FM PEOPLE MOVERS & SHAKERS
BEHIND
THE JOB How did you get into facilities management and what attracted you to the industry? I was working as a scientist and had the opportunity to plan and execute the move of our group plus equipment and stores to a new building. I loved the co-ordination role immensely. What’s been your career high-point to date? This role; I get to work with a terrific group of people both within my team and the museum but also with the university’s estate management team and other departmental FMs. NAME: Allison Kingsbury JOB TITLE: Facilities manager ORGANISATION: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University JOB DESCRIPTION: Overall responsibility for the museum which is a 150 year old Grade I listed building, also two Grade II listed buildings and couple of office buildings. Remit includes refurbishment projects within the museum.
ON THE
MOVE Changing jobs? Tell us about your new role and responsibilities. Contact Natalie Li Natalie.Li.@fm-world.co.uk
Any interesting tales to tell? In a previous job, the most bizarre thing I have been asked to do is provide a heated handrail on the steps of the car park so that people don’t freeze their hands; needless to say this didn’t happen. How do you think facilities management has changed in the last five years? I do believe that organisations are taking it more seriously and that in turn is helping us FMs to show our full potential.
Paul Crilly becomes Reliance Facilities Management’s chief executive after spending the past two years as the organisation’s deputy chairman. He has more than 25 years’ experience working in the FM sector. Mick Dalton, a BIFM past chairman, has taken up the role of managing director of Musanadah FM based in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. Dalton has lived in the Middle East since early 2007 when he left datacentre company Global Switch to join Dubai-based Emaar as senior director of property management.
And how will it change in the next five years? With the economic climate and a new and very welcome focus on sustainability it is more important than ever that properties work to their full capability. FMs will have to ensure endurance of the properties and their systems to meet these challenges. If you could give away one of your responsibilities to an unsuspecting colleague, what would it be? Filing, typing minutes and all the basic admin. The museum sector works on very tight resources and we don’t have a lot of admin staff. Which “FM myth” would you most like to put an end to? That FM can cure all ills; we can…but it takes time! What single piece of advice would you give to a young facilities manager starting out? Go for it, it’s a wonderful career but build a support network for yourself.
Connaught Compliance has confirmed that Ian Carlisle has resumed his post as chief executive. Mark Faulkner acted as interim chief executive. Hoare Lea has announced Neil Roberts and Clive Williamson have accepted invitations to join the partnership. Cheryl Ashton has joined Albany Hygiene Facilities in the role of business development executive. Ashton has extensive experience as a catering manager and as a senior hygiene consultant.
Jeff Tebbutt joins Rossall School as estates manager. Tebbutt will manage a five-year development schedule on the 166-year-old campus of the co-educational boarding and day school. Property consultant GVA Grimley has appointed Steve Lee as managing director of GVA onsite. He has been recruited to expand the company’s existing facilities management business and lead the development and delivery of the company’s asset management service.
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