Copenhagen, 2013-07-08 08:30 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Today, ISS, a world-leading facility services provider, announced that it is strengthening and expanding the Executive Group Management Board of ISS by appointing John Peri as Group Chief Operating Officer (COO) Americas & Asia Pacific.
John Peri will report to Group CEO, Jeff Gravenhorst, along with Henrik Andersen who was appointed Group COO Europe earlier in 2013. Mr Peri will join ISS on 12 August 2013.
The ISS operations in the Americas & Asia Pacific cover more than 20 countries with a total of 261,371 employees.
Mr Peri was most recently the Chief Operating Officer of Celestica Inc., which is publicly traded on both the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange, and is a global outsourcer of electronic manufacturing services. He has held numerous roles with Celestica and was a founding member of the management team when the company was spun off from IBM and acquired by private equity owners in 1996. Mr Peri has also had a number of international roles including Senior Vice President of US operations, President of Asia Region and as Executive Vice President for Global Operations. His most recent role with Celestica was COO, reporting to the President and CEO.
Jeff Gravenhorst, Group Chief Executive Officer, ISS A/S, said:
“John is a strong addition to the Executive Group Management Board of ISS. He brings a wealth of experience, international outlook and deep outsourcing knowledge to ISS. I am sure that John will add significant value to ISS.”
John Peri, Group COO Americas & Asia Pacific, said:
”I am delighted to join ISS, which was recently ranked as the world’s best outsourcing company. In my view ISS has a legacy of strong performance and great people. I’m very much looking forward to becoming part of the team and contributing to the continued success of ISS.”
Ole Andersen Jeff Gravenhorst
Chairman of the Board Group CEO
For enquiries
Media: Kenth Kærhøg, Head of Group Communications, +45 38 17 62 05
Investors: Barbara Plucnar Jensen, Head of Group Treasury, +45 38 17 62 60
About ISS
The ISS Group was founded in Copenhagen in 1901 and has grown to become one of the world’s leading Facility Services companies. ISS offers a wide range of services such as: Cleaning, Catering, Security, Property and Support Services as well as Facility Management. Global revenue amounted to almost DKK 80 billion in 2012 and ISS has more than 530,000 employees and local operations in more than 50 countries across Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America and Pacific, serving thousands of both public and private sector customers. For more information on the ISS Group, visit www.issworld.com.
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