New BIFM Board appointments

A number of key British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) Board appointments have been announced at the Institute’s Annual General Meeting (AGM). This followed voting which took place during a Members’ Council meeting held prior to the AGM.

Four new Board appointments were confirmed, all of whom will serve a two-year tenure:

•    New Members’ Council Representative: Emma Bailey (new position voted in at the 2011 AGM)
•    New Special Interest Group Representative: Samantha Bowman (replacing Gordon Ludlow, who is stepping down after two years)
•    New Members’ Council Representative: Julie Kortens (replacing Liz Kentish who is the new BIFM Deputy Chairman)
•    New Regional Representative: Ian Townsend, BIFM Home Counties Chair (replacing Ashley Rogers, who is the new Chair of Members’ Council)


The full BIFM Board now comprises:

•    Ismena Clout (BIFM Chairman)
•    Liz Kentish (BIFM Deputy Chairman)
•    Emma Bailey (Members’ Council Representative)
•    Stephen Bennett (BIFM Strategy Director)
•    Samantha Bowman (Special Interest Group Representative)
•    Graham Briscoe (Audit Committee)
•    Bill Clark (Governance Committee)
•    Julie Kortens (Members’ Council Representative)
•    Mark Morgan (BIFM Finance Director and Company Secretary)
•    Ashley Rogers (Chair of Members’ Council, non-voting Board member)
•    Gareth Tancred (BIFM CEO)
•    Ian Townsend (Regional Representative)

At the AGM it was also announced that Ashleigh Brown and Stuart Harris would continue on the Members’ Council in the new positions of Corporate Representative and Individual Representative respectively.

Preceding the AGM was a Members’ Council meeting, the first to be chaired by Ashley Rogers in his new role of Chair of Members’ Council, following his election during the March 2012 meeting. In previous years, the BIFM Chairman was also Chair of Members’ Council but at the 2011 AGM BIFM, members voted to split these roles.