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.

Lawrence is an accomplished business leader with more than 26 years of commercial and operational experience in the Hospitality, Catering & Retail, and wider services sector. He joined Aramark in 2007 from Delaware North having played a pivotal role in launching the New National Stadium at Wembley in his capacity as Retail Director.

He has provided executive leadership to our Front Line teams as the Managing Director of our UK Defence Business, then latterly as a Regional Managing Director, before being promoted In 2017 to Managing Director Food Services UK.  Lawrence has an established track record of managing Complex Business Portfolios with specialist expertise in financial management, HR, Marketing, Supply Chain and Asset Management.

In 1999 Neil Joined Aramark as General Manager in a large Business and Industry unit in Bristol, in 2002 he was promoted to a regional role running a group contract and then in 2004 moved into the Defence Sector of ARAMARK UK as an area manager working on a new style of commercial contract with the Ministry of Defence.

After successfully leading a bid for a group contract, Neil moved into the Business Development Directors role within the Defence Sector of Aramark in 2005. In 2008 Neil was asked if he would play the lead role in preparing for, leading the bid and if successful leading the operation for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

In September 2008 Neil was promoted to the Managing Directors position of the multi- service Defence Sector Business. Operating in over 70 locations across the UK supporting the Royal Navy, Royal Airforce and the British Army in many of their permanent bases with a workforce of in excess of 3000 employees he maintained the lead role in preparing for the 2012 London Olympics whilst running a very successful business.

In January 2013 Neil moved into the Commercial Directors role within Aramark UK with a remit across all sectors of the business with a specific focus on facilities management, the multi service government sector business and commercial operations. In this role Neil also took responsibility for responding to the Ministry of Defence Hestia Tenders – the largest soft FM procurement ever in the UK.

Pulling together a bid team of 25 who worked on the Hestia proposals for 2.5 years as part of a Joint Venture with Carillion Services, they were ultimately successful, securing three regional contracts with the MoD. Neil moved into the Managing Director’s role of Aramark Defence Services when mobilisations commenced and during 2017 led the team that mobilised the operations across 350 locations with over 4,000 employees.

In 2018 Neil also assumed responsibility as Managing Director for Aramark Workplace Solutions, UK & EMEA.

Andrew joined Aramark in 2006 as Operations Director in the Offshore Division and was promoted to Managing Director, Offshore, North Sea in 2014.

In 2018 Andrew was appointed as Managing Director for Aramark’s Global Offshore Operations.

Andrew is the current Chairman of the Caterers Offshore Trade Association and has served as a Board Member of industry body Oil & Gas UK for three years.

Prior to this he held senior positions in the retail and leisure industries.

Andrew graduated with a BA in commerce from the RGU Business School.

As part of a major growth plan, Carolyn is the newest member to join Aramark’s leadership team, as Marketing Director for Northern Europe. With 30 years of diverse industry experience, Carolyn joins Aramark to lead a new consumer centric strategy to deliver a targeted growth plan across Northern Europe. Carolyn will be responsible for creating market leading strategies that are robust, commercially viable and salient to the client and customer.

“I’m delighted to have joined Aramark as the Marketing Director for Northern Europe.” Carolyn said. “I join a dedicated and highly motivated team and together we will build marketing and culinary solutions that will really make a difference, driving change and innovation across Northern Europe. Marketing has always been my life, to me, it’s all about winning hearts and minds and creating experiences that engage and inspire. The measure of any success is the results. I believe if the customer is the priority in a service business, the results will always be good. People are our product.

“I’m focusing on improving the customer experience, translating insights into action, constructing integrated engagement platforms, creating and activating strategic brand relationships, measuring operational performances and constantly looking for new opportunities to develop, grow and move the business forward.”

Prior to joining Aramark in November 2016, Hails successfully ran her own marketing and design company called Thinkspace Partnership and has a strong background in strategic leadership, proposition and brand development, consumer insight and managing food and hospitality business at the very highest level.

“Getting into the mind of the consumer is my main goal in every project we commit to.” Carolyn said. “It allows us to refine and improve every aspect of the business, from customer targeting, to observing and monitoring trends, and identifying rebranding and development opportunities.”

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.