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Technology-led Bellrock Property & Facilities Management has appointed Paul Bean as its new chief executive officer as part of its drive to bolster its specialist risk-focused solutions. 

Compass Group UK & Ireland has appointed Karl Atkins as the new managing director for its Foodbuy procurement division. 

UKHospitality has appointed Sandra Kelly as its new skills director to shape the framework for skills growth in the industry.

Delegates at the IWFM conference this week heard how most workers do not want to return to the office.

Writer, commentator and consultant specialising in the future of work, workplaces, leadership and company communication, Christine Armstrong will be looking to the future.

Futurist Matt O’Neill explores ways for facilities management to deliver on meaningful sustainability targets.

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Compass Group UK & Ireland has appointed Professor Sir Charles Godfray of the University of Oxford as chief climate and sustainability adviser to its executive team.  Godfray, a fellow of the Royal Society, is a population biologist with wide interests in the environmental sciences and has published papers on fundamental and applied areas of ecology, evolution and epidemiology. He has spent his career at Oxford and Imperial College and is currently director of the Oxford Martin School and professor of population biology at Oxford.  He will oversee the shaping and delivery of Compass’s commitme