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Baachu Talk FM - Episode 1 - Anne Lennox-Martin (First Fellow of the BIFM, Founder member of Women in FM, Self Made Women)
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Anne has been part of the facilities management story since the early 1980s. In her long career, which started in the late 1960s as a live-in cleaner, she has worked both client and supply side, in both private and public sectors and has managed a diverse range of facilities including laboratories, hospitals, universities, offices, leisure sites, manufacturing plant, retail and media facilities.
In 2007 Lennox-Martin was voted one of the most influential women in FM according to FM World and in 2013 she was presented with the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management award for Profound Impact on the FM Industry.
She was one of the original seven students to obtain a Masters Degree in Facilities and Environmental Management at University College London in 1994 and the first Fellow of the BIFM to be awarded their professional qualification in 2002. She was a founder member of Women in FM in 2005 and remains active in supporting various BIFM groups.
In 2007 she was selected as one of the 20 most influential women in FM in the UK by the magazine, FM World. She was a founder member of WIFM
In 2013 she was awarded the Profound Impact on the FM Industry Award by the BIFM and in 2014 was given Fellowship status of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
She co-authored the BIFM Good Practice Guide to Customer Service in 2010.
Anne published her autobiography "Self-Made Woman" to celebrate her transition into retirement. Self-Made Woman covers her early years, including her pioneering work with the National Council for the Unmarried Mother and Her Child, now known as Gingerbread, and her move into the then fledgling FM sector. It talks about how she developed her career in FM and how the sector differs from today.
Self-Made Woman: Amazon.co.uk: Lennox-Martin, Anne, Acton, Johnny: 9781739961701: Books
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