ABOUT OUR FAMILY BUSINESS
Through our organic growth over the previous 33 years we have retained our close family spirit and culture, bringing a warm and friendly approach to our contracts and projects.
I am passionate about keeping the mentality and ethos of our company in line with the beliefs and values of the O’Hanlon family. As chairwoman I take an active role in steering the long term future and direction of East West Connect as we continue our track record of client satisfaction and successfully completed projects, whilst further growing our company through sensible and natural expansion.
Kathleen O’Hanlon, Chairwoman
Over 160 directly employed staff
We encourage and support employee training, further qualification, and internal development.
A friendly, non contractual approach
We work hand in hand with our clients to manage their contracts in a manner that best suits them.
Engineering and maintenance experts
We hold accreditations across all building services, allowing us to fully complete works in-house.



building a legacy of high quality, sustainable services
Our experienced staff take pride and ownership in their works, creating lasting relationships with our clients and fellow contractors
Our engineering and maintenance departments work closely with our clients to find further value and efficiency in the systems that we work upon. As services upgrade specialists, we are able to use our deep knowledge of historic and modern building services to reduce energy use and increase the lifecycle of plant and systems.
We favour repeat business, and we have long term relationships with numerous clients including the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Household, and Sussex University.
Through strategic partnerships we are able to plan and undertake complex works with a lasting benefit, incorporating and co-ordinating the needs of all parties on a contract to ensure that our installations meet the long-term needs of the end user.
Our History
1988
Founded
- We were founded as East West Electric, a specialist electrical sub-contractor by the late John O’Hanlon
1992
First Office
- Having grown over 4 years of trading, we moved to our first office at 711 North Circular Road, London
2007
Maintenance Works
- We won our first major maintenance contract with Catalyst Housing Group, at the time Kensington Housing Trust, to provide planned maintenance services throughout their portfolio
2012
East West Connect
- Having grown our mechanical services expertise as well as our in-house maintenance department, the decision was made to rename the company to East West Connect Ltd
2016
New Leadership
- Marcus Allen was appointed managing director and has continued to build upon the long term relationships within our business, whilst also bringing in new and highly prestigious works
2020
Further Growth
- We have continued to take on larger and more intricate projects across all disciplines. Our maintenance capability has also grown, following the establishment of our joint venture to serve Catalyst Housing, Chas West










Our Senior Staff
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Our Chairwoman
About Kathleen
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Our Managing Director
About Marcus
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Our MEP Director
About Ross
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Our Maintenance Director
About Kevin
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Our Finance Director
About Niraj
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Our Sales Director
About John
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Our Project Director
About Mark
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Our Commercial Director
About Chris
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Our Founder
John O’Hanlon
East West Connect.
The late John O’Hanlon formed East West Connect in 1988 and was the driving force for the growth and development of the company from its early days as a specialist electrical sub-contractor and building the long term relationships with clients that still stand today.
John served his apprenticeship as an electrician with the Irish Navy before moving to London to form the company. John’s reputation within the industry grew and both his professional and personal contacts came to admire and respect his flexible and caring approach to both clients and colleagues.
Our Community
A pro-active role in our local community
We were honoured to be a part of the DIY:SOS Grenfell Boxing Club build project, and we currently proudly sponsor both the Harwell & Hendred U8s football team and the Docklands JFC U10s, as well as local London cricket team Shaheen Utd.
Nurturing and helping our staff grow
We have a continuous apprenticeship scheme across all sectors of our business to help bring through the next generation of local, hard working talent.
This is strengthened by our ties with Langley College, from whom we employ a school leaver as an apprentice on an annual basis; and with the University of Greenwich, from where we employ graduates as trainee engineers.
Getting involved
We have encouraged our staff to enter numerous marathons, sponsored walks, and other fundraising events across the UK. Where possible we provide our time and knowledge to local charitable groups, to help assist and transform the way that they can support their local communities.










