Name: Stephen
BLAGDEN
Position: Commercial
/ Project Manager
Qualifications: Fellow – Chartered
Institute
of Building
Expertise:
A construction professional
with over 30 years experience in the UK,
Africa, the Middle East and South East Asia
in commercial and project management, working mostly at senior level
in major construction companies. This experience has been extensively
obtained on most forms of building, civil engineering and infrastructure
projects
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Expertise:
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1999 – June 2004
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Divisional Commercial Manager for Leighton Contractors in the Philippines
to manage all commercial operations in the Philippines on a variety of multi-million
dollar civil and building contracts including major road developments,
retail malls and process plants.
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1998 – 1999
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S. Blagden Associates, sole trader construction commercial and contract consultancy
offering cost and contract advice to clients and subcontractors
in the public and private sectors, including Local Authority DLO
transfers to the private sector.
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1997 – 1998
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Was headhunted by
AG Manly to be chief executive (designate) to manage change and
the company’s development and expansion. Initially responsible,
as commercial director, for the improvement of commercial disciplines,
company performance and profitability, and to develop business
expansion and the appropriate management structure. Left the company
on the best of terms after it became evident that the Board had
not anticipated the extent of the changes recommended and were
unwilling to accept their implementation.
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1996 – 1997
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Commercial
Manager for Bovis Europe,
responsible for the commercial affairs of all UK and European operating divisions
and companies.
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1988 – 1996
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Divisional
Commercial Director for Bovis
Construction Ltd, responsible for the south and south-west division,
which was a £400 million company, and reporting directly to the
managing director and the main board. Was also responsible for
the commercial activities of specialist companies, Bovis Crowngap
and Bovis Lelliot, as well as the European projects of the company’s
national clients.
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Divisional
Commercial director for Yeoman
& Partners, a subsidiary shop fitting company of Bovis. Despite
severe commercial restructuring and stronger disciplines it proved
impossible to continue to trade the company and a decision was
taken to close the company’s operations both in the UK
and overseas. The company was dormatised and a £6 million investment
returned to the group.
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Concurrent
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Promoted
to Divisional Commercial Director
for Bovis Construction Ltd., responsible for all divisional finance
and commercial affairs, working with the divisional managing director
on a turnover of £355 million covering retail, commercial and
industrial projects. Also had commercial responsibility for the
Scottish Regional office. Became responsible for the amalgamation
of two major divisions of Bovis to facilitate continued profitability
in a difficult construction market. Further restructuring of Bovis
UK into Bovis Europe involved the
combining of two major divisions of Bovis. These were established
as a grouping of individual business centres handling major national
accounts (M&S, Tesco, LUL, Railtrack, Safeway).
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1986 – 1988
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Senior
Executive for Bovis Construction
Ltd with commercial responsibility for two major schemes in London and the south-east
– the £150 million banking/dealer facilities development for Nomura
and the £145 Watford Town Centre development for Capital and Counties.
Both ran concurrently.
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1982 – 1986
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Commercial Manager for George Wimpey
Limited for the design, construction and fitting out of the £180
million Royal Hospital for the Sultan of Oman on a fully financed
turnkey project.
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1981 – 1982
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Assistant
Regional Quantity Surveyor
for George Wimpey Limited in Jordan,
Egypt,
Kenya
and The Sudan.
Based in Amman,
work ranged from Palace refits to potash schemes.
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1976 – 1981
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Commercial
Manager for Balfour Beatty
Limited on the Songea-Makambako Road Project in Tanzania, a £28 million target cost
contract financed by the ODA.
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Resident in the UK before further
overseas appointments with Balfour Beatty Limited to undertake
contract developments, turnkey project proposals, including liaison
with corporate and treasury for Exports Credits Guarantees and
Eurocurrency Loans.
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Company
surveyor for Balfour Beatty
Limited, with responsibility for all surveying/commercial activities
on all Company contracts in The Gambia. Annual turnover circa
£8 million.
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1967 – 1972
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Early construction experience
involved various building and civil engineering projects with
several construction companies (Nott Brodie, Murphy, Try, Mitchell
Bros., and Kinnear Moodie).
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Bio-Data
Date of Birth: 07 September 1949
Nationality: British
Driving Licence: UK & Philippines (Both
clean)
Civil Status: Separated
(Remarrying in September)
Children: Two from my
previous marriage. (Both grown up and independent)
Qualifications: Fellow
- Chartered Institute
of Building
Resident: Manila, Philippines
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