WHO WE ARE
Bayton is an outcome-driven, relationship-focused organisation that achieves operational excellence by fostering a customer-centric culture. We invest time to understand each of our customers' values and goals, and then work collaboratively to not only meet those goals but exceed them.
The Bayton logo represents the alignment of values between our customers and us.
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Bayton's core values are Excellence, Teamwork, Transparency, Continuous Improvement and Fun. With these values at our core, we celebrate inclusion and diversity within our team and value the contribution all our staff make to ensuring operational excellence. We believe in growing our talent from within, and proudly, many of our leaders started their career on the front-line cleaning.
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Bayton is an Australian family-owned and operated business founded by John Baylis in 1965. From these humble beginnings over 58 years ago, Bayton has evolved into one of Australia's leading cleaning service provider with a focus on high-risk and critical cleaning across Aged Care, Hotel & Accommodation, Commercial, Retail, Industrial, Health, and High-Care Food Manufacturing.
Bayton is committed to providing safe, sustainable and consistent service outcomes. We are also committed to attracting, retaining, and growing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are proud to be an equal opportunity (EEO) employer. Our core values are excellence, transparency, teamwork, continuous improvement, and fun.
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This commitment was at the very centre of the development of Bayton’s Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety Management System (QEHS).
We recognize the responsible role we must play in protecting our environment, and ensure that our cleaning service procedures are designed to have the least possible impact on the environment. With that, we have an ‘Environmental Code of Conduct’ which is a set of performance standards that ensure our environmental policy is enforced.​
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Bayton is committed to achieving the highest standards of environmental management in its activities by complying with, and where possible, exceeding industry standards.​
The Bayton Group has a genuine commitment to the health and safety of its staff, clients and visitors and has put into place policies and procedures that honour our obligation to the relevant Occupational Health and Safety Acts and Regulations throughout Australia.​
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Incorporated in our QEHS Management System is:​
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Safe Work Method Statements​
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Occupational Health & Safety & Injury Management Policy​
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OH&S Consultation Statement​
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Management Commitment to OH&S​
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Approved Chemicals Register​
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Serviceable Equipment Register​
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OH&S Responsibilities​
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Rehabilitation Policy​
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Return to Work Policy​
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Risk Management Programme​
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Industrial Relations Policy​
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Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)​
To ensure our quality objectives are achieved and maintained we have adopted the following strategies:​
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Total and complete conformance with the 9001: 2015​
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Monitoring of customer feedback to provide a measure of effectiveness of our quality policy.​
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An ongoing evaluation of systems and continuous refinement to achieve a consistently high quality of service that will satisfy your changing requirements.​
We believe it is our responsibility and obligation to be a leader in environmental sustainability. We proactively and continuously take steps to protect the environment in conjunction with delivering on our client’s environmental goals and objectives. ​
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In 2022, Bayton was awarded the ECOVADIS Media for its achievements in sustainability, scoring an unprecedented 100% across 11 categories. Bayton is currently participating in a pilot program to calculate, benchmark and report on our GHG emissions with Emitwise.
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Bayton adopts the following principles and practices to ensure we operate a sustainable business with a reduced impact on the environment:​
Bayton have always been a strong advocate on giving back to the community and environment.
We focus on delivering real and measurable social outcomes; and lead by example across all areas of our business which is underpinned by the following principles:
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Equality and Inclusion
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Celebrating diversity
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Community engagement
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Fostering a safe and
supportive work culture
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Investment in important
social causes
Bayton has an unwavering commitment to equal opportunity and reconciliation strategies. Through our education and training programs, our business and people reflect upon ways we can improve Indigenous engagement, foster sustainable employment and support Indigenous communities. Bayton actively monitors and measures our Indigenous Participation Program to ensure continuous improvement.
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Increasing our focus on understanding the nations shared history by truth telling through cultural and historical awareness. And building strong, sustainable and respectful relationships with Indigenous communities and organisations is crucial to ‘closing the gap’ of the impacts of the marginalisation of Indigenous peoples. Bayton is committed to maintaining and continually improving our systems and processes to avoid involuntary involvement in human rights violations pertaining to our operations, supply chain, or services.
Con Katsinas
Chief Executive Officer
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Prior the appointment as Group CEO, Con was formally the CEO of IHS, which saw him looking after the hotel and accommodation division of the business. Con has 15 years experience as CEO and is team orientated leader who inspires a culture of continuous improvement and performance. ​
James Comerford
National Sales manager
James heads Business Development and strategic partnerships, including overseeing the national tender submissions process and maintaining long-term relationships with Client stakeholders. James also heads the Home Care Division of Bayton.
Luke Baylis
Associate Director
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​Luke is responsible for supporting the CEO and leadership team to achieve the business strategy. Luke brings extensive experience in technology, digital transformation and leadership. Luke founded and was CEO of one of Australia’s iconic QSR brands.
Sam Allan
Financial Controller
With over 25 years’ experience in management and leadership roles, including his current role as the CFO of Bayton Group and previous experience as a Senior Auditor at Deloitte and KPMG. Sam has led, implemented, and integrated a large number of core finance projects and business initiatives.
Kim Rahi
Head of Innovation and Culture
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Kim is responsible for developing and implementing the overarching Bayton Culture and Innovation strategy, including quality, environment, health, and safety. Kim is responsible for streamlining and enhancing business processes with technology innovations. Kim is also the lead on the Reconciliation Action Plan.
Garitta Saliba
Head of Health Support
Garitta has been with Bayton for 22 years. As part of the executive leadership team, Garitta is responsible for overseeing Bayton’s aged care and health support divisions, including quality, compliance, risk outbreaks, health, and safety. Garitta is an expert in preparing clients and their facilities for health and QEHS accreditations.
Michal Drag
General Manager Operations NSW & ACT
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Michal is responsible for operational excellence and drives many continuous improvement projects, including implementing and monitoring systems and processes along with the Head of Health Support, Client Services Manager and the Account Management team.
Renato Simone
General Manager Operations
VIC, TAS, WA & SA
Renato is an experienced senior manager across operations, logistics, service delivery, and client services. He is focused on building strong client relationships and has experience in managing large and diverse workforces. Renato is skilled in successfully managing complex business relationships.
International Hotel Services
COMPANY PROFILE
International Hotel Services (IHS) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bayton Group, and is responsible for facilitating housekeeping and related services to the Accommodation Industry.
IHS began in 1998 (25 years) after a need arose in the market for quality service providers within the hotel industry. Since that time, we have grown to a team of over 500 staff members servicing in excess of 30 individual clients throughout NSW, VIC & QLD.
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