Meet the team

Duncan Johnson – Chairman

Duncan is responsible for chairing the board and representing the interests of its shareholder. He has over 17 years’ experience holding director roles in both the public and private sectors, and this has led to him developing a specialism in business and strategy development, performance management and service turnarounds.

Ian Surtees MBA, FIoD – Chief Executive Officer

Ian joined Vertas in September 2014 having spent 25 years working within the facilities management arena, most recently for OCS in the UK but also has experience of senior operational management within Europe.

Keith Buet – Chief Operating Officer

Keith has worked in the FM and Service industry for over 37 years. He joined Vertas in February 2018, after time in Australia and the Middle East as Operations Director looking after FM.

Jamie Smith – Chief Finance Officer

Jamie joined Vertas in September 2020 after a career of more than 20 years spent in senior finance roles in the housing, construction, property development and energy industries in the UK and overseas.

Kate Innes – Chief People Officer

Kate joined Vertas in May 2015 and having studied HR and Business Management BA Hons Degree at University she started her HR career on a graduate programme with Boots the Chemist, in Nottingham Head Office. Kate is CIPD qualified and has nearly 20 years of working experience in HR across a variety of industries, including Pharmaceutical, Retail, Food Manufacturing, Automotive and the NHS. Kate has line management responsibility for the Groups' People, Payroll, Recruitment, Organisational Development, GDPR support services as well as our Schools' Choice business.

Matthew Self – Managing Director, Concertus

Providing overall operational and commercial direction and leadership for the Concertus Group, Matthew is responsible for the performance management of all professional services and Director of the joint venture companies with Derbyshire County Council.

Brad Sinclair – Managing Director, Opus

Managing Director, Opus

​Brad has extensive knowledge in Business and Finance, joining Opus from public practice where he acted for a variety of businesses of all sizes, across a number of industries. Brad trained with a Top 10 National Firm of Chartered Accountants and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA).