- People - A multinational and multicultural skilled workforce of 16,700 colleagues with shared values and a common purpose.
- Partnerships - We are a trusted partner to millions of customers and the world’s leading energy, healthcare and technology companies.
- Financial - The Group has a strong and liquid balance sheet which enables us to react quickly to commercial opportunities.
- Infrastructure - We have robust operating platforms and a diverse geographic footprint across 22 countries.
- Intellectual - The combined expertise within the Group, together with the strength of our own brands, third-party brands, licences and business processes provides competitive advantage.
A diversified and devolved business
We operate in diverse sectors and territories through agile and expert management teams. This creates resilience, drives a culture of excellence and leads to more opportunities for growth.
Our resources and capabilities
We offer unique resources and capabilities
Our target sectors
We invest in what the world needs to grow and progress
WE ALLOCATE CAPITAL
The diversification of our businesses gives us optionality in capital allocation. Our compounding business model combines organic growth with leading M&A capability.
A Diverse and devolved business model
Our diverse business model creates growth and resilience. It opens us up to global trends. Our devolved model provides central expertise to improve our businesses while empowering our local management teams to ensure agility.
DIVERSIFIED BUSINESSES
We invest to improve and grow organically. This enables our businesses to build infrastructure and develop new product capability.
DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIES
We invest in acquisitions and expansion into new geographies. Group scale facilitates:
- Continued investment through economic cycles
- Access to multiple new growth trends
- Resilience to economic shocks
Our distinct approach
We support businesses with everything they need to grow
We empower diverse teams
We optimise performance
We connect suppliers and customers
WE REINVEST TO GROW
We grow value by reinvesting cashflows to enable businesses to grow.
Our impact