What was meant to be a 3 week temp role for Michael Painting morphed into 25 years of service working in almost every department in the organisation. It is safe to say that if there's anything that Michael doesn't know about TGP, then it is not worth knowing....
We all have a fun side and it was great to catch up with Anne-Cecile Roccon, Director of Central Services. Here is what she had to say:
Our business is an incredible place to work. It can be challenging; we all know that, but it’s also rewarding.
Ever wondered what it would be like to work at one of our refineries? Well wonder no more Totalites!
2019 saw the return of the Rugby World Cup, hosted this year by last tournament's surprise package - Japan. A superb tournament followed, with some thrilling games and the odd upset (the hosts did it again…).
We are very glad to welcome our new additions to the Editorial Team. Monia Tempesta, Sales Executive from Leeds, and Georgia Courtney, Team Leader from Newcastle.
To find out a little more about them, we gave them some questions to answer...
In this edition I had planned to conduct an interview in the lift with Mike, however as seems to be the case more often than not here in Bridge Gate, the lifts were out of order so we had to take the stairs…
Back in January’s edition of Switched On, we ran (pun possibly intended…) a piece on Charlie Ramsay, Alex Crabb and Dan Spence who were partnering with London Youth to run the London Marathon.
Ever since I can remember I’ve always been drawn to the sea - cliff diving, fishing, wind surfing, water skiing - all sports, as long as water was involved. The one sport I really enjoyed most of all was snorkelling, but more being under the water than on top, freediving. Freediving is breath-hold diving, being under the water whilst holding one’s breath with only a set of flippers and a mask…
Mark Slater, eCommerce Manager, describes his journey to becoming a bee keeper
I was lucky enough to attend a school where one of the teachers was a bee keeper. In the days before health and safety he was able to install a hive in the school reception with a small hole in the window for the bees to get in and out.
How well do you know your Jameses? Your chance to find out has arrived. Specifically I’m referring to our two Commercial heads; namely Head of Retail Pricing James Hughes, and Head of Products and Propositions James Turner.
Mr Hughes is responsible for defining our retail pricing strategy which in turn supports the business' objective of optimising value and volume growth. This includes developing an understanding of competitor pricing, alternative approaches to measuring customer value, and predicting their behaviour so that we can effectively segment and manage different customer groups.
Mr Turner is responsible for the developing, launching and ongoing management of TGP’s gas and electricity products as well as defining and implementing our approach to other adjacent markets such as Electric Vehicles and solar.
I can’t say any day within TPI is the same, my routine changes depending on my diary. There are two main kinds of day. An ‘office’ one and an ‘on the road’ one.
I’ll start with a typical day on the road. We have a number of partners that we work with; I manage these relationships alongside a team of Business Development Managers and Account Managers. Generally days out of the office start early and on a train up north to either Newcastle, Leeds or Liverpool where a lot of my partners are based. After battling the tube and escalators across London with a wheelie bag (something I always look forward to), I then attempt to battle with the train Wi-Fi for a few hours. I generally lose this battle and so I’ve learnt to do planning or to catch up with what is going on in the industry.
I’m going to start this with a confession: I am a massive numbers geek and as such words are not something considered a strong point. So thanks to the army of people who have helped me to string together some coherent sentences, or not as the case may be!
