CBNME reveals their inaugural FM Power 30 List in our March edition in which we celebrate the top 30 FM Leaders in the Middle East. Read the full version here: https://bit.ly/3bqf6ea
Ranking 6: Bart Holsters, General Manager – ENGIE Solutions
Bart earned his BSc. in Aviation Mechanics from Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende in Belgium and a BSc. in Electromechanical Engineering from HoGent. He also has two masters’ degrees – An MSc. in Industrial Engineering from Erasmushogeschool Brussel and an MBA from the University of Cumbria in England.
In his 18-year long career, Bart has worked for Daiken, Besix, Energy Assistance and ENGIE Solutions. Bart joined ENGIE Solutions Middle East in September 2017 as mobilisation manager in Abu Dhabi for Abu Dhabi Airport. He took on his current role in January 2019.
Bart and his team have taken ENGIE Solutions from a start-up company with just eight associates in 2010, to a regional leading service provider with now close to 3,400 staff in 2021. Furthermore, the company is operational in five GCC countries and India.
As the general manager, Bart continued the pace of growth in 2020 by an increase of nearly 50% in turnover from 2019, despite the challenging economic climate and current pandemic. The results of digitalisation, innovative asset management and acquisition strategies are now being benefited by Bart and his team, providing bespoke facility management and energy efficiency services.
Bart is also known as a driving force behind digitalisation and innovation of the regional FM industry and keeps on setting the pace with several award-winning projects, ranging from predictive maintenance platforms and intelligent energy efficiency software to integrating live BIM augmented reality environments into the projects.
In addition to educating clients and sharing knowledge with industry peers through public keynotes and articles in industry literature, he has defined and implemented the digitalisation strategy for ENGIE Solutions.
Several new concepts have been brought to the market by Bart and his team over the course of 2020, such as Cooling as a Service and Energy as a Service to help clients implement CAPEX-based solutions at zero cost.
Under Bart’s leadership, ENGIE Solutions has added a series of in-house specialised services to its portfolio that include data science, automation services, IoT services, high voltage maintenance, chiller maintenance, landscaping, road maintenance and bridge maintenance, and canal cleaning amongst others, exceeding a total of 20 in-house specialist services offered to the clients.
The company has reached many milestones and received a host of professional accreditations and awards over the years, which reflects on the commitment and dedication of Bart and his team.