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Andy O’Brien

Senior Project Manager

FACT

The word “POSH” Means “Port Out Starboard Home” – was written POSH on the tickets for people who could afford to choose not to have the sun shining on their rooms as they travelled via boat.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

“Enjoy what you do whatever you do whenever you do it. Don’t take things to seriously”.

Ashley Cooper

Managing Director

FACT

Love spending time with the family. I want those that work with me to enjoy their job and be inspired to achieve whilst making it fun. The average child laughs 300 times a day, adults only 15! Laugh more and live better!

FAVOURITE QUOTE

"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference."

Ashley Welch

Ashley Welch

Internal Account Manager

FACT

The Rubiks cube was invented in 1974 by a Hungarian professor of architecture. 450 million cubes have been sold and the current standard Rubiks Cube (3x3x3) world record is under 4 seconds, with speedcubers averaging under 8 seconds.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

'You're gonna need a bigger boat.' Chief Brody (actor Roy Scheider) Movie: Jaws 1975

Cassia Goodenough

Pre-Contracts Support

FACT

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”

Cassia Rodger

Pre-Contracts Support

FACT

While they are hibernating, bears do not urinate. Their bodies convert waste into protein.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

Time flies whether you are having fun or not, the choice is yours.

Catalin Serescu

Contracts Manager - Major Projects

FACT

A day without smiling, it's a lost day.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

"Give neither salt nor counsel till you are asked for it".

Chantele Kennedy

Senior Project Coordinator

FACT

Love karaoke! Favourite artist to sing is Justin Bieber!

FAVOURITE QUOTE

"A goal should scare you a little and excite you a lot!"

Charles Shimwell

New Business Development

FACT

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

If you want something done right, do it yourself.

Charlie Roberts

Site Manager

FACT

About 75% of your brain is made of water! Your heart beats about 115,000 times a day.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

"The only limit to the height of your achievement is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them."

Christina Norris

Project Coordinator

FACT

Sea Otters have pockets under their arms which they use to store food and their favourite snacks.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

"What's normal, anyways?" - Forrest Gump

Craig Gilroy

Project Manager

FACT

Only a quarter of the Sahara desert is sand & the worlds largest desert is Antarctica.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

"It is what it is".

Dale James

Pre-Contracts Manager

FACT

There is a fruit that tastes like chocolate pudding, do you know what it is?

FAVOURITE QUOTE

If you can't control it, don't worry about it.'

Daryl Boyt

Finance Manager

FACT

Have a wide range of interests including reading & research, music, sport (watching!), walking and enjoying family time. You can’t manage what you can’t measure.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

"Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence."

Deon Kirkoff

Aftersales Manager

FACT

Successful people do what unsuccessful people don't do and that is take a chance to become successful.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

Positive people achieve more in all things they do.

Dorota Malinowska

Accounts Support

FACT

A Coin can Last Around 30 Years, after which they become too worn to use and they are taken out of circulation and melted down to use for other purposes.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

“Money does not decide who is who” Polish Poet, Czeslaw Milosz

Gemma Huttlestone

Project Coordinator

FACT

Elephants sing to each other but their songs are in a frequency too low for humans to hear.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

Gerry Armitt

Project Manager

FACT

Live life to the full. Love travelling and any type of sport, Avid Liverpool FC fan.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

“The Man Who Has Confidence In Himself Gains The Confidence Of Others.”

Jana Pustejovska

Accounts Administrator

FACT

It may be surprising to hear, but fish can cough – love underwater photography.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

“Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things“. – Robert Bault

Joshua Wood

Project Manager

FACT

I'm a massive sports fan who loves playing football. MUFC are my favourite team.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

Kerrie Dee

Group HR and Office Manager

FACT

Dreams of owning a pig farm if/when I retire!

FAVOURITE QUOTE

"Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?" - Nelson Mandela

Kirsten Porter

Design Coordinator

FACT

I’m quite an active person and I’ll try any activity at least once, I played rugby back in Canada, and have run 14 half marathons with my least favourite being in -40 degrees Celsius.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

“Confidence comes with the repeated success of any endeavour” - Debbie Millman

Laurie Michel

Pre-Contracts Director

FACT

PG Tips, heated cup, water first then milk and 1 sugar. Feel free to leave the bag in for ages!

FAVOURITE QUOTE

"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." - Winston Churchill

Mark Johnstone

Sales Director

FACT

A cloud weighs around a million tonnes. A cloud typically has a volume of around 1km3 and a density of around 1.003kg per m3 – that's a density that’s around 0.4 per cent lower than the air surrounding it (this is how they are able to float).

FAVOURITE QUOTE

"There are two great days in a person’s life- the day we are born and the day we discover why."

Mark Lead

Business Development

FACT

High Heels were originally worn by Men in Europe in the 10th Century.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

Don’t be disappointed if people refuse to help you. Remember the words of Einstein “I am thankful to all those who said NO, because of them, I did it myself.”

Mark Owen

New Business Manager

FACT

The eye of an ostrich is bigger than its brain. Its eyes are around the size of a billiard ball. One eye is also smaller than the other. Perhaps this is why they tend to run in circles.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

"Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place."

Paul Mckenna

Group Finance Director

FACT

Arsenal, Stevenage and Bury – a supporter of all the reds! Story teller... Golf Daddy caddy.... Meat free liker, poem writer.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

"There is no place like home" - Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz (best film ever made bar none)!

Peter Stiefel

Estimating Manager

FACT

Massive sports fan both playing and watching with friends, enjoy exercise and pushing myself to the absolute physical limit for some reason.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

“Your Attitude, Not Your Aptitude, Will Determine Your Altitude.”

Regan Tilbrook

Internal Account Manager

FACT

Venus is the only planet in our solar system that rotates clockwise.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

“Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning.”

Rio Tourlamain

Project Manager

FACT

The flapping of the wings of 1000 Bees, generates seven watts of heat.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas Edison

Roger Munn

Commercial Manager

FACT

I love going out walking with the family and helping others.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go."

Rolf Hayes

Technical Manager

FACT

Diving and travelling, I get itchy feet all to easily and just love that underwater world.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

"If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.‎ Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Ask for it, and go get it."

Ronny Reeves

Pre-Contracts Manager

FACT

I’m an avid cook, particularly BBQing! A lover of the outdoors (Blue sky, sun and sea) and globe-trotting with my Wife and two little lads – always plenty of happiness, fun and laughter wherever we go!

FAVOURITE QUOTE

"Ambition is the path to success, Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in."

Rosina Dummer

Pre-Contracts Support

FACT

A few contemporary names such as Jessica, Olivia, and Miranda are credited as to having been created by William Shakespeare.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

“No matter what your history has been, your destiny is what you create today”

Sophie Fothergill

Project Coordinator

FACT

Penguins propose to each other with pebbles.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough"

Thomas Bevil

Estimator

FACT

Cats have fewer toes on their back paws.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

“The more water, the higher the boat

Tom Cooper

Operations Manager

FACT

Eating makes you happy, so stay happy.

FAVOURITE QUOTE

"Success is no accident."

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