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O&M VESSELS 20 QUESTIONS WHO ARE YOU?
Graham Hacon, Chief Executive Officer of 3sun Group
WHAT BROUGHT YOU INTO THE INDUSTRY/YOUR POSITION? My father was running an offshore employment agency, and I was an instrument technician in the army at the time considering coming out. He told me what great opportunities there were.
FAMILY STATUS? Married with three sons (hence the name 3sun Group). Wife, Leonie, and eldest son Andrew work in the business and the middle son Kyle is currently completing a pre-apprenticeship with Great Yarmouth College in conjunction with 3sun Group. Dylan, the youngest son, wants to be a professional footballer.
WHO IS YOUR HERO AND WHY? Jack Welch, former Chairman and CEO of General Electric, because of his approach to business.
WHAT IS THE BEST ADVICE YOU HAVE EVER BEEN GIVEN? Recruit people for places, don’t create places for people.
WHAT SPORT DO YOU PARTICIPATE IN/WATCH THE MOST?
Football, we have a corporate box at Carrow Road (Norwich City).
WHAT IS THE MOST BIZARRE QUESTION YOU HAVE EVER BEEN ASKED …. APART FROM THIS ONE!? “Are you busy?”
IF MONEY WAS NOT A FACTOR WHAT WOULD YOU BUY TOMORROW? My own offshore windfarm!
WHAT 3 WORDS WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOU? Friendly, perceptive and intuitive.
WHAT TALENT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE? To be able to speak foreign languages.
WHAT LAW/LEGISLATION WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE INTRODUCED? Legally binding climate change regulation.
WHAT PROMINENT PERSON WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET? Leonardo Da Vinci – the founder of modern engineering.
WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE 10 YEARS FROM NOW? Chairman of the 3sun Group board, working in a widespread, mature renewables industry.
WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER YOUR GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT IN YOUR CAREER?
Some of the deals we’ve achieved such as securing £10m investment from the Business Growth Fund.
WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER YOUR GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT OUTSIDE OF WORK? My family.
HAVE YOU GOT ANY EXCITING PLANS FOR THE COMING YEAR? Looking to expand further overseas.
WHAT EXCITES YOU ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OFFSHORE WIND INDUSTRY? Being in it from the start, seeing it mature and having an active role in cost reduction within the industry.
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DO YOU HAVE ANY FAVOURITE QUESTIONS WHEN HIRING? What value can you bring to our company?
WHAT ONE THING WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE BEEN TOLD WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED 3SUN? Whenever we’ve moved premises we’ve run out of space within 2 years, so whatever expectations we had we should have doubled them.
3SUN HAVE WON SOME MAJOR CONTRACTS RECENTLY, HOW DO YOU PREPARE A COMPANY FOR CONSISTENT GROWTH? In the words of Richard Branson “Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to”.
3sun Group
MORE INFO
www.windenergynetwork.co.uk
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