Gordon Parker – Founder and Lead Consultant
BSc(Eng) (Hons) CEng MIStructE CMIWFM
Gordon Parker founded Coretex International in 2007. He has more than 35 years of experience in corporate real estate, workplace and facilities management consulting. He has led engagements in more than 127 countries.
Gordon began his career on the provider side. He managed a 118-site portfolio for the first large UK government outsourcing contract and helped build a new FM division for a large service provider. As a director at another provider, he brought in British Airways, Dell and Microsoft as clients. He then moved into advisory work.
His specialisms include corporate real estate strategy and transformation, workplace strategy and change management, and asset management and FM strategy. He also specialises in estate strategy and operational efficiency, organisational transformation, and global portfolio management and outsourcing.
Gordon works across the manufacturing, technology, higher education, banking and public sectors.
Gordon supported Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks through multiple global real estate transformations over a 15-year relationship. He has worked with King’s College London continuously since 2013. Clients include the UK Parliament, the European Investment Bank, global manufacturing companies and many UK universities.
Gordon is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the Institution of Structural Engineers. He is a Certified Member of the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) and has been active in IWFM and IFMA for over 30 years. He co-authored the BIFM Good Practice Guide on Customer Experience.
Gordon also teaches on the Engineering and Construction Masters programmes at Buckinghamshire New University.