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Graeme Cameron has been promoted to the role of Chief Operations Officer (COO) of ISS UK and Ireland’s Operations Performance (OP) function, effective 1 June 2025.
Cameron, currently Commercial Director, succeeds Aidan Bell, who has left ISS after almost five and half years to become CEO of a non-competitor company.
Cameron joined ISS in 2019, having already spent almost 15 years in the facilities management industry. In a series of roles at the company, including Director of one of ISS’ largest and most prestigious key accounts, leader of its customer retention programme and most recently as Commercial Director, Cameron has championed the company’s ambitions to grow profitably through new business wins and build ever deeper partnerships with existing customers.
Under Cameron’s leadership, the OP function will be the catalyst of accelerated, positive change, driving business performance and commercial momentum. It will bring to market product and service innovations in key growth areas, including sustainability, workplace experience and capital projects. It will continue to drive efficiency and effectiveness programmes to support a lean, sustainable operation. Through Cameron’s extensive commercial experience, the function will forge stronger, deeper links with commercial colleagues, putting the customer front and centre of everything ISS does.
Commenting on his new appointment, Cameron said: “I stand ready, having spent my career at ISS working directly with some of our biggest, most innovative, customers, to bring that insight to bear as we seek to grow profitably through genuine, reciprocal partnerships. All the components are in place to create a world-class OP function that supports growth, efficiency, and compliance. I look forward to getting to work.”
Since the internal announcement of Bell’s departure in February 2025, the company has been setting in place handover and contingency plans. This work, supported by CEO Scott Davies’ interim management of the function, supports a smooth transition of responsibilities.
Davies commented: “I am glad to have been able to appoint home-grown talent of Graeme’s calibre into this crucial role for our company. Graeme brings with him deep and varied experience not only of our industry, but also of performance optimisation, compliance and innovation that meets the needs of our customers and our company. His insight, expertise, and enthusiasm, coupled with our vision of an extended remit for the Operations Performance function, recommends him for this role, which is central to the achievement of our shared strategic objectives.”
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