Executive Team

Ben Churchill: Chief Executive Officer

After more than a decade with FTSE 250 construction and services company Carillion PLC, Ben was appointed Managing Director of Emrill Services LLC in 2010. As the largest integrated facilities management industry in the United Arab Emirates, Ben’s portfolio of clients included Emaar, Festival City, Masdar City, Etihad Airways, World Trade Center Abu Dhabi, Anantara and two of the “world’s tallest” and most prestigious residential towers – Torch Tower and Princess Tower. Under Ben’s leadership, Emrill experienced a 60% growth in revenue and 400% increase in profit, as well as a significant increase in market share. This success was recognised in 2013 with Emrill named Middle East FM Company of the Year, and Ben receiving the European CEO of the Year Award for his visionary leadership in facilities management. Ben joined Urbanise as CEO in late 2013 to continue his goal of transforming the facility management industry through the adoption of new and innovative technology practices.

Rob Cumming: Chief Commercial Officer

With more than 14 years experience in technology design and productisation, strategic business consulting and developing next generation business models for the building industry, Rob began his career as a founding member of Sausage Software the first Internet company to list on the Australian Securities Exchange. At Sausage, Rob led R&D efforts around the HotDog web-authoring tool and development of the first commercial product to process online credit card transactions. Following the company’s acquisition in 2001, Rob formed specialist technology development business Myretsu in conjunction with Sausage Founder Steve Outtrim, and created Urbanise. Rob has since led a team that has designed and developed advanced technology solutions for a range of industries sectors. In 2009, Rob relocated to Dubai to set up Urbanise Middle East, and work in partnership with Cisco Systems on Smart City initiatives in the GCC region.

Mark Hough: Chief Financial Officer

With more than 25 years experience working with public companies and multinationals in the United Kingdom, GCC, North Africa and India, Mark joined Urbanise as the company’s Chief Financial Officer from Interserve International – where he was Facilities Director in Saudia Arabia. Prior to this role, Mark was Group CFO at RPS Facilities Services and Finance Director at Emrill Service LLC, an entity of Carillon PLC where he spent more than 14 years in various positions.