Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 16th April 2026 Issue no. 1206
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Atlas Cleaning appoints Issi Salter as growth director
Atlas Cleaning has strengthened its commercial leadership team with the appointment of Issi Salter as growth director. Issi boasts extensive experience driving revenue growth, professionalising sales functions and building high-performing teams across services, technology and data-led businesses. She will report to Ed Bolton, chief operating officer.
The appointment reflects Atlas Cleaning's ambition to accelerate sustainable growth while maintaining the culture and discipline that underpin its success.
Issi has held senior leadership roles within globally recognised organisations including CBRE, IWG and Experian, operating in complex and highly competitive markets. Her background spans both permanent executive leadership and interim CRO-level roles, where she has been trusted to reset strategy, sharpen go-to-market execution and deliver measurable revenue impact.
"Atlas Cleaning has huge potential,” she says. “My role is to bring more structure and pace to how we approach growth, while staying true to the culture and purpose that set us apart. Sustainable growth should strengthen performance and create opportunity for our people. That is what we are building."
Explaining that the company has grown by combining operational discipline with a strong, people-led culture,” Ed Bolton adds: “As we look to the next phase of our journey, it is vital that our commercial capability evolves in line with that ambition. Issi brings clarity, energy and commercial rigour. She will help us win the right work, strengthen long-term partnerships and ensure our growth continues to reflect our purpose of creating happiness for colleagues and clients alike.”
Atlas Group is a UK-based facilities management business delivering cleaning, security and technical services across a range of public and private sector clients. In nine years, it has grown from £35 million to £380 million in turnover and now employs more than 15,000 colleagues nationwide.
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