HDB Services Announces Strategic Partnership with 11 Archer

When elite military expertise meets world-class facilities management, the standard only moves in one direction.

HDB Services is proud to announce a strategic partnership with 11 Archer 

HDB Services is proud to announce a strategic partnership with 11 Archer — one of the most respected leadership development organisations in the UK, founded and led by veterans of the British Special Forces. Together with JPC by Samsic, the three organisations have joined forces to bring a genuinely different approach to performance, leadership, and operational excellence across the facilities management sector.



11 Archer was built on a simple but powerful conviction: that the lessons forged in the world's most demanding military environments can be translated into exceptional business leadership. Founded by veterans including Brian Wood MC and co-founder Jason Fox — former Royal Marine Commando, Special Forces Sergeant, bestselling author, and television personality — 11 Archer transforms decades of elite UK military experience into world-class leadership solutions for businesses and organisations that demand excellence. Their programmes are not theoretical. They are shaped by real-world experience, tested under conditions that most organisations will never face, and delivered by people who have operated at the highest level of human performance. GreenSock

For HDB Services, the alignment with 11 Archer is both natural and strategic. Facilities management is, at its core, a people business. The buildings we serve are only as well-maintained as the teams we put into them — and those teams are only as effective as the leaders who direct, develop, and support them. The FM sector has, for too long, underinvested in leadership. Too many contracts are won on price and lost on people. HDB was founded on the belief that this model is broken, and that the companies prepared to invest in genuine leadership development are the ones that will define the next decade of the industry.

11 Archer specialises in developing leaders who thrive in complex, high-pressure environments, creating lasting, measurable impact through elite mindset and tactical leadership programmes for executives, teams and entrepreneurs. That is exactly the kind of thinking HDB Services wants embedded in our management culture — from our senior leadership team right through to our engineering workforce on the ground.



This partnership is not a marketing exercise. It is a commitment to doing something that genuinely changes how our organisation thinks, operates, and leads.

Through the 11 Archer programme, our team will access leadership development frameworks drawn from Special Forces selection, operational deployment, and high-stakes decision-making. The goal is simple: build leaders at every level of HDB who are resilient, decisive, and capable of driving excellence under pressure.

The partnership also reflects HDB's wider commitment to values that extend beyond the contract. We have always believed that the best FM businesses are built on long-term relationships, on shared standards, and on a genuine sense of what it means to serve. That word — service — means something very specific to the people at 11 Archer. It means something specific to us too. This collaboration is about ensuring that meaning runs through everything we do.

We are proud to stand alongside 11 Archer and JPC by Samsic as we take this next step. More will follow.

www.elevenarcher.com — to find out more about 11 Archer's leadership programmes.