Tuesday 29 January 2008

Next Direction : Management Profile

Every project is directed by our MD, John Holt.

After graduate internship in the Architect's Department he became purchasing manager at Southampton University and helped to found the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium.

For 12 years he was chief specifier for YRM Interiors/YRM Architects, one of the largest practices in the UK providing design advice and FF+E management for the widest range of clients including international corporates such as J P Morgan and Arthur Andersen, residential, hospitality, academic and hospital projects in the Middle East, most of the development phase of Gatwick Airport, and hotel and leisure projects for Hilton, Sheraton and quality independents.

He has written for design, architecture, business and consumer magazines, and lectured on design and furnishing at Middlesex University.

In 1996, John managed the FF+E procurement on a major 750000 sq ft relocation for Barclays Capital, the fast-growing investment bank. In the last ten years we have worked on Barclays projects all over the world.

The dynamic Russian investment house Renaissance Capital www.rencap.com engaged us to manage the furniture procurement on its Moscow headquarters and regional offices in New York, Nairobi, Lagos, Kiev, Almaty, Nicosia, London and Dubai.

Our hospitality clients include Monogram Hotels for whom we are developing and implementing an entirely new resort-boutique concept for its properties in the Mediterranean.



NEXT DIRECTION UK Ltd
180 Barrier Point
Royal Docks
LONDON E16 2SE

+44 20 7476 0401
email: NextDirection@aol.com
www.nextdirection.co.uk

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