Our CEO, George Farlekas, spoke at FM Day 2026 about the invisible value of Facility Management

Manifest CEO George Farlekas took part in FM Day 2026, the sector's leading gathering, joining a panel dedicated to the "invisible value" of Facility Management. As he noted, when the air conditioning works no one remembers the facility manager. But the moment it stops, everyone comes looking for him. That is precisely where the essence of the profession lies: in everything that runs smoothly without being noticed, until the moment something goes wrong.

Through concrete examples, George Farlekas showed how FM creates value that rarely gets recorded: from saving thousands of euros in energy through simple practices, to proper lighting which, according to Harvard research, increases employees' cognitive performance by 60%. He also underlined FM's critical role in compliance and safety (fire safety, evacuation plans, F-Gases, electrical installation declarations), as well as in talent retention, since for Generation Z a clean, well-maintained workplace has become a key criterion in choosing an employer.

His core message was clear: Facility Management is not a cost to be minimized, but a value to be leveraged. As he stressed, for every euro you save on prevention, you pay it back five to ten times over in reaction. That is why he urged organizations to stop asking "how much does FM cost" and start asking "what value does it deliver."