Emrill, one of the UAE’s largest facilities management companies offering innovative solutions tailored to support clients' needs, has appointed Gopala Krishnan as its new operations director.

Furthering Emrill’s commitment to internal staff promotion and talent development, Krishnan has been promoted from his previous position of portfolio general manager.

After an exhaustive selection process, he was successfully interviewed for the position following the recent promotion of Alex Davies to become Emrill’s managing director.

Krishnan holds both a BE in Civil Engineering and an MBA from SMU University. He also holds a PGc FM from IFMI, MBIFM (Member Grade - British Institution of Facilities Management) and is Nebosh certified (course provider British Safety Services), as well as being a certified E-Com professional.

Starting his career as an executive at TI Cycles in India, Krishnan joined Emrill in June 2003 as assistant facilities manager of The Greens Community. More recently, he held the role of general manager, responsible for three major FM contract portfolios comprising residential, infrastructure and healthcare.

Reporting directly to the managing director, Krishnan is now responsible for leading Emrill’s operations throughout the UAE and will develop FM strategies in line with the company’s strategic objective plan.

Commenting on his appointment, Davies said: "I am delighted to welcome Krishnan to the Emrill Leadership Team as his extensive engineering and facilities management experience is a key asset to us."

"His proven ability to lead and develop the entire company offering will be put to full use in further enhancing our customer excellence quality service approach," he added.

A major FM player in the emirates, Emrill adheres to worldwide standards and is an ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007 certified company.-TradeArabia News Service