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The New Business Structure
William Stobart
, Group COO and Head of Stobart Transport and Distribution
Eddie Stobart’s son, William, started his career with the transport company as a teenager,
carrying out a broad spectrum of roles including HGV Driver, Planner and Distribution
Manager.
This comprehensive early experience at the heart of the UK transport and logistics
sector provided William with an in-depth knowledge and understanding of every level
in the business.
As COO William focuses his extensive experience and leadership skills on the core
operations of the Group with a particular responsibility for the Transport and Distribution
division.
Richard Butcher
, Group Deputy CEO and Head of Stobart Estates
Richard joined Eddie Stobart in 1997 after 14 years with HSBC Corporate Finance and
has been closely involved in a wide range of Stobart business activities.
Richard has played a key role in the development and leveraging of the company’s
property assets, such as the Group’s extensive land and commercial interests in the North
West, with particular emphasis on the Widnes and Runcorn sites.
He has also concentrated on other property purchases and disposals across the Group,
as well as continuing the Stobart tradition of building close and lasting relationships
with customers.
Andy Bathgate
, Divisional Co-Head
With 20 years’ experience in the sector,
Andy, has completed projects ranging from
power stations to major water and sewage
works, as well as several Stobart Rail
infrastructure projects. Most recently he has
overseen the development of Group assets,
such as Stobart Park in Widnes and the
new 500,000 square foot Tesco Chilled DC
at the site.
Kirk Taylor
, Divisional Co-Head
Kirk Taylor has over 20 years’ experience in
construction/civils, including the last ten in
rail works with WA Developments and
Stobart Group. As Stobart Rail MD, his
knowledge and experience have helped
establish its exceptional reputation for
delivering projects on time and on budget -
often to very tight deadlines. Most recently
he has steered the construction of the new
rail station at London Southend Airport.
Alastair Welch
, Head of Stobart Air
Alastair Welch has two decades’ experience in the airport industry, starting his career in
the sector at Heathrow during the 1980s. He has held senior operational, engineering,
finance, strategy and large capital project roles at several airports.
Leading the Stobart Air business since the Group acquired London Southend in
2008, Alastair is now responsible for the operation and development of both LSA
and Carlisle Lake District Airport. Under his guidance the major projects at LSA,
including the new terminal, hotel station, control tower and runway extension will all
be completed by the end of 2011; in readiness for the large passenger influx to the
Olympic Games in 2012.
Allan Jenkinson
, Head of Stobart Biomass
Founder of AW Jenkinson Forest Products, Allan started in business in the mid-1960s by
collecting the unwanted sawdust from mills around Penrith in Cumbria and selling it on to
local farms to meet great demand for the timber by-product as bedding in cattle sheds.
A pioneering environmentalist, Allan’s business expanded across the North West and
into Scotland, with the growth of new emerging uses for timber by-products such as
bark for garden mulch and peat-free compost preparations. Today, demand for such
products worldwide is enormous, with timber by-products used on an industrial scale
for board manufacture and fuelling new carbon neutral power stations.