Robert chairs a number of private equity backed businesses in the B2B services and healthcare sectors in the UK and USA, which include SME services, oil & gas sustainability, certification, compliance and learning & development. He has worked in the legal and criminal justice system in outsourcing and previously he was Executive Director of Hays plc, a FTSE 100 services group.

Alcumus has expanded considerably since Sovereign’s investment began in 2009; Sovereign initially invested in Sypol, which provides health, safety and environmental risk management services, and subsequently completed the bolt-on transactions of Info Exchange, a provider of compliance information management solutions, and ISOQAR, an independent certification body in the UK, to form Alcumus Group.  In 2009, Drury PSM, a leading HR, employment law and health & safety outsourcing company, joined the Group.

The appointment of Robert continues a year of strong growth for Alcumus: in 2013 the Group’s revenues grew by 10%, its client numbers increased to 5,400 and it opened an office in Aberdeen to support the oil and gas sector.  Alcumus also won a number of high-profile contracts, including ISOQAR undertaking the assessment and certification of Birmingham Airport and Info Exchange working with both The John Lewis Partnership and Transport for London to provide new incident reporting platforms.