Kevin Murray, Metre Sq Limited
Kevin Murray
Managing Director
Metre Sq Limited

Kevin is the Managing Director of a niche construction and facilities management consultancy and is working with central government departments, wider public sector organisations and major building contractors on significant projects and programmes.   He has particular expertise and experience in the introduction of Strategic Alliancing and partnering for HM Prison Service, Ministry of Justice and Crown Commercial Services.

The majority of his career has been in the private sector since he qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1987.  He joined the Ministry of Justice in 2010 before becoming a Senior Civil Servant in Cabinet Office in 2015 before leaving in 2019.    

Most of his work has been in the UK providing services to organisations including four central government departments, RBS/NWB, General Electric, Scottish Power, Royal Mail and De Beers.  He has undertaken overseas assignments in Jamaica, South Africa, Algeria, Czech Republic and Poland. 

Kevin was former chair of the Government FM Board and the Collaborative Procurement Working Group and also served on the Government Construction Board.

He has recently been appointed as Co-Chair of the Commercial and Procurement Sector Led Group of the Industry Competence Steering Group (ICSG).  ICSG has been set up to enhance competence and safety standards across the built environment in response to the Grenfell Tower Fire and subsequent Hackitt Review, signalling a strategic shift towards more rigorous industry-wide competence frameworks