Arnie Campbell

Arnold is an accomplished International Project Support Services Manager, with over 30 years’ experience gained operating in frontier markets, having supported major construction builds, life support, logistics and security contracts in various locations across Africa and The Middle East.

Arnies’ recent work portfolio prior to joining Field Support Services Group in 2023, includes various higher management roles in the field of project support services for private companies operating in higher risk environments.

FSS has a long history of supporting US State Department Contractors and Arnie having passed the vetting process is currently providing facilities service expertise to a remote project site in northern Niger, West Africa, providing strategic direction and management to a US State Department life support services contract which includes ensuring the highest standards of serviced accommodation are met, which includes catering, housekeeping & laundry, property maintenance, logistics and the provision of local support staff to a restricted US Drone programme, where he has responsibilities to provide for 171 staff from various entities.

Arnie had been running the Zohak Groups famous Zohak Hotel from 2019 one of the busiest and highest rated hotels (4.5/5* Tripadvisor.com) in Kabul Afghanistan, which until the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 was supporting 11 companies with over 450 various contractors to the US State Department (including FSS.) He was responsible for higher-level management of daily operations within the fortified hotel which included the provision and management of catering, laundry, housekeeping, commissary, coffee shop, gardens, pool, gym facilities, parking, logistics and security.

Arnold excelled at bringing new Clients to the Zohak and in 2021 was promoted to Business Development Director for the Zohak Holding Group, Kabul, undertaking business development trips to the United States and Dubai, prior to the sudden US drawdown.

In 2018/19 Arnold was involved in the planning and implementation of a $½ Billion infastructure improvements construction contract in the ‘Holy City of Najaf’ Iraq bu.  Working with a Dubai and Oklahoma based construction company with decades of US Government construction contracts, Arnold headed up the presentation team that secured the initial multi-million-dollar contract, and worked with HR and Procurements and Contracts departments through the planning and hiring of key contractors and personnel onto the team setting up on the ground.

Arnold has undergone a diverse range of vocational and higher education training and qualifications, holding a UK Higher National Diploma in Logistics obtained at Cumbernauld Technical College and is a certified Food Production Manager, holding the American National Foods Institute (ANSI) Food Protection Manager and Conference for Food Protection (CFP) certification, mandatory for anyone

running food supply chain and catering services on US government contracts.

Arnold is also British Security Industry Authority (SIA) Licensed Close Protection Operative and Hostile Environment CPO, and a certified EMT-B and Tactical Medic. Useful qualifications to hold in higher-risk environments reflective of his earlier years providing security services.

Within FSS Arnie holds the responsibility for supporting camp facilities management bids, and upon any successful contract award establishing the operation with other FSS senior management team personnel.