Our Team
Paul Lewis
Director
Paul is the Board Director responsible for strategy and growth advisory services.
Paul is one of the five founder members of Facilities Optimised Solutions Limited and has over 20 years’ experience across several government outsourcing sectors, including education, local government, defence, healthcare, emergency response and general infrastructure: including Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in global markets.
In his role leading strategy and growth advisory services, Paul brings experience in long term development, bidding, closing and mobilising contracts across a variety of sectors and advising on acquisitions to meet capacity and capability requirements. He has also been integral in establishing and running Joint Ventures and Special Purpose Vehicles.
Paul joined from Amey, where he was the FM Division’s Growth Director. Prior to that he has worked with Babcock International Group, Wates Group, Civica and with Precept (now Navigant). He has held a variety of roles from Interim Operations Director for Partnerships for Schools, Growth Director, Bid Director, and Business Unit Director (Operations).
Paul holds a Master of Arts qualification; is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and a member of the Association of Project Managers.
Susan Harvey
Director
Sue is the Board Director responsible for Business Transformation, Pipeline development and Competitor Analysis.
Sue is one of the five founder members of Facilities Optimised Solutions Limited and has over I have over 20 years’ experience of people management, managing blue collar, technical and management teams.
For the last 29 years she has worked within the building industry, either in Maintenance Management, Project Management, Business Improvement, and Business Development, across the public sector. She has in depth knowledge of building services and implementation for maintenance programs. She has been instrumental in driving change in operational delivery and cost reduction and efficiencies through increased utilisation of the blue-collar workforce and sub-contractors, both in Estate and Vehicle Maintenance facilities.
She has built strong effective relationships with customers at all levels ensuring that she has a full grasp of their needs and requirements and can guide the development of their FM Solutions. She has recent success in strategic intervention of a bid to deliver winning solution.
In the various roles Sue has held she have a proven track record of transforming business both from a technical and people perspective by reducing cost, increasing productivity and performance, whilst taking Management and their teams on a transformational journey enabling them to take ownership of new ways of working.
David Neale
Director
David is the Board Director responsible for mobilisation, asset management and operational advisory services.
David is an operational director with over 25 years construction, facilities management and general management experience, including over ten years in senior positions leading teams in the delivery of multiple infrastructure projects and programmes in critical regulated environments (aviation, water, military training). David brings strategic thinking and an aptitude for assessing business requirements to develop innovative and logical commercial solutions. Sought to partake on a high volume of business initiatives in support and leadership capacities being an adaptable infrastructure specialist with extensive experience in bidding and delivery, supporting and leading all aspects of complex programmes.
David has worked with several leading businesses including Amey, Lockheed Martin, Rolls Royce, Babcock International Group and BAE Systems. He has held a variety of roles; Commercial Diver (subsea civil & structural inspection), Estates Manager, Programme Manager, Head of Facility Services, Bid Director.
David holds an MBA, BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering, is a Certified Member of the Chartered Management Institute, member of the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management and HSE III Surface Supplied Diver.
Adrian Glenn
Director
Adrian is the Board Director responsible for estimating, forensic commercial analysis and data-led quality improvement advisory services.
Adrian is a dynamic leader renowned for his commercial acumen and proficiency in developing data-led intelligence to operations. Leveraging extensive experience and a strategic mindset, Adrian specialises in facilities management and specialised logistics transport within various sectors such as build environment, local government, defence, health & justice.
With a background rooted in estimating and commercial change management, Adrian possesses a profound understanding of how pre-contract bid models shape post-contract operational and commercials outcomes. His forte lies in forensically analysing pre and post contract data, employing a data-driven approach to commercial change management, navigating complex negotiations with a pragmatic mindset.
What sets Adrian apart is his unparalleled capability to envision organisational structures and processes through a digital lens, allowing him to streamline complex operations resulting from multiple contracts or acquisitions, into a singular, efficient operating platform.
In his previous role as Director of Strategy and Development for Group 4 Securicor (G4S), Adrian champions the integration of digital systems and the placing of skilled individuals at the core of operations, driving data-led decisions, upholding standards, and producing measurable results. He has a proven track record of implementing Lean Six Sigma methodologies to enhance quality processes within a data-driven framework, articulating a strategic vision for operational excellence and steering organisational transformation with precision.
Adrian’s academic credentials include a bachelor’s in Law and a Master of Science in Quantity Surveying, underscoring his comprehensive skill set and commitment to excellence in every endeavour.
Mark Ostler
Director
Mark is the Board Director responsible for developing, agreeing and implementing work winning commercial strategies compliant with applicable governance and legislative environment.
A senior Business Manager with over 30 years experience of development and delivery of complex commercial/financial projects in the facilities management, transportation, process utilities and environmental markets. Proven ability to manage and mitigate all aspects of Commercial risk to optimise business performance, improving the certainty of outcome and enhancing margin returns.
Heading up the commercial function as part of work winning teams, enhancing and protecting commercial interest both pre and post contract, responsible for supporting successful growth, Client relationships and supply chain engagement.
Mark has a first-class reputation for not only achieving but also exceeding targets of promised delivery, an outstanding track record developing, implementing and delivering commercial strategy.