Executive Board
Meet our Executive Board Members:
Jonathan has been
Managing Director of Capita Symonds since March 2007. He has also
been a member of the Capita Group Executive Board since January
2011.
Formerly Executive Director
of Capita Symonds’ Management division, Jonathan was a member of
the Symonds management board when it was acquired by Capita in
2004. Prior to that he worked for Bovis, London & Metropolitan,
RGCM and Mace where, at the age of 32, he successfully led BA’s
£350m World Cargo Centre project.
He is a committee member of the Big Lottery Fund, and a trustee
and director of Inventure Trust, a charity providing opportunities
for disabled people to participate in the sport of sailing. He sits
on the committee of the Royal Ocean Racing Club and is director of
The Goring Hotel, London and The Spa Hotel, Tunbridge Wells.
Chris has worked in
the construction industry for over 30 years.
Previously Executive
Chairman of Symonds Group Ltd, he has a successful track record in
obtaining and delivering a wide variety of major projects. Notable
amongst these are the MoD Procurement Executive HQ at Abbeywood,
Bristol and the new Wembley National Stadium.
Chris is now the part-time
Non-Executive Chairman of Capita Symonds and sits on its Executive
Board. He is a Director of Dalkia and Chairman of Bristol Rugby and
is also involved in a number of charities and institutions.
Vice Admiral Tim Laurence CB, MVO, ADC joined the board
of Capita Symonds as a Non Executive Director in 2011.
Tim brings to Capita Symonds the skills and experience developed
during a distinguished naval career. He has been involved in all
defence reforms since the 1990s. Latterly his roles as a key
strategist and resource planner within the Ministry of Defence
culminated in his appointment as Chief Executive of Defence Estates
in 2007, where he oversaw the three year change programme which led
to the formation of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation.
Tim’s interests in property, regeneration, defence, security and
transport make his a natural appointment for Capita Symonds. As
custodian for over 700 listed buildings, 1,200 scheduled monuments
and 170 SSSIs whilst at Defence Estates, he has developed a strong
interest in sustainability and regeneration.
Graham is
responsible for the overall operational performance of Capita
Symonds having previously headed our Regions business - building
strategic partnerships with local government into successful
private sector multidisciplinary consultancy businesses with wide
ranging public and private sector clients.
He has extensive experience
of infrastructure construction and maintenance services in public
and private sectors.
Andrew has executive responsibility
for Capita Symonds' acquisitions, commercial management and
strategic business development.
Over the last 15 years he has held a wide
range of board positions - both operational and in growing the
Capita Symonds business. This experience is now brought to bear on
increasing sales focus and dealing effectively with the
complex commercial opportunities and challenges presented by the
market.
John is Executive
Director of Capita Symonds' Design & Infrastructure division
and has over 20 years experience in the construction and
engineering sector, including over 14 years spent within
Capita.
During this time he has had
management positions within its QS, project management,
environment, civils and transport teams and has introduced the
company to new and expanding business areas. Experience in the
rail sector has given him both major projects experience and a
client-side perspective.
With experience of
delivering projects, facilities management, asset management and
planning services around the UK to both public and private sector
customers, Dave is the Executive Director with responsibility for
Capita Symonds' Regions division.
Dave leads a diverse team of approximately 2,000
property, infrastructure and environment professionals. Partnership
working with Local Government is a key focus for Regions
division and Dave has played a leading role in establishing and
leading several of Capita’s award winning partnerships, where
significant improvements to services, customer experience and cost
efficiency have been achieved.
Following the acquisition of health estates consultancy Inventures
in 2010 - and continuing his work of helping customers to overcome
their fiscal as well as service challenges - Dave and his team have
also been working with an increasing number of healthcare Trusts to
optimise their use of property and achieve significant financial
savings for reinvestment in frontline care.
Tim is Finance
Director for Capita Symonds, responsible for the financial
management and control of the business.
Prior to joining Capita
Symonds, Tim has held several divisional Finance Director posts
within The Capita Group Plc since 1997, including Capita’s property
businesses for several years. Tim originally joined Capita in 1991
as Deputy Group Financial Controller. Before that, Tim worked at
Halpern & Woolf Chartered Accountants (now part of Baker
Tilley), where he qualified in 1989.