Gary Hosey, the founder of EI Company, a Master Coach, and speaker. He is passionate about people achieving their full potential both personally and professionally and a major part of his work is in the field of emotional intelligence. Gary's speaker profile says that he has been on a "colourful journey from being emotionally dysfunctional to a leading expert in the field of emotional intelligence". Find out more about Gary on LinkedIn and EI Company here ....
Mar 26, 2023•30 min•Ep. 92
Gemma Muckle works as a learning and development professional and coach at The University of Manchester. In this career moment, Gemma discusses how she found the right balance between her professional career and her personal life with a growing family. By taking a bold step, Gemma has been able to flex this balance over time as her work, her personal wellbeing, and the needs of her family have developed.
Oct 25, 2022•16 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Giorgio Locatelli is Full Professor of Complex Projects Business at the Politecnico di Milano – the largest technical university in Italy with 42,000 students. Giorgio describes a time in his life when he had to take a big step outside his comfort zone; flying for the first time outside his native Italy to complete a 6-month work placement in Pittsburgh, USA. This placement set a new course for his life and led to a successful academic career.
Sep 04, 2022•16 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Adrian Bull, Professor of Nuclear Energy and Society at the University of Manchester, discusses a defining career moment when family circumstances meant he had to focus on the core of his job, managing a large team at BNFL, and exclude all the peripheral activities of engaging with other people inside and outside the business. But Adrian discovered that he was motivated more by engaging others than by the core of his job. So, he focused on this and developed a distinguished career in communicati...
Aug 22, 2022•14 min•Season 2Ep. 1
What advice would you give your younger self? It’s a questions Professor Andrew Sherry asks of all guests on the podcast series ‘Are We Nearly There Yet?’ As season one draws to close, we thought we’d put all this advice into a few special episodes. We hope you enjoy listening and we encourage you on your career journey! If you’d like to listen to any of these episodes in full, you can do so on the AWNTY Podbean channel.
Dec 15, 2021•35 min•Ep. 91
What advice would you give your younger self? It’s a questions Professor Andrew Sherry asks of all guests on the podcast series ‘Are We Nearly There Yet?’ As season one draws to close, we thought we’d put all this advice into a few special episodes. We hope you enjoy listening and we encourage you on your career journey! If you’d like to listen to any of these episodes in full, you can do so on the AWNTY Podbean channel. Look out for season three!
Dec 08, 2021•31 min•Ep. 90
What advice would you give your younger self? It’s a questions Professor Andrew Sherry asks of all guests on the podcast series ‘Are We Nearly There Yet?’ As season one draws to close, we thought we’d put all this advice into a few special episodes. We hope you enjoy listening and we encourage you on your career journey! If you’d like to listen to any of these episodes in full, you can do so on the AWNTY Podbean channel. Look out for season two!
Dec 01, 2021•29 min•Ep. 89
Tom Scott is a Professor of Materials at Bristol University and also leads two spin out companies from the university: ImiTec, which specializes in the development and manufacture of novel methods for detecting, characterising and mapping radiation and Arkenlight, the Diamond Battery company which develops and manufactures micro-power sources based on radiovoltaic technology. To lives in Bristol with his wife Nikki and their two children Imogen and Joe. Tom grew up In Dorset and went to the Thom...
Nov 17, 2021•37 min•Ep. 88
Sarah Beacock is the CEO of the Nuclear Institute. She lives in South East London and in her spare time enjoys wildlife in the garden and birdwatching. Sarah grew up in South London and really enjoyed school as a child. She also enjoyed ballet and gymnastics and joined the school hockey team. After school, Sarah went to study Environmental Science at Plymouth Polytechnic. After graduating, Sarah then went travelling around Australia, New Zealand and Papa New Guinea where she worked as a school a...
Nov 10, 2021•34 min•Ep. 87
Jean Llewellyn is a non-executive director for the Office for Nuclear Regulations (ONR) and for the World Institute for Nuclear Security. Jean is active in her free time and likes travelling, mountaineering and cycling and is partial to wining and dining too with her husband. Jean grew up in Stockport with her two older brothers. After sixth from Jean went to study Geography at Nottingham University. The style of studying didn’t suit Jean’s personality and she ended up finishing at the end of th...
Nov 03, 2021•29 min•Ep. 86
Stacy Snook is a Nuclear Security Professional specialising in Insider Threat Mitigation at Sellafield Ltd and an Ambassador to the World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS). Stacy was born and grew up in Johannesburg, where she felt she lived in an international community which she described as good fun. After six years, Stacy and her family then moved back to the UK before then moving to Ethiopia due to her dad’s work. Whilst in Ethiopia, Stacy started an apprenticeship to help fundraise and...
Oct 27, 2021•32 min•Ep. 85
Claire Flint is a Senior Business Leader and a Non-Executive Director for a number of organisations including the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL), Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Claire lives in Oxford and enjoys walking in the countryside and grows vegetables in her garden. Claire’s favourite subject was History whilst she was at school, so after school she went to study History at Queen Mary London University. After she graduated, Claire went to B&Q as part of the Gradu...
Oct 20, 2021•34 min•Ep. 84
Jon Salthouse is currently the Content Director for Owl Live, which is a Brand Experience Agency specialising in employee engagement, training and events. Jon has had over 10 years of experience of working in engagement with companies such as Google, EY and Toyota. Outside of his career Jon has an interest in classic cars, cycling and photography. Jon grew up in Birmingham and lived there until he was about 19 years old. Jon went on the theatre school after doing a year at sixth form where he go...
Oct 13, 2021•32 min•Ep. 83
Sara Huntingdon is the Head of Innovation in the Operations and Performance Improvement Directorate at the NDA Corporate Centre. She lives in Cricklade near Cirencester and has been building a house with her husband Mike. In her spare time, Sara loves baking. Sara grew up in Lindley, Huddersfield with her parents and sister. During her A-level, Sara focused on Maths and the Sciences. Sara then went to Loughborough to study Physics. She decided to pick Physics combined with Engineering modules in...
Oct 06, 2021•39 min•Ep. 82
Beccy Pleasant is Head of Nuclear Skills at the Nuclear Skills Strategy Group (NSSG). Beccy lives in Anglesey in North Wales. She enjoys her countryside walks and runs which offsets her love of cooking. Beccy also finds time to runs a small holding, aiming for self-sufficiency in meat and vegetables. She is also Vice-Chair of Governors of Llangefni Secondary School, Anglesey. Beccy grew up in Harlow on the Hartforshire/ Essex border. She went to school in Bishop’s Stortford, a historic market to...
Sep 29, 2021•37 min•Ep. 81
Rebecca Weston is the Chief Operating Officer at Sellafield Limited and is accountable for programme delivery and performance of the nuclear site. Rebecca grew up in Skegness and now lives in West Cumbria with her wife Tanya and toddler Max. Rebecca went to Oxford University to study Physics. Rebecca enjoyed every moment of her time at Oxford University and made the most of being able to play a variety of different sports by joining the women’s football, cricket and hockey teams. She also enjoye...
Sep 22, 2021•33 min•Ep. 80
Tom Samson is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rolls-Royce SMR Limited. He has over 30 years of experience in the power industry in various senior level executive positions in the UK and internationally. Tom began his career as a Chartered Engineer at GEC Alstom designing combined cycle gas fired power plants before joining Marubeni Corporation where he helped them grow their global power portfolio and undertook a number of CEO and Board level assignments across that portfolio in the UAE and...
Sep 15, 2021•40 min•Ep. 79
Melanie Brownridge is the Technology and Innovation Director at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). Melanie lives in West Cumbria with her husband, Martin, and two teenage girls. In her spare time she likes to walk in the glorious countryside of the Lake District and to play her cello, piano and double base. Melanie was born in Chester but moved to High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire when she was one. Melanie went to Wycombe High School which she really enjoyed and after getting good grades...
Sep 08, 2021•31 min•Ep. 77
Dr Tim Stone is Chairman of the Nuclear Industry Association, the trade association for the civil nuclear industry in the UK, and Chairman of Nuclear Risk Insurers, a leader in nuclear insurance supporting over 300 nuclear sites around the world. Tim was awarded a CBE in 2010 for services to the Energy industry. In his free time Tim likes to play classical music. Tim grew up in Catcliffe, close to Orgreave pit where his Grandfather worked which incidentally happens to be where Nuclear AMRC is no...
Sep 01, 2021•38 min•Ep. 78
Georgina Hines is a Policy Analyst at the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA). Georgina is also Secretary of the Next Generation Nuclear Industry Council, the Shadow Theme Lead for the NSSG in its delivery of the nuclear skills agenda, and a representative of the Nuclear Delivery Group, which is working on a vision for nuclear activity for the next parliamentary period. Georgina grew up in Telford and went to William Brookes School in Telford where she particularly enjoyed Science and Maths. Afte...
Aug 25, 2021•28 min•Ep. 76
Miranda Kirschel is an avid supporter of UK Nuclear and has worked in Commercial and Business Director roles interfacing with nuclear companies for over 20 years. In her current role she is a Commercial Director for Circular1Health, which provides services to businesses to ensure their workplaces are Covid secure and able to test their staff. Miranda grew up in Cyprus where she had a happy childhood, but felt she wasn’t particularly academic. Her main focus and passion was ballet and she spent m...
Aug 18, 2021•37 min•Ep. 75
Hannah Paterson is the Technical Manager for the Spent Fuel Consolidation Programme at Sellafield Ltd. She is also engaged in outreach activities, including Chair of the Nuclear Institute Young Generation Network. Hannah grew up in Aberdeen and loved school where she questioned everything with her inquisitive mind. She now lives in Cockermouth and when she isn’t working, she likes to go fell walking and mountain biking. Hannah studied medicinal Chemistry at the at the University of Edinburgh whe...
Aug 11, 2021•29 min•Ep. 73
Saralyn Thomas is a Senior Consultant for Nuclear Safety working for Abbott Risk Consulting (ARC) in Newbury and Vice-Chair of the Nuclear Institute’s Young Generation Network looking after International Liaison, including COP-26. Saralyn lives just outside Oxford and in her free time likes to bake and share the cakes that she’s baked! She went to Amman Valley School in Carmarthenshire South Wales and was part of the school choir and chemistry club. She really loved school and got stuck into eve...
Aug 04, 2021•26 min•Ep. 74
Andy Worrall is currently the Integrated Fuel Cycle Section Head in the Nuclear Energy and Fuel Cycle Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the Deputy Director of the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN), a U.S Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy initiative. Andy lives in Knoxsville, just north of the Smoky Mountains. He grew up in Wolverhampton and went to Bingly Junior School and Highfields Secondary School. Andy studied Maths, Physics and Chemistry at ...
Jul 28, 2021•33 min•Ep. 62
Rob Hurlston is the Principal and Chief Engineer, Fidelis Engineering Associates based in Michigan. Rob lives in Canton, Michigan in the US with his wife Jessica and one year old son Rory. In his free time he likes to play golf. He grew up in Stalybridge near Manchester and went to West Hill School. Rob was always drawn towards Maths and Sciences and as a child, Rob’s Grandfather used to make locomotives in his garage which they would take to the tracks which started his interest in engineering....
Jul 21, 2021•43 min•Ep. 72
Melissa is the PA to the Board at NNL and also supports a number of executives and will soon move into recruitment at NNL. Mel lives in Leigh with her husband Kieron and dog Bruce and is a fan of all things sports related – she holds a season ticket for Wigan Warriors – Rugby League. She even played for Wigan Athletic Ladies football team when she was younger. She studied at Westleigh High School in Lancashire and then went to St Mary’s Sixth Form College in Manchester, being the only one from h...
Jul 14, 2021•34 min•Ep. 67
Dave Goddard is a Fellow at NNL and a technical specialist in nuclear fuel manufacturing with over 25 years of experience supporting plants and fuel development in the UK. Dave grew up in Cambridgeshire on a small holding with around 1,000 free range chickens! He studied Physics at Sheffield University – where he met his future wife. He now lives in Manchester with wife Jaddy and two children. After university, Dave worked at AWE for six months before going on to do a PhD at the Corrosion and Pr...
Jul 07, 2021•38 min•Ep. 65
'The Conversation' To celebrate the first year of the podcast series 'Are We Nearly There Yet?’ we have a special conversation between one of the nuclear industry’s newest recruits and one of it’s earliest pioneers. Dr Tim Gregory is a geologist who did a PhD in cosmochemistry. He became a meteorite scientist at the University of Bristol and the British Geological Survey until 2020 when he joined the National Nuclear Laboratory at Sellafield Ltd as a nuclear analytical chemist. He published his ...
Jun 30, 2021•34 min•Ep. 71
Gwen Parry-Jones is Chief Executive of Magnox Ltd and President of the Nuclear Institute. Gwen was awarded an OBE in 2019 for services to science and technology. Gwen lives on the island of Anglesey in North Wales near Wylfa power station. She also has a passion for horses. She grew up in North Wales and also in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia as her dad went to work there. After a few years of living abroad, she came back home to a boarding school in North Wales which gave her, her independence. Her head...
Jun 23, 2021•40 min•Ep. 69
AWNTY is entering the Manchester Publicity Inspiration Awards 2021 which recognise the amazing talent across the city, and inspiring future talent, innovation and creativity. As part of our award entry we need to showcase a selection of podcasts from the past year to showcase the variety of interviewees. If you've not heard any of our previous episodes then I'm sure you'll be hooked after you've listened to this!
Jun 22, 2021•7 min•Ep. 70
