IFMA Publishes Top Global FM Influencers List for 2025

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13 August 2025 | Updated 14 August 2025

36 facilities management professionals have been named Top Global FM Influencers by The International Facility Management Association.

The list represents six continents and 13 countries with three appearances from UK FM professionals: Michael Amos, Jackie Bird and Dr. Matt Tucker.

“People spend 90 per cent of their lives indoors – their homes, their workplaces, where they shop and play,” said Michael V. Geary, CAE, IFMA President and CEO. “Our Top Global FM Influencers are not just impacting facilities. They are affecting lives and changing them for the better.”

The influencer list highlights individuals with significant global reach across the built environment, amplifying FM’s role in creating environments that are secure, efficient and adaptable.

“These influencers connect cultures, spark trends and inspire change across borders,” said Christa Dodoo, CFM, FMP, CIWFM, CMQ/OE, Chair of the IFMA Global Board of Directors. “Through their platforms, they share ideas, stories and innovations that affect millions, fostering global wellbeing via the built environment. Their ability to transcend language and geography amplifies FM’s role in ensuring facilities are safe, secure, resilient and efficient.”

The Top Global FM Influencers List

• Mohamad Abou Laban, Managing Director, UAE OCS
• Segun Adebayo, Chief Executive Officer, Pillars and Frames Limited
• Aashik Alawdeen, Chartered Facilities Manager/Visiting Lecturer & Deputy Head of Corporate Services, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
• Dr. Joseph Allen, Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• Michael Amos, Managing Director, Waste to Wonder Worldwide
• Peter Ankerstjerne, Chief Executive Officer, Planon
• Rebeca Arguedas, Directora General, United Facility Services
• Derek Bacigal, Director of Facilities, Kukio Golf & Beach Club
• Kati Barklund, Senior Workplace Strategy Manager, Tenant & Partner
• Jackie Bird, Workplace Director, Bird Workplace Consultants
• Prince Botwe, Operations Manager, IFMA Ghana Chapter
• Claire Coder, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Aunt Flow
• Drew DePriest, Director of Real Estate OT, McKesson
• Nishar Fatema, Global Strategy, Innovation and Transformation Manager, ServiceNow
• Brian Haines, Senior Director, Business Development & Strategy, OpenBlue, Johnson Controls
• Charles Hammersla, Key Account Director, ISS Facility Services Australia
• Heba Kamal, Regional Platform MEA Leader, Schneider Electric Egypt
• Katerina Karasyova, Senior Accounts Manager and Head of Partnerships, Freespace
• Pierre Kriegler, General Manager, Facilities and Property Management, Capemay Properties Ltd GH
• Dr. Winnie Kwofie, Associate Vice President, Facilities Development and Operations (Retired), California State University, East Bay
• Christine Li, Head of Asia Pacific Research, Knight Frank
• Nithish Murthy, Head of Facilities and Administration, The Heineken Company, India
• Mike Petrusky, Director of Podcasts, Eptura
• Norma Pleitez, Operations and Community Director - Americas Region, The Instant Group
• Muhammed Reda, FM Instructor, AUC; Chief Operations Officer, Orion FMS
• Lorri Rowlandson, Senior Vice President, BGIS
• Tom Ryckaert, Co-founder and Managing Partner, 2nRich
• Kay Sargent, Director of Thought Leadership, Interiors, HOK
• Amro Shareef, Facility and Asset Management Expert, Atkins Realis
• Stacey Shepard, President, Shepard Global Strategies, LLC
• Fátima Sousa, Chief Executive Officer, FS EDUCA
• Dr. Matt Tucker, Director of Research, IFMA
• Cibele Verasto, Senior Workplace Leader, Databricks
• Edward Wagoner, Chief Information Officer, Speaker, and Author
• Maciej Wiśniewski, Chief Executive Officer, Loredo RES
• Dora Yim, Senior Operations Director, Deputy Head of Property Management, CBRE Advisory Hong Kong Limited

Picture: an image showing the headshots of, from left to right: Jackie Bird,  Dr. Matt Tucker and Michael Amos.

Article written by Ella Tansley | Published 13 August 2025

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