Dave Wilson Honoured as IFMA Fellow 2016
Morphose non-executive director becomes third British member to be recognised by the prestigious
institute for FM professionals.
Dave Wilson has been named as an IFMA Fellow in the class of 2016. Established in 1992, to recognise members dedicated to IFMA and the facilities management (FM) profession, the fellows programme creates an elite core of respected leaders who act as advisers to and ambassadors of the association and the FM profession. Being named an IFMA Fellow is the highest honour the association can bestow on a member.
Maureen Ehrenburg, FRICS, CRE, and chair of the board for the IFMA said:
“With pioneering FM practices and more than 35 years of standard-setting expertise, Dave Wilson has advanced the strategic importance of FM across Europe. His global perspective joins diverse elements of academic thinking, emerging practice, knowledge sharing, and professional experience, Helping him make significant contributions to international FM standardization through his many roles. It is for these reasons that he has been recognized as an IFMA Fellow at World Workplace, 2016.”
Until Wilson’s acknowledgement, 103 professionals have received the distinction, of which only two have been British. The most recent British fellow was awarded over 10 years ago.
Wilson comments:
“To be acknowledged by IFMA – as one of only three British Fellows – is a source of great pride. To be selected by such an esteemed group of professionals – colleagues that I respect and admire in equal measure – is humbling. I’m looking forward to continuing to work closely with IFMA and all my colleagues in the future”.
Wilson has 25 years’ expertise in FM, working in the sector globally at board director level. He has worked on mergers, acquisitions, outsourcing and service improvement projects with internationally recognised corporate occupiers and service providers. He also has significant experience in the FM and real estate markets across EMEA, Asia Pacific, the USA and the UK, and high level contacts through his involvement with global industry. Wilson was deputy chair of the BIFM and is also a former president of IFMA UK and IFMA Europe.
Teena Shouse, who nominated Wilson for the award, added:
“What truly distinguishes Dave’s contribution has been his commitment to collaborative working, the pursuit of the communal benefit without regard to personal gain or kudos, and his ability to pull together diverse strands of academic thinking, emerging practice, learning and personal experience for the wider benefit of the FM profession. He does not seek personal acclaim but responds positively to multiple requests for assistance from IFMA and others, and throws himself whole-heartedly into each team with which he works.”
The 2016 Class of Fellows will be recognized at IFMA’s Awards of Excellence held in conjunction with World Workplace in San Diego, USA October 5-7, 2016.