John is a skilled strategic manager and FM professional.
Candice Finn, Commercial Development Director, Litmus FMCandice is an experienced business development professional, with 15 years’ experience working in the catering and facilities management sector, Candice prides herself on building long lasting and effective relationships with colleagues, clients and prospects.
Most recently working within the Independent School’s sector, Candice brings with her a wealth of knowledge and experience in this unique marketplace. This will support the continuous improvement of our services to existing education clients and the ongoing development of our unique proposition for this sector.
Joining the Litmus Board as Commercial Director, Candice will provide overarching strategic insight, planning and business development support to all areas of the Litmus Business and its partners, in order to deliver targeted growth and profitability.
Kate Davis, Consultant, Litmus FM
Kate has over 30 years of working in customer facing operations in both private and public sectors with 10 years of experience of working at a strategic level in commercial and facilities roles at Leeds Beckett University, driving considerable improvements into the business, identfying new business opportunities to maximise revenue and improve service delivery efficiencies.
A strategic thinker adept at translating strategic objectives into actionable plans with key measurables across a wide range of commercial and FM soft services, Kate has experience of leading large-scale projects whether defined by monetary value, headcount or complexity.
Kate’s experience covers conferencing, hospitality, print and reprographics, merchandise, marketing, and a wide range of FM soft services from car parking to mail. This includes significant experience in inhouse teams and contracted out services, tenders on both sides of the process, contract management through to implementation and ongoing development of building management software (planon).
Kate’s energy, drive and passion for her areas of expertise is infectious as her sense of humour. Future focussed Kate always has a handle on the latest trends to benefit the workplace.
Recently qualified with a MBA, her management project has delivered over 330k p.a. savings in print and reprographics whilst still delivering to the university’s requirements. Kate also brings significant and lived expertise on the people piece through culture change, management of change and delivery values and behaviours and also acts as guest speaker on the subject.