Liam started his career as an apprentice carpenter at a national housebuilder and is now part-owner and founder of Cardo Group. He founded his first building maintenance business, LCB Construction, in 2010 in Barry, South Wales and grew this business to operate across the whole of South and West Wales, South West England and the Home Counties, winning him the Entrepreneur of the Year award from his home city of Cardiff in 2019. This company, later trading as LCB Group, went on to be recognised as the best company of its size by Constructing Excellence and Liam led its transition to becoming Cardo Group’s platform company in 2023. Along the way, Liam has served on the board of a Housing Association for several years and has held directorships at a wide range of successful businesses including a mechanical and electrical business, a flood lighting company and a property company. A natural sportsman, Liam’s approach to teamwork, professionalism and leadership was honed on the football and rugby fields.
Jane is a building maintenance specialist with over 35 years’ experience in the social housing sector. She started her career as a trainee painter and decorator at a Local Authority in East London and has gone on to work at the top of a number of the UK’s leading building maintenance firms. Inside Housing Judges identified Jane as one of their 20 ‘extraordinary women’ of 2020. Her work has also been formally recognised with both a lifetime achievement award and an inspirational leader award at the Women in Construction awards. Jane is known for her work on innovative contractual and service delivery arrangements and building a diverse workforce.
Prior to his new role at Cardo, Alex worked as a Commercial Finance Director at OCS Group, an international facilities services provider, where he oversaw a £350m business unit. Prior to that Alex qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young and subsequently worked at BDO in Mergers & Acquisitions.
Simon Will was previously Managing Director at United Living Property Services overseeing a £270m business. Prior to this, Simon was National Operations Director at Kier Places and Director of Property Services at Circle Housing.
Prior to his new role at Cardo, Mike was an Executive Director at Ian Williams Limited for over 20 years. He is a Board Member of Orbit Housing Association and Abbeyfield Living Society as well as a Director of the National Housing Maintenance Forum. Mike is a specialist in customer-focused service delivery solutions, procurement and asset management. He is a sought-after speaker at conferences and events promoting best practice in our sector.
Gareth joins us from The Purple Group, a global professional services firm, where he served as Chief Operating and Commercial Officer. In that role, he managed a variety of support functions, including marketing, business development, HR, risk and compliance, and governance. He also has experience leading Merger and Acquisition activities and overseeing the integration of newly acquired businesses.
Ben Marsden is a long-term associate of LCB Group, Cardo’s platform company, where he has successfully overseen the implementation of that subsidiary’s works order management system, intranet and Cyber Security Plus credentials.