The Government Property Agency (GPA) has confirmed the appointment of Mark Bourgeois as its new chief executive officer.
Bourgeois, who has more than 30 years of commercial real estate experience, has held the role on an interim basis for the last 10 months.
Bourgeois is the former managing director for the UK and Ireland at Hammerson and prior to that he was an executive director at Capital & Regional.
Georgia Gould MP, parliamentary secretary for the Cabinet Office, said: “Mark has demonstrated exceptional leadership of the Government Property Agency during his tenure as interim chief executive over the past year. With decades of experience, Mark will be instrumental in enhancing the financial and environmental performance of the government estate while delivering world-class workplaces for civil servants nationwide.”
Pat Ritchie CBE, the GPA’s chair, added: “I am delighted to confirm Mark in the permanent role, he has already had a huge impact on the leadership of the GPA. Working closely with the board and executive team, Mark will continue to play a fundamental role in the way property is managed across government and creating great places to work for civil servants, supporting economic growth and local communities.
“He and the executive team will further build the agency’s commercial organisational culture, with our client and customer needs being at the heart of this. With Mark’s experience in real estate and building, inspiring and developing teams, he is the ideal leader to take the GPA to the next stage of our development.”
Bourgeois said: “I am thrilled to be appointed as the permanent CEO at such a pivotal time for the GPA. During my time as interim, the collaborative support from departmental clients has been excellent and I’m hugely grateful to impressively talented colleagues for all their continued dedication and commitment. We’re well placed to further strengthen the GPA culture, deliver financial efficiencies and productivity gains across the civil service, all in support of the government’s missions. I’m looking forward to the continued challenge.”
