L'Équipe de direction

Tim Rodber
Chief Executive Officer (Global)
Tim joined The Instant Group in 2013 to lead the company in its growth as a dynamic, innovative and client centric solutions provider. He brings a wealth of experience in the outsourcing industry, most recently as CEO of the Americas business for global firm Williams Lea, and has been personally responsible for delivering outsourced solutions to many of the key FTSE 100 and S&P 500 companies.
James Booth
Chief Financial Officer (Global)
James brings best in class financial controls to our business and is focused on delivering added value for our clients. He joins The Instant Group from the Choice Care Group, a private equity owned business that successfully recapitalised at the end of 2013. Prior to that James spent the early part of his career at PwC before spending eight years with Phoenix Equity Partners working with a wide range of companies on their strategic, financial and operational effectiveness. Having been a Board Director for various private equity backed businesses James brings exceptional experience to The Instant Group’s Executive Team. Chartered Accountant BSc (Hons), Business Economics and Accountancy (University of Southampton)
Lyndsay Hardwick
Chief Operations Officer (Global)
Lyndsay’s approach to delivering excellence drives optimum value and service delivery for our clients. Leading our global operations, Lyndsay is responsible for driving innovation and expanding our client proposition, ensuring quality and value are optimised in our services and supply chain, whilst also delivering best in class operational practices. An experienced and engaging business leader, Lyndsay brings 17 years’ experience from the Williams Lea Group, a global business process outsourcing company. There she held various key strategic and operational positions, working with numerous blue chip clients and playing an instrumental role in the growth and globalisation of the business.
Will Duncan
General Counsel & Corporate Development Director (Global)
Will joined Instant in 2014 in a legal and corporate development role, focused on helping Instant drive innovation through its client workspace solutions from a commercial and contractual perspective, whilst also developing Instant’s global delivery capability. With over 20 years of experience in corporate and commercial legal matters, Will was previously General Counsel at Williams Lea holding responsibility for all legal, contractual and corporate matters globally over a ten year period. Prior to that, Will worked at international city law firm Bird & Bird, specialising in M&A, private equity, corporate and commercial law.
Lucinda Pullinger
Managing Director (UK)
A highly experienced director and leader, Lucinda provides strategic direction to the board & executive team and encourages a high-performance culture. Joining from the RFU, the governing body for Rugby Union in England, where she was the HR Director. Lucinda started her career with Accenture in their Human Performance Consultancy function. Lucinda then spent over a decade at Shell in various Shell businesses in Global HR and specialist talent roles.
John Williams
Chief Marketing Officer (Global)
Bringing extensive experience in the commercial property market, John joined The Instant Group in 2015 to spearhead our marketing team and support the rapid growth of the business both on and offline. John previously worked for Knight Frank where he held the role of Head of PR and Social Media for three years. Prior to Knight Frank he worked for numerous property clients whilst working for agency MHP Communications, including Land Securities, Brookfield, Bovis, National House Building Council, and L&Q.
Steve Homan
Chief Technology Officer (Global)
Steve Homan, Chief Technology Officer, is responsible for strategy and delivery of Instant’s technology agenda as well as the digital marketplace. This marketplace will serve more than 30,000 businesses every month in more than 175 countries and offers a range of services to clients including membership plans; on demand desks; virtual offices; office booking; managed offices; and strategic consulting and tech services. Core to this marketplace is providing businesses with technology solutions that support hybrid working, empowering employees to make smarter workspace decisions day to day. Homan comes to Instant having delivered market changing solutions at Collinson, The Daily Mail Group, Fitness First and Metapack. A background in engineering, product delivery, machine learning and digital transformation, Homan is part of Instant’s Executive team.
Nestor Eliadis
Chief Operations Officer & Chief Financial Officer (Americas)
An accomplished real estate professional with more than 20 years of experience in corporate real estate and finance; real estate consulting and brokerage; project management and architecture, Eliadis most recently served at Walgreen Co. for nine years in the real estate and finance divisions. During his tenure there, he led real estate for more than 3,500 operating assets; 1,000 idle dispositions; $2 billion in sale-leasebacks; multiple organizational transformations; the acquisition of nearly 2,000 properties; and scaled finance programs totaling more than $4 billion in operating expenses, $1 billion in capital expenses, and $150 million in cost reductions annually. Eliadis leads operations and finance for The Instant Group in the Americas, a fast-growing region for the global firm. He is based in the firm's growing Chicago office.
Michelle Bodick
Managing Director, Sales and Marketing (Americas)
A highly experienced marketing and business development professional, Michelle joined The Instant Group in 2014 to support the growth of our business in the US and develop and maximise new opportunities. Before joining The Instant Group, Michelle spent 8 years with Williams Lea, a global BPO provider, in marketing leadership roles. She most recently held the position of Head of Global Marketing for Williams Lea and Tag Worldwide, which was acquired by Williams Lea in 2012. Prior to Williams Lea, Michelle spent more than 10 years with Gartner Inc, a leading technology, research and consulting provider. Michelle spent 8 years in Global Account Management roles and 2 years leading the Gartner consulting SMB sales channel.
Luis Perez
Vice President of Solutions Development (LATAM)
Luis joined The Instant Group in 2016, with over 12 years’ experience working in the real estate sector. Prior to Instant, Luis worked for Microsoft and JLL, specialising in portfolio strategy. Now based in Miami, Luis oversees the LATAM flex market as Senior Director of Real Estate Solutions Development.
John Duckworth
Executive Director (EMEA)
John is an Executive Director for Instant in EMEA, a business providing companies with flexible office solutions and advice through our Serviced, Managed and Enterprise services. Previously John was at JLL where he held various senior roles in London, Warsaw/CEE, and Paris over an 18 year period. Before joining Instant, John sat on the UK Board with responsibility for the Corporate Services and Project Management + Design & Build businesses.
Gary Allin
Executive Director, Solutions Delivery (UK & EMEA)
Gary join Instant in 2019 as Head of Project Delivery for the UK & EMEA, to lead the execution of the firms’ workspace projects for its growing international client base. Gary joined the business from ISG in Asia where he held the role of Group Managing Director. During his time there, he drove the development and growth of the business from a 35-person team in Malaysia to over 600 employees across Asia and the Middle East. Gary established and maintained a number of long-term strategic accounts with blue chip companies from various sectors including oil and gas, finance and banking, professional services, technology, and retail.
Joe Taylor
Executive Director, Client Solutions (UK & EMEA)
Joe has been at Instant for over 9 years in a number of roles across the business, starting in online broking in 2011 and going on to lead our successful managed office team before being promoted to Head of Business Development in 2019. Joe has been instrumental in significant client solutions over recent years, including Jaguar Land Rover in Budapest, and Microfocus in Paris and Utrecht, whilst continuing to develop accounts such as Highways England.
Lucy Watts
Executive Director, Operator & Landlord Solutions (UK & EMEA)
Lucy is responsible for our Landlord and Operator solutions, with over 14 years’ at The Instant Group and a wealth of industry knowledge and relationships with our partners. She previously headed up the broking division working with both SMEs and large corporates. Lucy currently leads Instant’s flexible workspace data & breakthrough insights service, leveraging Instant’s unique market position and 20 years’ worth of data on the flexible workspace market. This helps landlords, operators, agents and investors gain insight on the sector which drives growth, investment and performance improvement across existing portfolios.
Gavin Foreman
Managing Director, Public Sector (UK & EMEA)
With over 20 years’ experience in the flexible workspace sector, Gavin is passionate about building long-term client relationships by challenging the traditional CRE status quo. He ensures that Instant delivers innovative workspace solutions that put our client’s business strategy at the heart of our process, backed up by clear commercials, world-class delivery, and customer service. Gavin most recently led Instant’s Account Management function in EMEA until early 2021 when he took over responsibility for leading our public sector practice in the UK.
Sean Lynch
Managing Director (Asia-Pacific)
Sean joined The Instant Group in 2015 to lead our expansion in the Asia Pacific region and cater for the increase in client demand for flexible workspace solutions. He brings nearly 20 years’ experience, predominantly in the outsourced services sector in the UK, Europe and Asia Pacific. This includes nearly five years as Operations Director, Asia Pacific for global business process outsourcing firm Williams Lea, where he led delivery and implementation of services for clients across the region. More recently, Sean has held client leadership roles in New Zealand, where he worked for regional technology firms Fronde and Datacom.
Paul Marshall
Regional Director (Asia Pacific)
Paul joined The Instant Group in 2018 and is based in Instant's Kuala Lumpur hub office. As Regional Director, Paul’s role is focused on the operational implementation of Managed projects, leading the delivery and FM teams across Asia Pacific. Prior to Instant, Paul led a Global Fit Out Company for 16 years and has demonstrable experience in property due diligence, best in class HSE implementation, procurement and general management.
Simon Marion
Regional Director (Asia Pacific)
Simon joined The Instant Group in 2020 as a Regional Director, based in Singapore. Simon joined us from Brookfield Global Integrated Solutions where he served as a director in the company’s Southeast Asia division for three and a half years. Prior to this, the graduate of Toulouse Business School had served as an associate director and account manager in Cushman & Wakefield’s Asia Pacific project management team from 2014 to 2016. Between 2010 and 2014, Simon had served as business development manager in Shanghai for SIP Project Management, which is now part of Colliers International.
Kieran Gartshore
Senior Director (Asia Pacific)
Kieran joined The Instant Group in 2014, originally being based in the London office before relocating to Instant’s Sydney hub to grow the AsiaPacific region. As Senior Director, Kieran provides expert advice to clients on the acquisition, management, and procurement of flexible office space across the AsiaPac. He has over 15 years’ experience within the global property market, having worked across Australia, Asia and Europe.
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