Are We Nearly There Yet?

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.  

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.

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.

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 communications and policy for nuclear energy. Adrian was awarded an MBE in 2018 in recognition of his work on the development of public understanding in nuclear research.

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.  

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!

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!

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 Thomas Hardye school in Dorchester. Tom always enjoyed sports and played tennis, rugby and football. Tom studied Maths Geography and Art with Architecture at A-levels whilst also studying Geology GCSE. Tom went to study Geology at Bristol University and then went on to do a PhD researching Uranium Geochemistry. Tom then went on to become a Lecturer at Bristol in the School of Earth Sciences. Tom became the Executive Co-Director of Bristol-Oxford nuclear Research Centre and it was during this time that Tom then got the opportunity to become the Executive C-Director, then Executive Director of ImiTec. In 2016, Tom became the Special Advisor to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee on Nuclear leading to report: Nuclear research and technology: Breaking the cycle of indecision. Tom was then also promoted and became Professor Tom Scott and won a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship to develop new technologies to detect and observe materials containing uranium and plutonium.

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 assistant. Sarah struggled to find jobs in the Environment, so decided to go to South East London College to do a graduate course to learn typing and shorthand, which then led her to getting a job as a Scheme Manager for the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) Examinations Board. Next Sarah took a role as a Senior Examiner for Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) where she worked for nine years. Sarah then took a job as an International and Professional Affairs Director in the Energy Institute. Sarah was promoted to the Skills and Capability Director and ended up working for the Energy Institute for fifteen years. Sarah then became acting CEO Energy Institute which then enabled her to take on the role as the CEO for the Nuclear Institute.   For more information, please visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahbeacock/

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 the first year. She took time to reflect on what she wanted to do, which was to work in hospitality. Jean successfully secured a place at Hollins College on a three-year programme in hospitality management. Jean began work in the hospitality industry before successfully getting a promotion to be a hotel inspector for the AA where she remained for five years, primarily working in Cumbria. Following an enjoyable five years, Jean moved on to become a lecturer in Hospitality and Tourism Management and Marketing at High Peak College in Buxton before moving to Manchester Metropolitan University. Jean then moved to become regional manager for the north-west tourist board before being asked to become Head of Skills Policy Development for the Northwest Regional Development Agency looking after 18 sectors, including nuclear. Overtime, nuclear took over and that’s where her link to nuclear developed. Jean then transitioned to the role of Chief Executive for the National Skills Academy for Nuclear prior to being a non-executive director for the World Institute for Nuclear Security, and for the ONR.   For further information: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jean-llewellyn-obe-19ab7313