NEW YORK, NY – As
a partnership of brands bringing together the best professionals across design
and construction to create spaces for workplace, life sciences, and brand-led
environments, Unispace Group is announcing several key leadership updates going
into the new year.
The Group has expanded significantly over the
past two years, from a focus on corporate interiors at Unispace to now include
the Unispace Life Sciences (highly regulated sectors) and Downstream (brand-led
experiential environments) brands.
This week, Unispace Group announces the
appointment of James Bruce in the new role of Group President. In this
position, Bruce will drive operational excellence and efficiencies across the
Group’s portfolio of brands to enable best practice delivery globally and
implement proven strategies for continued scale and profitable growth.
He was most recently CEO of the built
environment and engineering consultancy Buro Happold, where he oversaw
substantial growth in revenue and profitability, and executed/integrated a
series of acquisitions.
Unispace’s Rose Williams has been
promoted to the new role of Managing Director Corporate Interiors, Americas,
where she will report to the Global CEO. Previously serving as the Head of
Client Solutions, Americas, Williams will now be responsible for the end-to-end
delivery of Unispace’s corporate workplace interiors offering for clients
across the strategy, design and construction lifecycle in the US.
Since
joining Unispace in 2017 as Principal, Pre-construction in New Zealand,
Williams has quickly risen into a leadership role across the Americas, bringing
a unique understanding of the project lifecycle to how she leads a multi-disciplinary
team to ensure clients’ objectives are clearly identified and successfully
achieved.
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John Capobianco
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Williams’ first appointment as Head of
Corporate Interiors, Americas is John Capobianco, who has joined the
firm as Creative Director, Americas and Senior Principal – Client Solutions,
after a long tenure as Design Director and Principal at IA Interior Architects.
An
award-winning design professional with 25 years in the industry, Capobianco has
worked with major brands like Uber, RBC, Yext, Google, Capital One and American
Express.
Capobianco will leverage his strategic design innovation mindset
in his new role at Unispace, providing clients with creative solutions that
drive strategy and meet their needs and aspirations.
“I’ve long admired Unispace’s ability to
disrupt and evolve the strategy, design and construction industries through
service integration and creativity,” said Capobianco. “It’s a delight to be
joining such a talented and dynamic team. I look forward to helping Unispace
clients drive innovation and ignite passion in the workplace.”
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Jamie Geddes has also
joined the firm as Director, Strategic Accounts for Downstream where she will
be responsible for client attraction and retention in the Corporate and
Institutional markets.
She will also focus on increasing Downstream’s
reach among key decision makers in target markets and adding value to key New
York area clients with strategic relationship management.
As Unispace Group more broadly, and Downstream
specifically, continues to grow its client base in New York City, the Group is
also growing its New York Studio, where Geddes will be based.
With over
seven years of consultative sales experience, and a proven track record in
driving business growth through strategy and relationship management, Geddes
joins following four years at WeWork, where she was most recently Enterprise
Account Director.
“We are excited to be growing the Unispace
service offering, expanding our workforce, and developing new skills and
experiences to better serve our global suite of clients,” said Steve Quick,
Unispace Group CEO.
“I am
very happy to welcome James, Jamie and John to the team and to watch Rose step
into this new leadership role for the Americas, a key market for our business
growth.”
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