Rentokil Initial appointed Mark Gillespie as managing director, Asia and MENAT region. He succeeds Paul Cochrane, who retired at the end of March 2022. Cochrane worked with Rentokil Initial for more than three decades.

Gillespie has over 18 years of work experience at Rentokil Initial. In his previous role at the company he served as managing director, rest of world region. He has built and developed several high performing teams, leading the execution of key regional growth strategies for the business.

Based in Singapore, he will be responsible for sales and business operations, as well as driving the strategic growth across Asia and the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT).