Profile

After leaving school I studied A-Levels then went to university to study Mechanical Engineering before starting out my working life as an Engineer.  My first job was with Liebherr, an Austrian company who build cranes for everything from construction to off-shore.  The plant I worked at build cranes for ships and oil platforms.  After Liebherr, I got my next job with a company called domnick hunter, who are now owned by Parker.  The type of products are much different to my first job, but the skills I learned were transferrable and I have built upon them since.

Outside of work I am involved in the management of my sailing club, which helps to build my skill set.  I also go running to keep fit and I compete in road races up to marathon distance.  This year I am going to try paddle boarding as well.

I work for Parker Hannifin Manufacturing Ltd within the Bioscience and Filtration division, based in the north east of England.  We are part of the Parker Corporation which is a global company with head quarters in California, USA.  Parker is the world’s leading provider of motion control systems.

In our division we specialize in providing filtration solutions for life sciences, for Pharma, food & beverage.  Pretty much everything you eat and drink, or medicines you take has undergone some filtration during the manufacturing process and we provide the products and solutions for that to happen.  My work involved specifying filtration vessel products and ensuring that our customers get their orders on time