Sean McGinley

A highly experienced and versatile senior leader and chartered engineer with experience in the UK and overseas, working across operational, customer service and technical sectors with highly developed programme management, communication and change management skills.• Communication – convincing and clear communicator to both internal and external audiences.• Programme management – strong record in the delivery of projects and programmes of work. • Change management – launched the introduction of volunteers whose resource now exceed staff.• Creative – creation of canal festivals, open days and an internal plant hire facility.• Management of an annual budget of £5m, to maintain 400km of navigations and towpaths.• Leadership of a team of 50 professional and operational staff and numerous volunteers• Preparation of an annual business plan with costed plans for core works and new projects.• Regular decision making to manage the risk of infrastructure ownership with a finite budget.• Communicating with visitors to ensure they are appraised of issues and consulted on changes.• Maximising network availability through careful planning of works and delivering them to plan.• Developing & enhancing relationships with funding bodies and partner organisations.• Working with funding bodies to source income to deliver capital works • Development of a strategic plan to deliver initiatives and programmes of work for the waterways.• Conferring with specialists to ensure objectives are met whilst protecting natural / built heritage.• Recruitment, performance management and development of professional and operational staff.• Implementation of marketing strategies to improve brand awareness & increase visitor numbers.• Chairing public user forums to listen to customers, share information and resolve conflicts.• Media interviews for newspapers, television and radio to promote and to protect the Trust.