FMJ Facilities Management magazine providing industry-specific intelligence to FM and property professionals
Ian Williams, one of the UK’s largest privately-owned property services companies, has announced that from April next year, it will be expanding and strengthening its leadership team.
The new team, led by Zane Poyner, as Managing Director, is bolstered by a series of internal promotions, and represents a wide range of talent and experience, that will support the organisation’s sustainable growth plans.
The new leadership team includes Jayne Cox, Finance Director, Amy Boothman, Sales & Marketing Director, Jason Gorin, People Director, Philip Jones, Painting Operations Director, Craig Jones, Response Operations Director and Warren Buffery, Capital Operations Director.
Existing Managing Director, Andy Havard will take up a role as Chair of Ian Williams, Mike Turner will move to a non-executive role supporting the brand’s external relationships and David Sewell will retain his role as a Trustee of the pension fund. They will support the seamless transition in leadership over the coming months to ensure the changes announced today maintain continuity for all employees, customers and stakeholders.
Andy Havard commented: “Sustainability is at the heart of everything Ian Williams does. That’s why we must keep planning for longevity, by increasing capacity and broadening the talent at the top of the business. It is testament to our approach that we have been able to recognise and promote talented colleagues to look after the future of the business. The new leadership team, who between them have nearly 100 years’ experience in the company, are all specialists in their own disciplines and are perfectly placed to drive our future expansion and profitable growth. With sales growth this year of over 25 per cent and an order book approaching £500 million, the business has never been in better shape.”
According to Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index, worldwide parcel volume is likely to double in the next five years, with the UK showing the highest increase in carrier revenue of all 13 countries in the Index.
Alongside a huge uptake in the volume of parcel volume and spend, post pandemic, the adoption of hybrid working patterns means that FMs need to find ways to enable staff to book / host collaborative meetings in available workspaces and to find desk, office and parking spaces by utilising automation and data capture to enable site governance.
Yet a recent survey by FMJ in partnership with Pitney Bowes found that 20 per cent of recipients are still using manual paper-based visitor systems, which doesn’t fit with their top priority – to maintain a safe and operational environment.
This overwhelming reliance on paper-based systems is causing many respondents bottlenecks, resulting in a lack of efficiently in logging and tracking packages and people coming into the organisation.
In this webinar, Gary Abbott Director of Business Development and Stuart Bushaway, Head of Dealers Operations and FM Relationships at Pitney Bowes will outline the main findings of the two surveys and what this could mean for FMs. This will be followed by a discussion, chaired by FMJ Editor Sara Bean comprising Wayne Young – Facilities Manager, Just Eat Takeaway.com & Simi Gandhi-Whitaker, Strategic Technology Director, Connected Workspace, Mitie.
Register for the webinar here.
