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ASSOCIATIONS AND THE BIGGER PICTURE Kevin’s responsibilities are with the company and he does have to give it everything to ensure it is successful. Given time however he would like to be more involved with charities & professional associations such as EEEGR, which has been very successful in getting people and businesses together in the best interests of the industry as a whole.
Kevin added “From a personal level we’ve moved house 17 times in 25 years! – not the most stable situation, but exciting and enjoyable. I have a wife and 2 children aged 10 and 14. My wife is a very successful artist who has her own gallery. My son is already a successful actor and my daughter a keen horse rider; with schoolwork and hobbies too, life is full.”
“For 18 months I travelled all over the world and was then posted permanently to Norway reaching the tender age of 22. I stayed there for 4 years, holding a few related positions and learned the language and importantly got loads of experience. I was then moved back to the UK to a company which my employer, NOWSCO (a Canadian company) bought and I was the liaison person for the integration process. Another 4 years in the UK learning a new industry and then set up businesses for them in Asia and specifically Thailand.
“I was then offered a position in BJ Services and moved back to the UK to Aberdeen - quite a culture shock - it snowed on our first day, the 3rd of October!
It was an enjoyable experience overall but I was soon on my way back to Singapore to run another Asian business, then moved to Australia to set up yet another operation, so I was seen very much as a business developer. Australia was my last oversees posting”. Kevin added.
“Back in the UK again I worked for CAC in Gt Yarmouth as Managing Director with the remit of making the business profitable, which I achieved, then took some time off to think about what to do next. Oilennium was then born.
“I used to think that I should probably have a degree to be able to do the jobs I have held, but to me that 4 year apprenticeship was the key to the success, which I have enjoyed throughout my professional career. The e-learning courses which we develop here at Oilennium are very much to do with the hands on training and experience I gained, which is so important in our success”. Kevin stated.
KEVIN’S VIEW ON MANAGEMENT AND SUCCESS “I believe, through experience, that the people in the company are the key to the company’s success and particularly later in my career have realised the benefit of listening to them, encouraging their input and using that as part of the company’s strategy for the future.
“In simple terms go and ask people what is wrong and they will tell you! – as long as you listen to what they tell you and use it for the benefit of the business you can be successful”. Kevin enthused.
Kevin was selected in 2009 by the Eastern Daily Press Future 50 entrepreneurial awards feature and has also been selected again for 2010.
The company also won an EEEGR innovation award in 2009/10.
THEWIND ENERGY INDUSTRY AND HOWYOU SEE IT?
“I feel that the industry could learn a lot from the oil and gas industry. Standards throughout oil and gas are rigorous and they may or may not be good enough but at least they are standards and somewhere to start. We will endeavour to help to set and maintain standards – with our knowledge and expertise we believe we can.
“A company like ours is innovative and can adapt to quickly changing environments; the wind energy industry too is young and is growing fast. We see our business being very successful because of the nature of the industry and the similarities to oil and gas”. Kevin concluded.
Editor’s note Please visit the Oilennium website
www.oilennium.co.uk for example simulation demos on e-learning.
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