New Director Appointed at Eaga plc
Leading green support services sector company Eaga plc has today announced the appointment of John Melo as Divisional Managing Director of its Group Shared Services Division.
Prior to joining the FTSE 250 company, John was an independent Consultant providing advice to private sector organisations on their outsourcing and shared services operational models.
He has also worked for the Government and as programme director responsible for the design of the Whitehall HR Shared Services operation.
In his new role John will oversee a range of shared services, including IT, HR, People Development, Marketing, Procurement and Programme Management for Eaga’s rapidly expanding operations across the UK, Ireland, Canada and India.
He said: “This is an extraordinary time to be working for Eaga. Through its contracts with central and devolved governments, utility companies, local authorities and social housing providers, Eaga is installing insulation, heating or renewable energy technologies in more than 1,000 homes every day. It fits or repairs a central heating system every minute of every working day, and it’s my job to ensure they have all the support they need to carry out this hugely important work.
“The fact that Eaga’s work in residential energy is making a significant contribution in efforts to tackle climate change by reducing household carbon emissions makes what we are doing all the more worthwhile.”
John started his working life as a trainee computer operator and worked his way up to becoming Head of Treasury Systems for Midland Bank and IT Director for Thomas Cook Group worldwide. Other roles he performed in Thomas Cook were Corporate Change Director and Customer Services & Operations Director for the Financial Services Division. He then joined Bradford & Bingley as Group Operations Director and later assumed responsibility for Human Resources in the run up to flotation.
John later became Managing Director of Business Process Outsourcing in Xansa where he was responsible for the development of a business unit that achieved turnover of £46m and grew to 670 staff within its first 20 months of operation.
John Clough MBE, Eaga plc Chief Executive, added: “I’m sure John’s experience at the highest level will prove a huge asset to Eaga as we look to build on the success of our recent flotation, and I’m delighted to welcome him on board.”
Notes to Editors
- Eaga plc is the UK’s largest residential energy efficiency provider. The company is a leader in the provision of innovative and sustainable services, products and solutions that address the environmental, social and energy efficiency objectives of Government and the private sector both nationally and internationally.
- Working in partnership with central and local government Eaga is positioned at the heart of policy-making and front-end delivery of social and environmental improvement programmes. Eaga operates across the UK and in the Republic of Ireland, India and Canada employing over 3,500 people.
- Eaga was established in Newcastle in 1990 to lead government funded efforts to improve the living conditions of vulnerable people living in cold, damp and energy inefficient homes across England. Since its inception, Eaga has made a positive difference to over 5 million disadvantaged households across the UK, by installing energy efficiency measures and central heating.
- Eaga holds the contract to deliver the £1.5 billion Warm Front programme in England, the cornerstone of government's target to eliminate fuel poverty by installing energy efficiency measures in vulnerable homes by 2010. Eaga also works with devolved nation governments to deliver similar schemes across the UK.
- As a co-owned business, Eaga is one of only a handful of UK organisations where every employee with over a year’s service is entitled to a share in the success of the business. Eaga’s commitment to co-ownership is an integral part of the values that define the ethos of the business and what it means to be an Eaga employee.
- The Government has set targets for all local authorities to have all social rented homes meeting Decent Homes standards by 2010. This requires homes to be fit for habitation, in a reasonable state of repair, with reasonably modern facilities and services and a reasonable degree of thermal comfort.
- Since 2000, Eaga has invested over £3 million in the independent Eaga Partnership Charitable Trust which funds research into solutions to fuel poverty.
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