Our People

With some of the most experienced leadership in the industry, we pride ourselves on the relationships we have built with our clients providing a reliable, quality service

Meet The Team

Jason Petsch

Jason Petsch

Chief Executive Officer
Richard Smeaton

Richard Smeaton

Chief Financial Officer
Brendon Petsch

Brendon Petsch

Chief Technology Officer
Brendan Aherne

Brendan Aherne

Chief Operations Officer
Steve Webb

Steve Webb

Chief Commercial Officer
Bretton Deere

Bretton Deere

Operations Director
David Crutchley

David Crutchley

Operations Director
Adrian Musteata

Adrian Musteata

Finance Director
Andrew Wills

Andrew Wills

Account Director
Victoria Whiting

Victoria Whiting

Account Director
Mark Hogan

Mark Hogan

Account Director
Stuart Glaysher

Stuart Glaysher

IT Director
Carla Bodill

Carla Bodill

SHEQ Manager
Colleena Vozniak-Sears

Colleena Vozniak-Sears

HR Director

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Jason Petsch

Jason Petch

Chief Executive Officer

Jason founded the company in 2004 as a specialist winter services company, (GRITIT), winning many awards including Service Provider of the Year in the British Institute of Facilities Management Awards and several rankings in the Sunday Times Fast Track List. Following the group’s rebrand to OUTCO in 2021, Jason continues to lead the company as Chief Executive Officer.

Jason Petsch started out as a Lieutenant in the South African Parachute Regiment before joining the family wholesale agriculture supplies business. He moved to UK in 1999, working for several companies in marketing and publishing.

Richard Smeaton

Richard Smeaton

Chief Financial Officer

Richard joined OUTCO in January 2023.  Richard is a Chartered Accountant and brings a wealth of experience to OUTCO as the Group enters its next phase of controlled growth.

After qualifying in practice in 1999 Richard spent 10 years in Senior Financial roles in Portakabin Group covering the sales, hire and manufacturing operations of this market leading business.  He then spent 5 years in a private equity backed oil and gas engineering business helping lead the business through a significant group restructure, debt raise and period of international growth which culminated in a successful sale transaction.  Richard then joined Swift, the UKs largest leisure vehicle manufacturer, and led a secondary MBO in 2018 prior to an exit transaction in 2020.  In the last 2 years Richard has led the successful turnaround, refinance and restructure of a private equity backed office furniture manufacturing and re-selling business prior to joining OUTCO.

Brendon Petsch

Brendon Petsch

Chief Technology Officer

Brendon has been with OUTCO for 16 years and is the driving force behind the smart technology enabled platform that underpins the business.

Brendon has comprehensive and enterprise-wide experience across multiple technology platforms, overseeing the development and delivery of the technology roadmap and key IT operations.

Brendon’s experience prior to OUTCO was in the manufacturing sector, where he spent 13 years in the technical print and packaging industry implementing operational strategies to deliver efficiencies and growth.

Brendan Aherne

Brendan Aherne

Chief Operations Officer

Brendan started his winter facilities management journey in 2008, where he developed a passion for making sites safe and delivering the high-quality professional service that clients rightly expect, even in the most challenging conditions.

He became regional manager of Scotland in 2009 and oversaw significant growth, whilst successfully managing the operational teams through the worst winter in nearly 100 years. Promoted to regional director in 2014, he continued the region’s expansion, managing an acquisition and building a nascent grounds maintenance business.  In March 2021 Brendan was appointed managing director of winter services for the group, and together with his team, they are the most experienced winter compliance management team in the UK.