Aslan CRE's directors and consultants bring together experience that can deliver flexible strategies to maximise your property performance.

Nigel GRIFFITHS FRICS - Director
International experience in Corporate Real Estate and Asset Management with a background in optimising asset performance, meeting operational needs and defining business strategies and organisational requirements with particular success in profitable development of multi-site service orientated business management for major PLCs.
Clients and employers include, Shell, Standard Chartered Bank, MEPC, British Gas, Jones Lang LaSalle
Fluent French speaker - has worked and lived in Paris for 3 years

Jon GORDON-SMITH BEng Exon - Director
Over 18 years experience in the general IT mission critical field covering infrastructure, web based solutions, team working, project integration and acceptance, project management, supplier selection and management, airborne systems, radar, air defence, command and control, interoperability, large scale simulation and data link communication systems, LANs and WANs. Experience includes all aspects of the project life cycle from initial Customer contact through to final acceptance. Experience of working with all levels within client organisations, providing strategic advice. Work experience includes both UK and US.

Clients and employers include The Royal Navy, Ferranti, Easams, Redstone Software & Research Ltd, Member of the Institution of Quality Assurance 1990

Richard F MAIDMENT FRICS
Trained as Executive Officer in Royal Navy (1962-72), thereafter as a Chartered Surveyor (FRICS) specialising in Property Asset Management with 30 years commercial experience. Ran Jones Lang LaSalle's (formerly Jones Lang Wootton) Management Services Business in UK (1984-1991) and in Germany (1991-1999), subsequently successfully developing JLL's pan European Management Business.
Successes include management of two major UK pension fund portfolios; re-engineering loss making property management business in Germany resulting in a profitable high quality property services supplier.

Clients include Mars Security; Universities Superannuation Scheme, Oppenheim, CGI (Commerz Grundbesitz Investmentgesellschaft), Bayernfonds, Jones Lang LaSalle

Susannah GRIFFITHS - Director / Company Secretary
Director of Aslan Corporate Real Estate Support ltd since its creation in 1998, with experience in client servicing and management, personnel and secretarial support services.

Employers prior to Aslan Corporate Real Estate Support ltd include, The industrial Society, SLDC ltd, University of Surrey, and Hampshire County Council

Simon Quarmby
Associate Director / Consultant

Simon is an experienced Operations Specialist with strong Business Change / Project Management skills developed in the Public, Chemicals and Financial Sectors.

Combining senior 'blue chip' functional management experience with extensive transition management skills, he is able to bridge the space between innovative business strategies and their need to be achievable 'on the ground'. His analytic nature and commercial orientation allows him to rapidly find effective and apt solutions with an appropriate balance of risk and ambition.

However, he knows successful implementation is not just a 'good project', but also effective management of stakeholders at all levels and enhancement of organisational capability to support the change.

Projects include:

David LOVELESS Bsc MAPM - Director, Transformis Consulting Ltd.

A senior programme/project manager with international experience in the Far East and India. Early career as an officer in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force (1979 - 1992) and then with Standard Chartered Bank PLC as a senior manager (1992 - 2002).
Successful Corporate Real Estate experience at group level includes;
:. Procurement and customisation of global web-based Group Property Management System;
:. Selection and management of external property service providers conducting strategic property audits
:. Development and rollout of standards and procedures including approval process for property-related projects and guidelines for managing operational risk in property.
Member of the Association for Project Management. Prince 2 accredited and member of Prince 2 User Group.

For more on Transformis Consulting see www.transformisconsulting.co.uk

Allen RUDDOCK Bsc MAPM - Director, Transformis Consulting Ltd.

A senior programme/project manager with international experience in the Far East, Middles East, Europe and US. Early career in accounting before moving into systems development, technology project management and then technology and business programme management, predominantly in the Financial Services sector.Employers include Standard Chartered Bank, Merrill Lynch, Barclays Bank (BZW), Midland Bank/HSBC. Experience includes;

:. Global settlements systems development and implementation;
:. Establishing and running a project and programme assurance function;
:. Central programme management of the merger and integration of two international banks;
:. Project and programme management methodology development, implementation and training.
Member of the Association for Project Management. For more on Transformis Consulting see www.transformisconsulting.co.uk