SGH Trading as Vertas Group Main Board
Operational Board
Our Senior Leaders
Ian Surtees MBA, FIoD – Group Chief Executive Officer and Chair
Ian joined Vertas in September 2014 having spent 25 years working within the facilities management arena, most recently for OCS in the UK but also has experience of senior operational management within Europe.
Duncan Johnson – Non-Executive Chair
Duncan is responsible for chairing the SGH trading as Vertas Group main Board and representing the interests of its shareholder. He has over 25 years’ experience holding director roles in both the public and private sectors, and this has led to him developing a specialism in business and strategy development, performance management and service turnarounds.
Louise Wilson – Non-Executive Director
Louise joined the Vertas Group Board as a NED in February 2023 and also Chairs the Remco. She currently sits on 2 other Boards and works as an advisor delivering strategic HR projects, leadership development and facilitation, and executive coaching and mentoring for a number of businesses and individual clients. Louise is a generalist HR professional with significant international experience and is used to leading global functions that cover all aspects of Business and HR across many countries.
Robert Everitt – Non-Executive Director
Robert has been a councillor, representing Bury St Edmunds, since 2003. Since being elected he has undertaken a wide variety of roles, culminating in him being appointed Portfolio Holder for Families and Communities at West Suffolk District Council, and elected Chairman of Suffolk County Council. As a strong advocate of celebrating local success he introduced Suffolk County Council's Chairman's Award, which recognises good work undertaken by local people across Suffolk.
Geoff Dobson – Non Executive-Director
Geoff joined the Vertas Group Board in April 2024 and currently chairs the Audit and Risk Committee (ARC), having been a member since January 2022. Previously, Geoff served on two NHS Boards: the West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group and the Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board, where he chaired the Audit and Finance Committees, respectively. Additionally, Geoff was an Independent Audit Committee Member for the New Anglia LEP. Before these roles, he had a diverse and extensive career in local government, including over 20 years as a Finance Director for two large, complex councils.
Ian Surtees MBA, FIoD – Group Chief Executive Officer and Chair
Ian joined Vertas in September 2014 having spent 25 years working within the facilities management arena, most recently for OCS in the UK but also has experience of senior operational management within Europe.
Keith Buet – Chief Operating Officer
Keith has worked in the FM and Service industry for over 37 years. He joined Vertas in February 2018, after time in Australia and the Middle East as Operations Director looking after FM.
Jamie Smith – Group Chief Finance Officer
Jamie joined Vertas in September 2020 after a career of more than 20 years spent in senior finance roles in the housing, construction, property development and energy industries in the UK and overseas.
Kate Innes – Group Chief People Officer
Kate joined Vertas in May 2015 and has nearly 20 years of working experience in HR across a variety of sectors, including Pharmaceutical, retail, Manufacturing, Automotive and the NHS. Kate holds a BA Hons 2:1 in HR and Business Management and is CIPD Level 7 qualified. Kate is responsible for the Groups People Strategy, as well as Group culture, Colleague Health & Wellbeing, Organisational Development, and GDPR. Kate is the Board representative for our Schools’ choice business.
Matthew Self – Managing Director, Concertus
Providing overall operational and commercial direction and leadership for the Concertus Group, Matthew is responsible for the performance management of all professional services and Director of the joint venture companies with Derbyshire County Council.
Brad Sinclair – Managing Director, Opus
Brad has extensive knowledge in Business and Finance, joining Opus from public practice where he acted for a variety of businesses of all sizes, across a number of industries. Brad trained with a Top 10 National Firm of Chartered Accountants and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA).
Karen Burrowes – Operations Director
07714 272624 Karen.Burrowes@vertas.co.uk
Adrian Glasgow – Head of Energy Services
01473 263948 adrian.glasgow@vertas.co.uk
Andrew Pemberton – Head of Business Development
07565 204716 andrew.pemberton@vertas.co.uk
Beth Wade – Group Head of Marketing
07808 251 590 Beth.Wade@vertas.co.uk
Bill Farley – Head of Cleaning and Specialist Services
07542 228951 bill.farley@vertas.co.uk
Dominic Warren – Group Head of Procurement
07843 501925 Dominic.Warren@vertas.co.uk
Edward Smith – Head of Oakpark Security
07714 898286 edward.smith@oaksec.co.uk
Jonathan Miller – Group Associate Director of IT and Systems
07917 905591 jonathan.miller@vertas.co.uk
Jo Spencer – Head of Schools’ Choice
07718 100976 jo.spencer@schoolschoice.org
Katie Robinette – Head of People Experience
07704 017536 katie.robinette@vertas.co.uk
Lee Burden – Head of HSQE Compliance and Governance
07917 733489 lee.burden@vertas.co.uk
Lee Howes – Head of Fleet and Passenger Services
07584 374681 Lee.Howes@vertas.co.uk
Lee Johns – Head of FM (SCC and WSC)
07761 598955 lee.johns@vertas.co.uk
Mark Horner – Head of Vertas Environmental
07777 677414 mark.horner@vertas.co.uk
Nadine Coleman – Head of Integrated Facilities Management
07921 944455 Nadine.Coleman@vertas.co.uk
Rachel Shaw – Head of FM (VDL)
07917 905969 rachel.shaw@vertas.co.uk
Sarah Layton – Group Head of Sustainability and Social Value
07595 090143 sarah.layton@vertas.co.uk
Scott Welton – Head of Finance
01473 944545 scott.welton@vertas.co.uk
Matthew Murawski – Head of Grounds & Landscape Design
07553178962 matthew.murawski@vertas.co.uk
Stephen Whiting – Head of Specialist Cleaning Services
07801 854011 stephen.whiting@vertas.co.uk
Stuart Sayers – Group Financial Controller
07917905435 stuart.sayers@vertas.co.uk
Zara Zurowski – Head of Culture and Policy
07917 908392 zara.zurowski@vertas.co.uk
John McBride – Associate Director of Catering and FM Services
07917905806 john.mcbride@vertas.co.uk