From Military to Managing Director - IWFM Veterans in FM Network interview with Richard Jones

Not everyone falls into facilities management. Some choose it.

In this episode of 'Veterans Careers in FM', our Director Michelle Connolly speaks to Richard Jones MSc (FM) CIWFM - Veterans in FM Network shares how he purposefully made the move into Workplace & Facilities Management after a full 22-year military career, reaching Regimental Sergeant Major and achieving everything he set out to do in the Armed Forces.

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