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Meet our ISS Placemakers

Our Placemakers share their diverse backgrounds, career journeys and frontline experiences across healthcare, education, energy and resources, defence, remote services, catering, cleaning and facility management. Their stories show how they create places where people and businesses thrive – and why they’re at the heart of everything we do.
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Creating career pathways that last

Murray Riley shares his perspective on creating lasting career pathways for First Nations people through confidence, development and culturally safe workplaces.

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Through the lens of long service

Meet Eileen Doyle, an ISS catering supervisor with 34 years' experience at Eastern Health. She discusses her role with Victoria's second-largest healthcare provider and her outlook on future innovations in healthcare catering.

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From ISS trainee to ISS trailblazer

Kevin Lam, a recent graduate from the ISS Global Management Trainee program (GMT), explains how this experience has set him on the leadership track in facility management.

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Catering to success in hospital care

Tim Li manages cold plate commercial kitchen operations at Eastern Health. He shares his industry insights and how his team supported the rollout of Regethermic food trolleys.

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Workplace gender parity in the Energy & Resources sector

Catherine Franzi, Director, Energy & Resources, is an experienced facility management senior executive. She shares her views on the status of gender balance in the workplace in the Energy & Resources sector.

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Workplace gender equity in facility management

Louisa Kunze, Site Manager at Griffith University, works with a large, diverse team across two campuses. She shares her views on the status and progress of gener balance in the workplace.

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Fly-In-Fly-Out (FIFO) live and work in remote services

Sam Mawson, ISS Village Manager, Thunderbird Mineral Sands Village, talks about career opportunities and the challenges of working FIFO in remove services with a young family back home.

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From ISS cleaner to ISS contract administrator

Hear from Placemaker Sanjay Silwal on how his ISS career trajectory has launched him from international student and ISS cleaner to ISS contract administrator.

Meet our global ISS Placemakers

Across continents and cultures, our people bring the ISS purpose to life in their own unique ways. These stories highlight the passion, dedication and human connection that define exceptional service around the world.
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Ayşe Şahin: How a haircut helped restore a young patient’s confidence

Facing cancer is a huge challenge for anyone, and when a teenage girl in hospice care started losing her hair due to treatment, Ayşe Şahin, from the ISS Catering Services team at Kayseri City Hospital in Türkiye knew she could help.

22.01.2026
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Gülfem Büyükkırcalı Ömerali: being curious and never giving up are key to success

In 2014, Gülfem began her journey with ISS Türkiye as a Food Service Specialist, shortly after returning from Sweden where she completed her master’s degree in food science.

04.12.2025
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Cheng Kwok Ming: From an act of service to saving a life

A newborn baby with a high fever and severe cramps is a terrifying prospect for any parent.

21.01.2026
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Darwin Lloyd

Darwin Lloyd’s journey from the Caribbean to the UK: When belief in yourself meets opportunity, it unleashes a remarkable career journey never expected.

30.10.2025
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Taking on new challenges – from cooking to cleaning

When coronavirus shut down restaurants, Jari Kallioinen, who has worked in kitchens for decades, adapted to the situation and took up cleaning – finding the positive in extraordinary circumstances.

02.09.2025
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Be yourself and stay open to change

In 2011, Polish Joanna Lukowska thought she was going to start her own company after building a career as an auditor at KPMG.

01.12.2025
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Joël Bréa: When passion leads to breakthroughs

When a customer needed a faster, more efficient way of working, Joël Bréa was determined to help.

01.01.2026
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Bringing a personal touch to safety

Working his way up from mailroom assistant to Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) Manager over the last decade, Kevin Hosking has used his personal drive to capitalise on ISS career and training opportunities.

03.09.2025
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Lettizia Kris Harjanto: Jumping onto a moving train

In October 2020, Letti embarked on her career at ISS as a Global Management Trainee in Indonesia, graduating in April 2022.

02.12.2025
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