Our People
At ISS Education, people are at the core of our service provision.
Without the right people in place we could not expect to meet the high standards that we set
and our customers expect to receive.
Our staff are our greatest asset and we go to great lengths to make sure they are
trained to the very highest standards. On a practical level this includes one to
one training on aspects such as making fresh sauces, preparing vegetables and batch
cooking. We also train our staff in skills such as customer care to make sure they
provide the right level of service to our customers.
Our Senior Management Team has extensive experience in the school meals industry.
Please contact us us if you would like to discuss
the possibility of us providing a meals service to your school
Mark Davies
Divisional Director
Mark has 15 years experience working in soft services industry within the education and healthcare sectors. He has worked within the Sales, Operations and PFI environment and has managed projects in education & healthcare from inception to implementation over the last 10 years, including the first BSF Project to go live in the UK. This has brought him extensive experience of commercial and operational processes including contract negotiation, partnership development and operational management.
Mark has been instrumental in the successful integration of ISS Education and continues to lead the organisation by building on its strengths and its passion for providing children with a quality school meals service.
Mark has a Diploma in Management studies (DMS).
Sharon Jarvis, BSc(Hons), MA MM, HCIMA, LACA
Business Development Manager for ISS Education
Sharon recently joined ISS Education because of its commitment and dedication to
improving the quality of Education Foodservices. She bought with her a solid 12
year career in this sector alone. Sharon is a professional manager specialising
in catering, service quality and marketing whose visionary approach, innovation
and passion has driven change in both national and local education roles. Sharon
has worked as an Operations Director for the state Secondary School division of
Sodexo in the UK. She has also worked for a number of local authorities including
Cambridgeshire,
the London Borough of Hackney and the London Borough of Enfield where she had the
dual function of Head of Catering and Client.
Sharon graduated in 1991 from Manchester Metropolitan University with a degree in
Hotel, Catering and Institutional Management. Since then Sharon has also completed
an MA in Marketing Management from Middlesex University Business School.
Sharon is a keen member of LACA and has been for over 10 years.
David Marney,
Business Development Manager
Starting his career as a chef, David progressed into management on the operations
side of the business.
Eight years ago, he moved into sales and has held a number of senior positions within
the contract catering industry, specialising in the education sector.
Most recently David worked for Ashlyns Organics developing their business and assisting
in training including training young people to cook with and recognise healthy foods.
David studied Hotel and Catering Management at Manchester Polytechnic, he is passionate
about food and in his spare time loves to cook for his family and friends.
André Mans,
Operations Director
André is an accomplished and experienced Operations Director. He has over 12 years experience in the School meals industry in both small enterprises and large companies.
André is all about honesty and integrity and his strategic approach to his work is making a positive contribution to the Company and the morale of our team.
André has trained as a life coach and is focussed on helping everyone around him reach their potential. He has worked as an Executive Chef and is passionate about food and cooking drawing on his experience of cooking at 5 Star level. To him its about the best ingredients, cooked simply and concentrating on passion for fresh food.
Tom Seery
Consultant
Tom has over 30 years catering experience. He is a classically trained chef and
a Member by examination of the Hotel, Catering & Institutional Management Association.
He has a Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies and the Advanced Food Hygiene
Diploma from the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health.
His extensive management experience is from both the private and public sectors.
This includes not only "hands on" management but also development and implementation
of numerous marketing strategies.
He has acted as a Management Consultant for a number of Local Authorities, setting
up many client / contractor operations. He worked as Director of the first National
Campaign to promote school meals, FEAST (Fun Eating at School Today).
Tom continues today as a leader and a campaigner for the continuous development
and improvement in school meals.
Elaine Gardner
Company Dietician
Elaine is a Registered Dietitian with over 25 years in practice. She has a degree
in Dietetics, is an active member of The British Dietetic Association and is registered
with the Health Professions Council (www.hpcheck.org).
After working in hospitals in clinical specialities ranging from paediatrics (children)
to gastroenterology, she lectured in nutrition at a London Catering College. This
involved teaching both practical and theoretical subjects to a full range of food
service providers. She is a qualified trainer and specialist in Food Hygiene and
is currently a tutor for The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
For the past 10 years, Elaine has run her own successful consultancy business, utilising
her skills in evaluation and analysis for clients in both the private and public
sector.
Recently she has undertaken research projects for The School Food Trust as well
as delivering public health programmes in Childrens Centres and Nursery Schools.
Elaine also develops innovative teaching resources for schools to help them provide
a whole school-approach to healthy eating.
Elaine is supplying the nutritional expertise for ISS Education in the provision
of healthy school meals throughout the South-East of England.
For more details regarding her work see www.RDejg-nutrition.org
The 14 to 19 Agenda
There has never been as much interest in the school meals business. Since the intervention
of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, the world has changed! Students and parents are
demanding more of school caterers.
The 14 to 19 Agenda calls for a much greater involvement from industry. We applaud
the media interest that Celebrity Chefs are bringing to school catering.
Being a chef has never been as cool!
Working in a kitchen can actually increase your street cred!
ISS is part of a worldwide organisation providing services to both the public and
private sector. We can offer students valuable work experience in live kitchens
both in and outside mainstream schools.
Our modern customer focussed approach to school catering will require
ever-increasing levels of craft skills in our kitchens.
Our vision involves the employment of our Development Chef Trainer to work alongside
our school caterers to harness the energy and enthusiasm of our students and customers.
Recruitment
If you are as passionate as we are about school meals and are interested in putting
a smile on children’s faces every lunch time then we are looking to hear from you.
If you are interest in joining the ISS Education team please contact us.
We are committed to promoting the welfare of children and expect all of our staff
to share this commitment