| Jones has more than 23 years’ experience in the property, facilities management and engineering sector |
G4S Facilities Management, the FM business of global security company G4S, has appointed Peter Jones as its new Regional Managing Director. He will be responsible for G4S FM, a leading facilities management business which employs more than 7,200 staff across the UK, Ireland, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. G4S FM delivers integrated facilities management, security, front of house, hard FM, cleaning, catering and service desk services in the corporate, healthcare, education and central government sectors.
Background
Jones has more than 23 years’ experience in the property, facilities management and engineering sector at national and international level. He was most recently MD of CBRE’s integrated facilities management business across EMEA.
Prior to that, he held several leadership roles in his eight years at Carillion, with responsibilities including infrastructure services, property services and facilities management. In his earlier career, Jones worked for Barclays, where he led the FM strategy, and at Johnson Controls delivering FM across EMEA.
His expertise includes business leadership, market growth and acquisition, client relationship management, major outsourcing and real estate and facilities change.
Expanding business in the UK and Ireland
"At G4S, I will have the opportunity to grow our FM business in the UK and Ireland and help to develop our overall FM offering in other key markets, as clients are increasingly looking for us to provide additional integrated solutions,” said Jones.
“With security and FM services accounting for 59 percent of Group revenue globally, G4S has an unrivalled platform to respond to our customers’ increasingly complex requirements”.
G4S Regional President, UK & Ireland, Peter Neden, added: "I would like to welcome Peter to G4S. The Facilities Management business has been identified as one of the key growth opportunities, both within the UK and the broader G4S Group.
“I am delighted to have someone with Peter’s experience and leadership join us at this time to build our position in the industry.”
Peter Jones joined G4S Facilities Management on the 8th of October 2015.