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
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.
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."