Kevin Craven
CEO
Kevin Craven CEO ADS Group
Kevin Craven became CEO of ADS in April 2021, having served as a member of the ADS Board, including as ADS Vice-President, Defence. Under his tenure, ADS has grown to represent 1500 businesses across the UK and take a leading role in UK-EU Industrial Relations following the UK’s exit from the European Union.
Born in Zimbabwe, Kevin holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering and moved to the UK in 1991. He began his career in contract catering, moving to ARAMARK in 2002 to head up Specialist Markets, supporting mainly public sector areas of Healthcare, Education, Defence, and Criminal Justice. In 2006 he took over Balfour Beatty WorkPlace, the FM arm of the infrastructure Group, and was later promoted to CEO of the Support Services division in 2011. The division included utilities –both gas and power transmission, integrated facilities management, highways maintenance, rail infrastructure and the UK Shared Services operations.
In 2014 Kevin was made Chief Executive Serco UK & Europe comprising six business units including Defence, Transport and Heathcare. Kevin has served as a nonexecutive on numerous engineering joint ventures including Romec with the Royal Mail, Atomic Weapons Establishment, and United Group in Australia. He currently sits on several boards including ASD and is the Chair of Farnborough International.
