Management team
Sue Pridmore, Managing Director
Sue is a Facility Management executive with more than 25 years national and international experience across a broad range of industries including: television, engineering, manufacturing, utilities, retail and commercial. Previous experience includes working as a General Manager Operations for Vic/Tas where she was responsible for a team of over 200 staff.
Clients included Dept of Justice – Hopkins Correctional Centre (PPP), City West Water, Barwon Water, BHPB, Port of Melbourne, Orica, Dulux, Frankston City Council, Energy Australia, Coles, Sensis and Department of Human Services. Sue also held a national role ensuing all contracts adhered to operational excellence standards and led the Procurement and Advisory teams.
She has also held a number of senior roles with Myer where she was the National Facilities and Store Development manager. Sue’s International experience includes working for BBC Television where she held a number of roles within the Facility management field. Sue has also worked for Gutteridge Haskins and Davey (GHD) in Australia as the global service line leader for Facilities Management.
Sue was a Director of the Facilities Management Association of Australia (FMA) between 2002 and 2005 and is a past member of Facility Management Action Agenda Strategic Industry Leaders group. She is MBA qualified and is a recent graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).
Julia Bristow, General Manager Finance
Julia is a CPA qualified accountant with more than 17 years experience. She commenced her career working in external audit and tax for chartered firms for 4 years where she worked with a range of entities from large listed companies down to small not-for-profit organisations, across a range of industries.
After moving from professional practice, Julia spent 10 years as the Accounting and Finance Manager of a small finance company. During this time, Julia also did contract audit work and accounting consulting for process design and implementation.
Trudi Cummins, General Manager Systems & Performance
Trudi has worked for 18 years in the Commercial Property industry managing Retail and Shopping Centre assets. Her career started in the UK working for CB Richard Ellis then Cushman & Wakefield, where she managed accounts for clients such as British Telecom and Royal Mail Pensions funds, Henderson Global Investors and Hammerson. Following on from the UK she relocated to the UAE where she worked for a private family group, Al Futtaim. Returning to Australia in 2009 she continued to manage Shopping Centres across Melbourne working again for CBRE and Cushman & Wakefield but also JLL and owners Dexus.
Throughout her career Trudi’s key achievements have included various industry recognised Awards both in the UK and Australia, most recently the Shopping Centre Council of Australia Marketing Award runner up 2018. She has also successfully overseen numerous redevelopments of assets from master-planning through to launch.
Trudi holds a BSc in Estate Management from Reading University and Victorian Agents Representative Licence.
Omar Sali, General Manager
Omar has over 18 years experience in the Facilities Management Industry. Previous roles included managing a National retail contract for fire protection and electrical services to over 2,800 sites. Other roles included managing a Fire Protection Services Business and mobilising major contracts within the housing and water sectors. More recently Omar was Facility Leader at Southern Cross Station where he was responsible for delivering the maintenance program within a venue that has 250,000 patrons pass through daily.
Omar has a Masters of International Business and a Bachelor of Commerce and is passionate about maximising the strengths of his team and motivating them to achieve collective goals.
Simone Johnson, Regional Manager
Simone has over 10 years Facility Management experience and has worked in a variety of industries with clients including ExxonMobil, BHP, Coles and Bupa Aged Care. Simone is passionate for WHS and policies & procedures and has played a key role in self insurance and accreditation audits within the commercial and health sectors.
As a Senior Manager, Simone leads by example and brings an inclusive approach to managing teams and contractors, ensuring a customer centric approach from all levels of service.