Babcock Infrastructure Services (BIS)

Mike has joined Babcock from Balfour Beatty where for the past six years he has been Managing Director of Haden Building Management. Under his leadership Haden has seen considerable growth partly through its Monteray and Romec joint ventures.

Mike has spent 25 years in the services industry and his previous experience includes posts with Grand Metropolitan, Quadrant, Pall Mall Services, Marriott Management Services and Sodexho. Mike is also the current Chairman for the Business Services Association.

Graham Leeming is a qualified Chartered Accountant with some 10 years experience in the industry. Through his involvement with both the Commercial and Consultancy sides of industry, Graham has developed a good knowledge of best practice project accounting and control processes necessary to successfully deliver accounts management.

Graham’s involvement in the planning side of the industry has provided him with a positive and proactive attitude to change, which enables him to use this as an effective tool to develop and deliver efficient project accounting processes and procedures.

At Price Waterhouse where he qualified, his clients included Avis and Fosters Brewing Group and he spent some time in Germany and Switzerland on acquisition based due diligence projects. He left Price Waterhouse to join British Telecom with his initial role covering the co-ordination and review of a £5bn pa revenue plan and securing £600m direct investment from the group's annual capital expenditure plan for BT’s Business Division. Subsequently Graham moved on to become financial controller for BT’s Defence business, where his role also included financial responsibility for the mobilisation and delivery of DFTS, BT’s 10-year prime contract with the MOD to deliver fixed telecommunications across the UK (contract value £1.1bn). Graham left BT to join Service Group International and supported the eventual sale of the business to Babcock in June 2002.

Des Morris, BSc, member of the Chartered Institute of Housing is the former Head of Housing Management at Leeds City Council, where he was responsible for the management of 69,000 properties through 700 staff and the management of a £27m budget for reactive repairs. Prior to working for Leeds City Council, Des worked for the Serco Group, where he successfully bid and managed the largest housing management outsourcing contract in the UK (LB Sutton) and also project managed a large element of the £10m 'catch up' repairs programme for Liverpool Housing Action Trust, through which he developed a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the facilities management sector.

Ian Smith, BSc Fuel and Energy, has over 15 years experience in all aspects of energy efficiency and management and was until recently responsible for the London Region contracts within Babcock Infrastructure Services.

Following a reorganisation in January 2000, Ian became responsible for all public sector contracts/projects. The contracts cover the full range of multidisciplinary services offered by Babcock Infrastructure Services.

Jim has built a company focused on adding value and delivering absolute service excellence. His goal was to lead not follow, to that end he innovated and developed unique solutions. API developed into the preferred supplier within it’s market sector with blue chip companies such as BP, Shell, Astra Zeneca, British Energy and GSK. Jim has had continued his success in this role since API joined Babcock Group in January 2001.

As Managing Director of Babcock API Jim’s focus has been to develop the indigenous businesses housed within the Rosyth complex to a wider industrial audience. Specifically he develops at Utility and Process Solutions, primarily this encompasses Compressed Air, Refrigeration and Chillers, HVAC and Boilers.

As Project Director for the RPC SW contract David is responsible for the delivery of Core Works (Capital projects) and Core Services (Hard FM) across the entire southwest MoD Estate. Employing in excess of 350 directly employed staff and a further 600 staff through the dedicated supply chain the contract is the major supplier of estate support to the MoD in the South West.

The project very much at the forefront of MoD procurement is the second of five Regional Prime Contracts to be let by Defence Estates is centred around the progressive improvement of the MoD Estate and is based around the smart procurement objectives set out by Egham and Latham. Key to the role of Project Director is meeting the diverse and exacting requirements posed by the MoD, which range from supporting fully operational airfields to the sensitivities of maintaining numerous Sites of Scientific Interest (SSSI’s)

A Chartered Quantity Surveyor with over twenty years experience in supporting a wide range of clients across a diverse range of sectors. David is a member of the Babcock Infrastructure board and has played a major role in taking the business forward over the last ten years.

A Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, David has a 1^st Class Honours Degree in Quantity Surveying, and a post Graduate Diploma Construction Management.

Prior to his current position David was responsible for the provision of design, project management and consultancy support to a range of clients including the MoD, private clients and local Government Departments.

Angus Beveridge is a senior qualified Health and Safety Professional who was appointed Health and Safety Director of Babcock Infrastructure Services. He holds an extensive portfolio of professional qualifications and has lengthy experience within the industry.

Prior to joining Babcock in July 2005, Angus spent 5 years as the Head of Group Property Safety for BAA Plc where he was responsible for ensuring full compliance with Government and European Law regarding health, safety, fire and environmental matters in all managed premises within BAA’s £3billion portfolio. Angus has also spent 10 years working at Heathrow Airport where he initially joined as the Estate Management Safety Officer before filling a Senior Management Position as the Property Safety Manager where he held overall responsibility for all safety aspects of Heathrow’s property portfolio.

Angus’ innovative approach demonstrates drive and decisiveness in all aspects of his work. He is creative and highly successful and has demonstrated his skills at harnessing uncertainty in a safety and change environment at all levels.

Through his vast experience in facilities management and maintenance environments he is sure to bring fresh emphasis and bespoke Health and Safety knowledge and expertise to all areas within Babcock Infrastructure Services.

With over 20 years experience in Human Resource Management, Tim joins us from Amey having previously worked with AMEC.

For the past eight years at Amey, Tim has led the HR function for a successful support services business that has a strong track record of growth. This has given Tim significant relevant HR experience that will be important in our key objective of continuing the profitable growth of our BIS business in the months and years to come.

Phil has spent the past 5 years working on the MOD Prime Contract Initiative. He was instrumental in Debut (Babcock DynCorp's sister company) winning both RPC(SW) and SLAM where Phil developed with his team the operational aspects of both prime contracts including; core services: methodology, programme, mobilisation plans, PMPs and resource plans. Core Works: Supply Chain appointments and liaison with senior members of the supply chain teams. As Mobilization Manager and nominated Deputy Project Director he went on to prepare the bids for RPC(SE) and played a major role in developing the bid for RPC(C). Promoted in May 2004, Phil was appointed Project Director for RPC(E). Uniquely for this Prime Contract, Phil is one of the most Prime Contract experienced managers in the industry; who has the proven ability to turn strategy into successful prime contract operations.