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Government Property Agency Head of Strategy Jun 2023 to present Head of Strategy for the Regions (North, Central and South), engaging across all government departments and arms
length bodies to find solutions for the property related needs. Partnering with government departments
and ALBs as their trusted advisers to bring innovation and solutions that position real estate as the enabler of business
delivery. Taking a strategic view of the government office property portfolio, in order to drive
efficiencies in asset utilisation, reducing costs, developing and delivering place-based strategies. Delivering the Smaller,
Better, Greener objectives for central government. Also supporting the Cabinet Office in delivering
the Places for Growth Programme, relocaing 22,000 civil service roles from Whitehall and London to the Regions
Head of Programme Jan
2023 to Jun 2023 Delivering a property related change programme for the Cabinet Office
Bolesworth Property Director 2020 to 2022 Leading
the property team for a large landed estate in Cheshire. 150 Commercial properties including office, industrial, retail, leisure,
160 residential properties and 12 farms, 6.500 acres • Responsible for all property matters
and property P&L for a significant property portfolio • Line Management of Estate Surveyor,
Building Surveyor, Project Manager, Site Manager including grounds teams, outsourced Land Agent •
All landlord and tenant issues inc new leases, renewal, rent reviews, dilapidations • All
facilities management, including planned and reactive maintenance, statutory compliance •
All project and programme delivery, including new builds, refurbishments, civils • All development
works, including full end to end commercial viability for investments 
Steinhoff UK Group Properties Ltd Group Property Services Manager 2014 to 2020
Responsible for the Capital Investment and Facilities Management
teams for Harveys Furniture and Bensons for Beds retail stores. Also distribution centres under the Concorde Logistics brand
and various manufacturing businesses across the UK. - Leadership
of the Capital Investment and Facilities Management teams - both internally and externally with consultancy teams
- Delivery of capital investment programmes for store fit-outs and refits including
acquisitions.
- Delivery of all planned and reactive
maintenance with statutory compliance.
- Negotiations on Schedule of Dilapidations with Landlords.
- Procurement of all professional services
for consultancy teams and supply chain
Reaseheath
CollegeProperty & Estates Manager 2012 to 2014
Responsible for
the corporate property portfolio of a large college estate campus, including 180+ buildings with 700 residential leaners and
tied houses/ flats. - Leadership of the Property &
Estates team (in-house DLO function)
- Delivery of
operational services for the property portfolio, including all planned and reactive maintenance with statutory compliance.
- Delivery of the strategic estate development programme, including new-builds and
major redevelopment schemes
- Procurement and management
of all utilities services contracts, with supply chain management
- Energy management and reduction programme delivery
The Co-operative Group
Regional Programme Manager - Central RegionSeptember 2008 – May 2012 I lead the successful delivery of the Store Investment Programme, Facilities Management service and Asset Renewal
Programmes, for the North West and Central & Eastern Regions of the Food Retail business. This was for circa 1,000 food
retail stores within my region.
Responsible for the successful
delivery of circa 225 food store refits pa totalling £65m capital expenditure, using a mixture of internal project managers
and support staff, plus external consultants, contractors and supply chains.
Delivering significant investment in the following areas:
- Planned asset renewals including petrol sites
- Remedial works
following planned maintenance and statutory testing programmes
I led a large geographically dispersed teams remotely, and significantly
increased staff engagement index within the team. Also leading a team turn around in performance through effective leadership
and management.
Congleton Borough Council
Corporate
Programmes & Property Manager May 2003 – August 2008 Managed corporate change programmes at strategic level, including the major Office Centralisation Programme, bringing 300No staff from 3No existing sites into one new building.
Programme comprising 5No Projects over 3 years costing £7m capital:
• Design &
Build Project
delivering the new head office (3 storey - 43,500sqft new build)
• IT
Project
delivering the new LAN, WAN, Phone systems and CCTV Control centre for all 30No town centre cameras in
the Borough.
• Working Practices Project
delivering all the new working
practices for single site working
• Migration, Occupation & Orientation Project
delivering the physical moves and decommissioning and disposal of vacated sites.
• Human
Resources & Communications Project
managing the change affecting all the authorities’ staff, elected
members and stakeholders.
I also managed the Local Governement Reorganisation Programme
for Cheshire East - combining Congleton, Macclesfield, Crewe & Nantwich and Cheshire County Council into a new
Unitary Authority.
I managed the corporate property portfolio of a Local Authority through the delivery of Asset
Management, Project Management & Facilities Management services.
Project and Programme Management of the Local
Authorities capital investment programme. Managed the Corporate Property Services Team, consisting of Architects, Estate Surveyors
and the Building Team to deliver the Business Plan objectives of the organisation.
Improved the Asset Management
score from ‘Satisfactory’ to ‘Good’, as assessed by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Nelson Money Managers PLC
Property
Services Manager June 2000 – April 2003 Responsible for undertaking all major capital projects from initial brief through to operational management of the
finished products. also responsible for the delivery of all Facilties Management services for the property portfolio
Key successes included:
Fitting out and relocating the Head Office function of 12,000sqft.
Acquiring
and re-locating the central London office including creating a Conference Centre.
Outsourcing the file storage
operation for the whole of the business.
Establishing risk control measures including review of property risk
and mitigations.
Establishing Asset Managemet procedures including Asset Condition Surveys.
Establishing
health & safety compliance procedures and processes for all property portfolio
Managing the Facilties Management
team
British Waterways
Senior
Building Surveyor (North West Region)September 1993 – June 2000
Managed a team
of Building Surveyors in the North West Region, looking after operational property and the commercial leased property portfolio.
Undertook minor refurbishment schemes up to £150K and project managed regeneration schemes up to £1.9
million using multi disciplinary consultancy teams using third party grant funding.
Undertook dilapidations, asset
condition surveys, health & safety audits, refurbishment and conversion projects - mostly to Listed buildings and those
in conservation areas.
Managed all reactive and planned maintenance, plus statutory testing and compliance works
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