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Sarah Jane Cork has been appointed to the role of Chief Growth Officer at City Group Security to spearhead the company to become a market leader for security services across the UK.
City Group Security is a privately owned business. Its Chief Executive officer, Simon Giles started his career as a chartered accountant, moving then into the FM world where he has held COO and CFO roles prior to joining City Group Security.
Cork is an accomplished director with more than 25 years operating in public and private security sector businesses. Speaking about her appointment, she said: “I’m delighted to join City Group Security as Chief Growth Officer and further enhance the female representation on the board. The business has an exceptional client portfolio and is committed to delivering outstanding service whilst demonstrating a strong understanding of customer needs through Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Value in the community.”
Cork and Giles have worked together previously in the FM sector. Giles commented: “I am delighted to have been able to recruit Sarah so as to work with her again and create a role that welcomes her to the City Group community. Sarah has extensive experience in client partnerships and creating value and customer propositions with strong strategic proposals through to execution. Sarah joins us with a wealth of business experience from Logistics, retail, merchants, carrier and corporate environments and her broader knowledge and experience will strengthen the board. I am proud that Sarah joins a board with four female and two male leaders that gives us a strong presence on gender representation and allows us to have a forward thinking, diverse and inclusive leadership team.”
