Overview

Join us for an inspiring evening as we announce and celebrate the 2025 Deborah Rowland Scholarship Awards, in collaboration with the IWFM Foundation and IWFM Risings FMs.

This special event showcases real social mobility in action – supporting individuals who have overcome barriers to access IWFM qualifications and grow their careers in workplace and facilities management.

You’ll hear from industry leaders, meet this year’s scholarship winners, and enjoy an evening of networking, drinks, and canapés in a vibrant setting.

Evening highlights include:

1. Welcome from Andrew Hulbert, IWFM Chair
2. Reflections from Elliot Valentine, IWFM Rising FMs Network Chair
3. Scholarship insights from Deborah Rowland, Director of Public Affairs, Sodexo
4. Announcement of the 2025 scholarship winners presented by past winners TJ Robinson and Paige Watts
5. Closing remarks from Lucy Jeynes, Chair of Judges, Larch Consulting
6. Networking, press interviews, and a showcase of Sodexo’s food and workplace environment

Agenda

17:30 – Arrival and welcome drink (10 mins)

Guests arrive and enjoy a welcome drink while networking.

17:40 – Speeches and presentations (60 mins)

1. Welcome address
   Andrew Hulbert, IWFM Chair (5 mins)
2. Risings reflections
   Elliot Valentine, Chair, IWFM Rising FMs Network (10 mins)
3. Scholarship overview and acknowledgements
   Deborah Rowland, Director of Public Affairs, Sodexo (10 mins)

Award segment

1. Summary of 2025 awards and video presentation featuring TJ & Paige (2024 winners) (10 mins)
2. IWFM scholarship winners announced
3. Xenon scholarship winners announced
4. Runners-Up announced

Closing remarks

Lucy Jeynes, Chair of Judges, Larch Consulting – How to support the scholarship going forward (10 mins)

18:40 – Networking reception (50 mins)

Drinks, canapés, press interviews, and a showcase of Sodexo’s food and workplace environment.

This is more than an awards night – it’s a celebration of potential, progress, and partnership.

Spaces are limited, and we expect high interest – please book early to secure your place.

Speakers

Andrew Hulbert

Founder and Managing Director, Pareto FM

Andrew’s experience spans across all service lines, both managed and self-delivered, in the UK and Europe, as well as extensive experience in law, investment banking, retail, managing agent, media, hotels, TV studios and ICT sectors. He founded Pareto Facilities Management in 2014 to create ‘the most customer service focused FM provider in the UK’, going on to become one of the fastest growing FM Services providers within the sector. Andrew has an MSc in Facility and Environment Management from UCL and has volunteered for the IWFM in various capacities for over eight years.

Lucy Jeynes

MD, Larch Consulting

Lucy is one of the founding directors of Larch Consulting and is the Managing Director of the company. She has over 25 years’ experience in advising organisations on all aspects of FM strategy and delivery and is considered one of the UK’s experts in the field. She has led FM review and implementation programmes for a wide range of well-known organisations from sectors including retail, leisure, finance, science, universities, local authorities, government departments and charities. She was part of the team that developed the Workplace Management Framework.

Deborah Rowland

Director Public Sector Affairs, Sodexo

Deborah is a strategic and operationally experienced property and FM professional with over 20 years practice in private and public sectors, as a client, consultant and supplier. An industry thought leader demonstrating best practice in workplace management, joining up property/FM/construction/HR/IT and raising the bar in FM professionalisation.

Elliot Valentine

IWFM Rising FMs Network Chair

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