Debut Board Directors

John Stoke CB CBE

John is a former Major General in the British Army. He retired from the Army in 1999 at the age of 51. His final post was Deputy Commander in Chief and Commander of the Field Army.  In this role he was responsible for all operational collective training and the operational effectiveness of the British Army.

Since leaving the Army, John has created a second career in business. In the Amey Support Services Group he managed strategic development for the defence division from 1999 to 2002.  He then joined the Lend Lease Corporation, initially as Head of Defence Strategy but latterly as Director of Corporate Affairs and Marketing for Lend Lease Europe and the Middle East.  In November 2006 he joined the BT Group as Director Global Defence and Security.

John is the Non Executive Chairman of Debut Services Ltd.  He is also the Chairman of the Regular Forces Employment Association, and a non executive director of the Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust .

 
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Mike Fellowes

Mike joined the Infrastructure Division of Babcock International Group in 2006 from Balfour Beattie where he was Managing Director of Haden Building Management.  Under his leadership Haden was transformed achieving considerable growth including PFI’s and the formation of the Monteray Limited and Romec Limited joint venture companies.  Mike has spent 30 years in the services industry spanning hotels and restaurants, hard and soft services, and total management services.
 
Mike’s early career was with Grand Met and Quadrant progressing to Senior Executive Director roles within Pall Mall Services Group, Marriott, and Sedhexo.  Mike sits on the Public Service Management Working Group and is also a past chairman of the Business Services Association.

 



 

 Geoff Minshell

Geoff has over years 30 years' experience within the construction industry and has managed prestigious and complex projects in London and the South East. Geoff took up his current post as Head of Defence for Bovis Lend Lease in July 2008, previously he was Programme Director for Project SLAM. He is a Director of the Debut Group of Companies that are successfully delivering Project SLAM and Regional Prime Contracts around the UK and firmly believes that safety is an integral part of delivering any project or task.
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Angus Beveridge HSEQ Director

Angus Beveridge is a senior chartered Health and Safety professional who was appointed Health, Safety and Environment Director for the Infrastructure Division in July 2005.  In this role, Angus will particularly focus on the development and delivery of the division's Corporate Responsibility agenda and incident reduction.
 
Prior to joining the division Angus held a range of duties across the BAA Group including Head of Group Property, Property Safety Manager and Estate Management Safety Officer.
 

 

Tony Lenehan

Tony is Head of UK North within the Bovis Lend Lease Executive Leadership Team. He has an overarching responsibility for the Company's business interests in UK North and in the Defence and Accommodation sectors. In addition, he has a lead role for the establishment of the Business Development Strategy for BLL UK. Areas of responsibility are highly geared to a strong client relationship with Peel Holdings, including their Media City project in Salford and major Building Schools for the Future programmes in Lancashire and Birmingham.  He previously held a position as Associate Director within BLL Europe before leaving to take up a position as Managing Director of Carillion Construction Business and latterly MD of Carillion's Integrated Solutions Business before assuming his current role in January 2008. 

 

Steve Landrey

Steven is a Chartered Management Accountant and his industry based experience has been gained across various sectors, including; Automotive Tier 1 Component Supply at Metzeler APS and ArvinMeritor; FMCG at Kraft Foods; and Electronics / Communications at Tyco.Engaged within Corporate and Private Equity funded businesses, Steven has operated in Senior Financial and General Management positions.

Steven joined the Babcock Infrastructure Division in September 2009 after successfully managing a business restructuring / positioning and divestment process for a major Private Equity Fund and subsequently leading the post acquisition integration programme.

 

 

Project Directors

Graham Jeffery MCIOB - Project SLAM Project Director

Graham joined Project SLAM in September 2003 as a Project Manager, following the Allenby and Connaught PFI bid with Bovis Lend Lease, taking over the projects at RNAS Culdrose and Gamecock whilst developing schemes at Lympstone and Yeovilton. I n March 2005 he was promoted to be the Regional Programme Manager for Region 2 in the South West, expanding coverage to the South East and in 2008 Graham was promoted to Project Director for the delivery of SLAM across the UK.

He has worked on a wide range of projects starting out on Civil Engineering Projects for 20 years before joining Bovis Lend Lease in 1998 on a diverse range of projects. This wide experience has proved invaluable to Project SLAM.

 

 

Ken Morgan MCIOB - Regional Prime Contract South West Project Director

Ken has over 30 years' experience in the construction and FM industry. He has worked as both a client and as a service provider. This has given him a unique insight in to the way projects are delivered. He has worked for Babcock for 4 years as Avon Area Manager in RPCSW and has recently lead the successful team bidding, winning and mobilising the first contract to include soft and hard FM services together within Prime contracting. Prior to joining Babcock Ken worked for Rentokil Initial Management Services Limited as their Operations Director providing FM services to a variety of clients in the public and private sector, including a number of PFI contracts with an annual turnover of £70 million. In addition to working for Babcock Ken has the distinction of also starting his working career with Bovis for over 10 years in the UK and abroad as a management trainee rising to Project Manager.

 

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