ISS Promotes Kidd To Private COO

Gary Kidd has been appointed Chief Operating Officer for ISS Facility Services’ UK Private Sector business area.

Kidd will assume responsibility for the entire Integrated FM and IFS business, which includes Engineering, Front of House and Food and Hospitality service streams as well as the Industrial, Telecommunications, Financial, Technology and Global Customer sectors. The move comes after a successful period as Managing Director of the group’s Integrated Solutions business.

"Gary has proved a highly effective leader who consistently delivers results and he is uniquely qualified to drive our strategic and corporate goals in the private sector," said Richard Sykes, CEO of ISS UK and Ireland. "I have tremendous confidence in Gary's ability to drive our operational performance. I look forward to working even closer with him to further enhance our customer focus and market leadership going forward”. 

Gary commented: "The ISS strategy has never been more compelling.  I am very excited about the journey ahead and feel incredibly energised to help lead the fantastic ISS team through its next phase of development and becoming the world’s greatest service organisation."

Kidd joined ISS in 2012 from Carillion, where he led the financial services and technical divisions. Prior to that, he held senior positions with outsourcing businesses Alfred McAlpine, Capita and Celestica.