10 YEARS OF TEES BUSINESS
PAUL BOOTH OBE senior director , government relations and public affairs for SABIC in Europe ( now retired ), issue 2 , summer 2015
“ You can ’ t have a vision for the future based on what you know today . You have to imagine the unimaginable and then figure out ways to achieve it .
“ We all need belief . We need to find our self-confidence and start working together more than we have . Success breeds success . All it needs is one or two projects to start the ball rolling – and if you don ’ t try , you don ’ t succeed .”
CHRIS PETTY
MD , Cornerstone Business Solutions , issue 4 , winter 2015
“ My headteacher told my mother , ‘ He ’ s either going to end up in prison or as a millionaire ’. And she always tells people , ‘ And he ’ s not in prison !’”
EUGENE MCCOY
Crathorne Arms , issue 6 , summer 2016
“ I ’ ve been very lucky . I absolutely adore the industry . I love restaurants , I love food , I love wine – too much ! – and I love people . And it ’ s people that make restaurants .”
DAVID ROBINSON MBE then CEO , PD Ports ( now director , Marine Capital ), issue 8 , winter 2016
“ One of the things that really gets me quite annoyed is when you hear people say there are no jobs on Teesside . That ’ s absolute – dare I say ? – bullshit ! There are thousands of jobs . There ’ s a huge amount of opportunity for young people here .”
“ We live in a brilliant region , and it ’ s time to promote and embrace the women at the forefront of it .”
DAVE BUDD then Middlesbrough mayor , issue 12 , winter 2017
“ Visitors can ’ t believe we ’ re 10 minutes away from the seaside , Roseberry Topping and the North York Moors .
“ And then there ’ s the resilience , the ingenuity and resourcefulness of the people . We ’ re sometimes embarrassed to talk about the good things that are happening here , but businesses need to talk the town up .”
PROF JANE TURNER OBE DL then pro vice-chancellor , Teesside University , issue 15 , autumn 2018
“ We should be able to reel off who are the role models for women in this region and we can ’ t do that . It ’ s a struggle and I want to change that .
“ We need to be much more audacious , bold and daring because we have some amazing industries , organisations and people in this area and we need to be talking that up , not down .”
CLAIRE PRESTON inaugural Tees Businesswoman of the Year , issue 16 , winter 2018 / 19
“ One of my absolute role models is Amelia Earhart . She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic and did three jobs to save up the money to get her pilot ’ s licence . There ’ s determination for you .
“ It ’ s important to get out there and go for it – not to make excuses that it ’ s hard being a woman – because you never know what ’ s around the corner .”
BILL SCOTT OBE DL
CEO , Wilton Group , issue 17 , spring 2019
“ I ’ ve honestly never had a bad day at work . People come to me with what they think it terrible news , but I just see it as a challenge and try to work out how we can solve it .
“ I ’ m probably happier when things go wrong because I can do something about it . I suppose if you ’ re an engineer , you ’ re fundamentally a problem-solver .”
FRANS CALJÉ OBE
CEO , PD Ports , issue 22 , summer 2020
“ My business mantra is , ‘ It is what it is ’. What I mean by that is that on many occasions you ’ re faced with a situation that is not what was foreseen or wanted . But you can ’ t change the past , so there is no point dwelling on what could have been done differently ... as it is what it is . The question is : What are you going to do about it ?”
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