Frank Gleeson is President of Aramark’s operations in Northern Europe. Aramark is one of the largest integrated services supplier of facilities management, food services and property.

Frank joined Aramark as Managing Director of Ireland’s Food Service operations in 2013. A member of the advisory board of Aramark and a member of ELC (Executive Leadership Council) of Aramark Corp., Frank joined Aramark from Topaz Energy Group where he was Retail Director. As Region Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer for Aramark, Frank is responsible for operations across Northern Europe. Prior to joining Topaz, Frank was Vice President Retail of Statoil Ireland, Operations Director of O’Brien’s Off License Group and Group Sales Manager for Xtravision plc. A graduate of the Irish Management Institute, Frank is a national council member of IBEC and former Chairman of Retail Ireland.

Shane recently took over from Frank Gleeson as Managing Director of Aramark Food Services in Ireland in 2017.  He is an experienced catering & retail professional, educated to master’s degree level, with over 25 years’ industry experience. Shane joined Aramark in 2015 as an Operations Director. He has overseen and provided leadership to our Front Line team on a number of our key accounts including Croke Park, Guinness Storehouse, Apple, Tesco and UCD.

Shane provides guidance and direction to our Operations Directors  and ensures our client sites  are  managed efficiently and effectively. He has demonstrated exceptional ability to build and lead top performing teams focused on exceeding goals in the areas of sales, marketing, and sector development/ management. Shane is also a member of the Board of Retail Ireland.

Adrian is responsible for Northern Europe’s strategic and operational HR agenda incorporating Learning and Development, Shared Services and Payroll. Adrian reports to Northern European President, Frank Gleeson.

Adrian provides leadership and guidance to the Senior Executives in the business and Senior HR Team who in turn, are MD facing and each head up a business region or function.

Martina Donohoe, Quality and Safety Director is the person responsible for the implementation and operation of the organisations health and safety policy.

Aramark employ a team of health and safety professionals and each operation has a dedicated standards officer who provides support and advice in the areas of health and safety, food safety and quality.

Martina is responsible for health and safety holds a BSc. (Hons) in Environmental Health and H.Dip in Safety & Health at Work. All standards officers hold a qualification in safety and are trained risk assessors and manual handling instructors.

Louise has been working with Aramark Property for the past 2 years as Managing Director with over 25 years’ experience in asset, estate and property management, development and negotiations. A qualified chartered surveyor with a broad, extensive background in every aspect of property development and management including acquisitions, disposals, lease agreements, lettings, rental negotiations, landlord and tenant negotiations, planning and project management; Louise is responsible for Aramark’s property team’s property management of more than 29 million square feet and rent collection of €350 million.



Louise leads Aramark’s management of the 12 million sq ft Irish Life portfolio as well as other portfolio of assets with clients including Green Reit, Blackstone, Kennedy Wilson and the Central Bank. Her role spans across property and asset management and advice, including redevelopment, refurbishment opportunities, lease renewals and reviews, surrenders, lettings, service charge analysis, review and optimization, planned and preventative maintenance, dilapidations, space optimization and space planning.

Leading a distributed team of 28 IT professionals, Roy is responsible for directing a diverse ICT portfolio that collaborates with all facets of the business in the creation of integrated, tailored technology solutions that enable operational excellence, cost control & margin improvement. By presenting practical and cost effective solutions that encompass People, Process & Technology ensures that each technology implementation from planning through to execution matches business objectives and positions the organisation for success.

During his tenure at Aramark he has gained a proven track record of success and enjoys deriving repeatable, sustainable business processes that support the company’s core objectives whilst ensuring the underpinning governance structure is fully enabled and engaged to support the change programme.

Leading the ICT implementation for Aramark at the London 2012 Olympics is one of his proudest achievements. A Masters graduate from the Irish Management Institute and University College Cork underpins the experience gained over the years with peer reviewed academic models and frameworks.