Simon Pratt

Managing Director - South at Carlisle Support Services #peoplefirst

Whitchurch, England, United Kingdom

About

I have a natural People, Client, and Customer-first mindset. I am commercially aware, collaborative, solutions-driven, a strategic thinker and planner, and extremely comfortable driving transformative and positive change & improvements. These skills were utilised and developed through my roles as Managing Director of Portico Corporate Reception Management Limited www.portico.co.uk and as Managing Director of Ballymore Asset Management Limited www.ballymoregroup.com, particularly during my time at Portico, where over 90 clients trusted us in prime-residential, corporate financial services, banking, legal services, and media in London and across the UK. My key strength is engaging and motivating people and teams, sharing the vision, and positively influencing them to deliver on our goals. This enabled the creation and development of positive, lasting, and trusted relationships with people, clients, residents, and customers, leading to a thriving business and significant growth. I am extremely structured, strategic, practical, and considered in my thinking, take a win-win approach, and always operate with absolute integrity.

Experience

  • Managing Director - South at Carlisle Support Services
    Apr 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

    Carlisle Support Services, through the recruitment, training, coaching, and development of exceptional people, focuses on the provision of security, events, guest relations, cleaning, and hard FM services to over 80 client partners across the UK & Ireland. #People1st #Lovewhatwedo

  • Real Estate Director at ViridLand
    Oct 2022 - Apr 2023 · 7 mos

  • Head of Integrated Facilities Management - Client Solutions, EMEA at Cushman & Wakefield
    Nov 2021 - Oct 2022 · 1 yr

  • Managing Director at Ballymore
    Mar 2018 - Nov 2021 · 3 yrs 9 mos

    Strategic leadership, clear objective setting, a passion for "best in class urban resort services" delivered through a team of highly effective and motivated people created communities with soul across the Ballymore portfolio. Following construction handover, successfully commissioned and mobilised hard and soft residential services across multiple urban resorts: Royal Wharf, London City Island, Good Luck Hope, Embassy Gardens and Wardian.

  • Managing Director at Portico
    Mar 2012 - Feb 2018 · 6 yrs

    The Portico family love providing impeccable front of house services through our great people, where cultural practices were recognised and rewarded in May 2014 when we were awarded Investors in People GOLD accreditation and this year we were finalists for International GOLD Employer of the Year Award - so proud! The fundamental reason our Portico family is so very special, is that they genuinely care passionately about what we do and the diverse services (reception, concierge, meeting room management, switchboard, events, hosting, audio visual, lifestyle & technology concierge) we provide for each of our clients. We are very fortunate to be trusted by some fantastic clients and have a very diverse portfolio, currently we provide our services in prime residential apartments, banks, top accountancy firms, law firms, multi-tenanted office buildings, trendy media folk and a host of other businesses. We do not have a one size fits all model as all of clients our unique and all have different specific needs and requirements, which we adapt our offering to ensure they are best represented. Put simply - we absolutely LOVE what we do and its all about setting our brilliant people up for success.