Edward is Professor in Facilities Management. He has a background of over twenty years of academic involvement in the discipline of Facilities Management. In 2008 he was appointed as Co-ordinator for CIB W070, an International Working Party in Facilities Management that forms part of the "Conseil International du Bâtiment" (CIB). CIB is a global network for international exchange and cooperation in research and innovation in building and construction, in support of an improved building process and of improved performance of the built environment. Edward is also Editor-in-Chief of 'Facilities'- a leading peer reviewed academic journal in the area of Facilities Management that was established over twenty five years ago www.emeraldinsight.com/f.htm. He is particularly keen to see the leverage of powerful research tools ¿ applied to the facilities management sector. A wealth of diverse research in the university domains, remain unexploited ¿ including FM business tools and techniques that provide a behavioural and economic understanding of building use. Our understanding of the relationship between buildings, people and organisational growth are key concerns in his research. Past funded projects stretching over two decades include EPSRC, Teaching Company Scheme, JISC, FORMAS (Swedish funding body) sponsored work.