Churchill Group Churchill Service Solutions Employee Client Supplier Menu Women in FM: 5 mins with… Lindsay Pateman Posted on December 2, 2021 What is your role at Churchill and what does it involve day to day? I am the HR business partner for the London region. I support the region to drive our People Agenda, to ensure we are inclusive and that people are at the heart of what we do. I also work with the leadership team to develop and grow our people and to set them up on a successful career path and support operational teams with their strategic and operational needs. How did you find your way into FM? (Tell us a bit about your background) After I left school I spent five years as an ‘office junior’ in a small, family-run contract cleaning company. When I decided I needed a change, I stayed in FM but moved into hard services, which was building maintenance within a research facility. I continued to develop my career in HR there over the next 11 years. Then I spread my wings and moved into the pharmacy industry. I stayed for six years but I felt like a fish out of water and knew I needed to get back into FM. What is your favourite thing about your job/the industry? I love seeing people grow and fulfil their potential in a really fast-paced, challenging environment and there are so many opportunities for personal growth. FM is such a diverse industry it allows us to meet many different types of clients. As a woman in FM, what are your biggest frustrations? I can honestly say that gender has not been an issue for me. I think Churchill celebrates diversity and I see many female senior leaders in our business. This encourages me to be a good role model for other women who would like to join the industry. What are your key predictions for/the biggest issues facing the FM market over the next year? Recruitment has been a huge challenge for us in this industry after the pandemic and Brexit. FM will continue to play a huge part in all industries in the future, so our recruitment drive is now more important than ever. Are you interested in reading more from the Women in FM series? Bianca Angelico Rebecca Bridgement Naomi Childe Louisa Clarke Hilary Collins Simone Dewell Daniela Eigner Mabel Fourie Charlene Gachette Kat Hart Karen Magor Sarah McLoed Lizzie Neave Ana Nikolova Charlotte Parr Jodie Phillips-Turner Louise Rogers Cheryl-Anne Sanderson Isabella Williams Nadia Williams Share via: 0 Shares Facebook 0 Twitter LinkedIn Blog Churchill Group Post navigation « Previous Next » Categories Press Releases Case Studies Blog Posts Amulet Radish Cati Cleaning Environmental Portfolio Chequers Recent News Financial Year 2020/21 Reviewed Women in FM: 5 mins with… Lindsay Pateman Winter maintenance: Staying ahead with proactive gritting from Chequers Churchill wins LGIM and Bellrock ‘Soft Services’ Supplier of the Year award Women in FM: 5 mins with… Hilary Collins Follow Us on Twitter Tweets by @@Churchill_Group About us As a group of expert businesses within the FM and compliance industries, we have the ability and freedom to operate in a way that always delivers the right results for our customers. Each sector leading business in the group - cleaning, security, catering, and environmental - has its own core purpose to improve the environments it delivers in, all contributing to our principal philosophy of doing the right thing. Churchill Group Home About us What we do Who we work with News Work with us Sustainability Contact us Reports and policies Churchill Contract Services Gender Pay Gap Report 2020 Group Health & Safety Policy Modern Slavery Statement 2021 Modern Slavery Policy Modern Slavery Code of Conduct Group Environmental Policy Quality Policy Energy Management Policy Energy Management System Requirements Supplier Terms & Conditions Employers’ Liability Insurance Insurance Confirmation Letter Corporate Social Responsibility Section 172 Statement Go App Privacy Policy Annual Review 2021 Data Protection Policy Privacy Policy Client reference documents Churchill Group client terms & condition Churchill Environmental client terms & conditions Cati client terms & conditions Amulet client terms & conditions Our businesses Cleaning Environmental Security Catering Head office Unit 1 40 Coldharbour Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 4UN Company Reg. No. 07317156 London hub 167 Fleet Street London EC4A 2EA Northern hub Suite B The Exchange Unit 5 Main gate Team Valley NE11 0BE Scotland hub Suite 47 Grovewood Business Centre Strathclyde Business Park Bellshill ML4 3NQ Copyright © 2021 Churchill Group | Powered by Skyline MicroSites Privacy Policy Cookies Policy Let us know you agree to cookies We use cookies to give you the best online experience. Please let us know if you agree to all of these cookies. Yes, I agree No, take me to settings