW has confirmed the re-structuring of its East Midlands offices with the addition of four wellknown industry professionals to lead the way.

Its Nottingham, Leicester, and Derby offices will see new leadership. Directors Carl Humpage and Carl Hubbard will run Nottingham, while director John Hauton takes the helm at the Leicester office. Craig Waldron, also a director, will continue to run Derby and support Nottingham.

Mr Humpage said: “We have been through a series of changes recently across CPW East Midlands. This change has helped us prepare for the future with a long-term strategic plan. This new plan is based on a healthy workload, and we have secured a number of new opportunities with existing and new clients in the region.”

The Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard initiative has appointed Related Argent chairman David Partridge as chair of its recently convened Governance Board.

Mr Partridge will oversee the development, implementation and ongoing maintenance of the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard.

He brings a wealth of sustainability knowledge and leadership to the initiative and was formerly appointed chairman of UKGBC, immediate past president of the British Property Federation and sits on the Construct Zero Advisory Board of the CLC.

Hard service provider Cloudfm has confirmed the appointment of Katrina Christopoulos as head of ESG.

She will drive the environmental and social policies of the company, working with customers and suppliers to accelerate change. Her previous roles include leading sustainability at Bloomberg in its London headquarters.

Ms Christopoulos is an associate of the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment (IEMA) and a chartered energy engineer.

Ms Christopoulos said: “Cloudfm is recognised as a leader in carbon reduction in the FM and wider built environment sectors. I can see that this company wants to cut through the greenwash and go beyond their own business, to really make tangible progress across ESG.”

Tracy Burtwell has been appointed as the new managing director of phs Compliance.

Based in Warrington, phs Compliance is one of the UK’s leading providers of FM and compliance services.

Former managing director Dan Lee has been promoted within the group to the position of group managing director, responsible for overseeing all phs specialist divisions.

Ms Burtwell joins phs Compliance with over 12 years’ experience in the service industry and a reputation for transforming businesses and securing long-term growth.

Sodexo has appointed former British Army senior officer, James Illingworth OBE, as advisor to its government board to strengthen its relationships across Whitehall, the armed forces and the charity sector.

With over 35 years of strategic military experience, he brings strong corporate leadership and people management skills as well as an acumen for business development.

Mr Illingworth’s last British Army post saw him serve as director of land warfare with responsibility for leading, organising and managing the delivery of training across the UK and determining the army’s future training transformation.