Our leadership team and board

Senior members of management, from each business unit and central Group functions, meet weekly to discuss and implement Mitie’s strategic objectives.

Our executive leadership team

Phil Bentley

Chief Executive Officer

Phil was Group Chief Executive Officer of Cable & Wireless Communications plc from January 2014 until its sale to Liberty Global plc in May 2016. Prior to that, he was a member of the Board of Centrica plc from 2000 to 2013…

Mark Caskey

Managing Director, Projects

Prior to joining Mitie, Mark was the EMEA Chief Executive Officer for Jones Lang LaSalle’s (JLL) Work Dynamics business. Besides being responsible for delivery of real estate services to clients in over 70 countries…

Peter Dickinson

Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary

Peter was a partner at the global law firm Mayer Brown International LLP (and its predecessor firm) between 1995 and 2017 and played a leading role in developing the firm’s Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) practice…

Kathryn Dolan

Chief People Officer

Kathryn’s HR career started in Deloitte. She has subsequently held HR leadership roles in multinational organisations across a variety of industry sectors including telecommunications, IT, automotive manufacturing and engineering services…

Cijo Joseph

Chief Technology and Digital Officer

Prior to joining Mitie, Cijo was Centrica’s Global Director for SAP Applications (UK, Ireland and USA). He first joined Centrica in December 2011 as the Head of Applications Development and Support for British Gas and Bord Gais…

Simon Kirkpatrick

Chief Financial Officer

Simon joined Mitie in July 2019 from Balfour Beatty plc, where he held a number of senior finance roles, including Finance Director for Major Projects and Group Head of Financial Planning & Analysis. 

Jason Towse

Managing Director, Mitie Business Services

Jason is a well-known and highly regarded figure in the security industry. In his early career he established a business providing retail detective services to major high street stores. Jason went on to join Chubb in 2001 and led the…

Kevin Tyrrell

Chief Sales Officer

Kevin Tyrrell has been a part of Mitie since September 2008, leading to his role as Chief Sales Officer in March 2024. Before this position, he operated as the Commercial Director in the Business Services division…

Sam White

Managing Director, Technical Services

Much of Sam’s early career was spent in the UK aerospace and defence sector. Since then, Sam has led businesses across Europe, North America, and Brazil, gaining experience in diverse industries including airports, rail, power networks…

Our board

Mitie’s Board provides leadership and direction to the Group’s management within a framework of controls that enable risk to be assessed and managed. The Board is responsible and accountable to shareholders for the sustainable long-term success of the company.

Chris Rogers

Non-Executive Chair

In his executive career Chris was an Executive Director of Whitbread plc from 2005-2016 where he held the position of CFO from 2005-2012 and then Global Managing Director of Costa Coffee from 2012-2016…

Phil Bentley

Chief Executive Officer

Phil was Group Chief Executive Officer of Cable & Wireless Communications plc from January 2014 until its sale to Liberty Global plc in May 2016. Prior to that, he was a member of the Board of Centrica plc from 2000 to 2013…

Simon Kirkpatrick

Chief Financial Officer

Simon joined Mitie in July 2019 from Balfour Beatty plc, where he held a number of senior finance roles, including Finance Director for Major Projects and Group Head of Financial Planning & Analysis. 

Jennifer Duvalier

Senior Independent Director

Jennifer is a Non-Executive Director, Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nomination and Cyber Security Committees of NCC Group plc, as well as Senior Independent Director and a member of the Audit and Risk, Nomination and Remuneration Committees of Trainline plc.

Penny James

Independent Non-Executive Director

Penny is a Non-Executive Director of QBE Insurance Group Limited, Independent Non-Executive Director of Discovery Holdings Europe Limited, and Co-Chair of the FTSE Women Leaders Review.

Chet Patel

Independent Non-Executive Director

With over 20 years’ commercial experience at BT Group, Chet is currently its Chief Commercial Officer and Managing Director for Commercial, Indirect, Partners and the Americas.

Mary Reilly

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mary is Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Essentra plc. Additionally, Mary is an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Gemfields Group Limited and on the…

Salma Shah

Independent Non-Executive Director

Salma is founder of Kraken Strategy, a communications and policy consultancy.

Peter Dickinson

Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary

Peter was a partner at the global law firm Mayer Brown International LLP (and its predecessor firm) between 1995 and 2017 and played a leading role in developing the firm’s Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) practice…

The Shard in London, wrapped in a yellow Mitie fabric

Mitie’s corporate governance

By having a sound corporate governance framework, the Board can ensure effective and efficient decision-making, and the right balance of knowledge, diversity, skills, experience and challenge to monitor and manage the risks faced by Mitie.