LEADERSHIP TEAM

Eddie graduated in 2002 with a degree in Construction Management. He joined McLaren Construction as an Assistant Engineer, working his way through the ranks to become Divisional Director, responsible for multiple schemes across various sectors with an annual turnover in excess of £120m.

Eddie spent time on the client side of project delivery whilst living in Sydney but on return to the UK returned to main contracting, primarily working on industrial and retail accounts. An industrial scheme specialist, Eddie has delivered well in excess of 10,000,000 sq. ft of warehouse space for some of the UK’s leading retailers and developers. As co-founder of Glencar Construction, he continues to build on his excellent reputation in the sector.

Pat McGillycuddy is a well-known figure in the European logistics market, having spent some 30 years at the helm of Gazeley, a premier developer, investor and manager of European logistics warehouses and distribution parks.

Pat oversaw the growth of Gazeley from a one country BU to a multinational developer investor, becoming Non-Executive Chairman when the business was acquired by GLP.

Over several decades of experience, including as Store Development Director of Asda and COO of EZW (A Dubai World Company), he played a key role along with his colleagues in positioning Gazeley as an industry leader in logistics development.

Pat has completed an Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School and is a Fellow of the CIOB.

Chris spent the first 15 years of his career as a Quantity Surveyor, including stints at both Taylor Woodrow Construction and Jarvis Construction.

Joining McLaren Construction in 2005, he was promoted to Commercial Director in 2009 and was responsible for the Southern region’s commercial activities and a turnover in excess of £120m.

Chris has worked in almost all sectors including industrial, retail, commercial, residential, education, leisure, stadia, health and has extensive knowledge of many contract forms. As a co-founder of Glencar Construction, he has overall responsibility for the commercial aspects of the business and along with Eddie, takes a proactive and progressive stance on business leadership and strategy.

Prior to joining Glencar, Tony spent 8 years in a Director role at specialist sub-contractor FK Group. Tony was responsible for leading the maintenance and refurbishment division (including overseeing multiple projects on live business parks and distribution centres for Asda, Pets at Home and B&Q among others) before moving to Dubai where he established a AED45m turnover Group office focusing on the industrial, cold store and refurbishment sectors.

Tony also spent 15 years at McLaren Construction and Volker Fitzpatrick in a Commercial Director role overseeing the South East region before joining FK in 2010.

With wide-ranging experience across the building, rail and civil sectors, Adam has developed a specialism in tendering and estimating projects within the fast track and commercial sectors and now leads Glencar’s estimating function.

He brings a fresh perspective to any project and is an expert in producing alternative and cost-effective solutions for all types of building from concept through to completion.

Prior to joining Glencar, he held a senior estimating role at Volker Fitzpatrick where he handled tenders across a range of sectors and building types to the value of £50m. Adam has also spent time at Vinci Construction and Kier Southern.

With an exceptionally strong construction management and engineering background, Peter started his career on the Costain engineering graduate scheme. Prior to joining Glencar in early 2019, he spent 14 years at McLaren Construction, starting as a site engineer and working his way to divisional Director. Peter has a wealth of experience in the delivery of large scale industrial and logistics projects and has delivered multiple landmark schemes for some of the UK’s biggest retailers including Ocado, Tesco & Poundland.

He brings excellent technical knowledge to his role as construction director for Glencar, ensuring the highest standards of quality and safety during project delivery and managing the wider team to deliver a culture of high performance and continuous improvement.

Ricky joined Glencar in March 2019 and currently finds his time split between heading up the business development / business support element of the business as well as running Glencar Property. He is responsible for planning and coordinating new marketing approaches, researching and creating new business for the company as well as portfolio property management and strategy development.

Ricky has amassed over 18 years of experience in the UK and European property market, built through a successful career with large corporate entities. His holistic approach and ability to step into the customer’s world, adds real value in driving their strategic agenda. Ricky spent 6 years of his career working in Europe which further enhanced his skills, knowledge and experience.

Tom is head of the finance department at Glencar, overseeing all payments, payroll, and accounts, as well as assisting the Commercial teams with reports on live and completed projects and the wider business with any financial analysis that is required. He joined Glencar in 2019 and prior to this built up multiple years of experience working with finance departments from a broad range of sectors, in both a consultant role and in house.

Tom’s early career was spent as a member of the audit department at KPMG London where he worked mainly with SMEs and fast growth companies, as well as completing his ACA qualification. After KPMG, Tom joined the Corporate Finance team at Universal Music Group, where he was responsible for collating and reporting Group results to the board and shareholders.

Daniel is a multi-faceted construction industry professional with a background in structural and digital engineering and project management.

Before joining Glencar in 2018, he worked for Aurecon in Dubai, working alongside local and international consultants to lead the delivery of several complex and high- profile projects.

Daniel brings a design-led approach to his work and has been a regular guest speaker on the engineering and digital circuits.

His past project experience includes residential, education, hospitality, high rise and leisure. Daniel is a Member of the Project Management Institute, UAE and the UK Institution of Structural Engineers.

With over 25 years’ experience working on site in various roles from site manager to operations director, Jason has managed numerous key schemes for main contractors including McLaren Construction and Winvic Construction prior to joining Glencar. With a specialism in major industrial developments, Jason always demonstrates an excellent level of customer focus and his solid construction expertise is married with a consistent focus on continuous improvement and quality.

Jason brings a practical outlook to strategic decision-making and retains an agile and flexible approach to construction, whilst always ensuring the highest standards of safety and professionalism on site.

With over 30 years’ experience working on complex construction schemes in various roles from site engineer, site manager to operations director, Chris has managed numerous key schemes for main contractors including McLaren Construction and Simons Construction prior to joining Glencar.

With a specialism in major manufacturing and industrial developments, Chris always demonstrates an excellent level of customer focus, and his solid construction expertise is married with a consistent focus on continuous improvement and quality.

Chris brings a practical outlook to strategic decision-making and retains an agile and flexible approach to construction, whilst always ensuring the highest standards of safety and professionalism on site.

With over 15 years’ experience in the construction industry, Kevin has worked across a multitude of sectors including education, leisure, health and commercial, with a specialism in industrial and logistics schemes.

Having spent some 9 years at Interserve Construction, where he worked his way through the ranks from a graduate position, Kevin joined Glencar from Readie Construction, where he was responsible for multiple schemes values in excess of £85m and delivering well in excess of 1m sq. ft of industrial warehouse space.

Kevin joined Glencar in 2018 to oversee the development of the Midland and Northern regions and brings a wealth of experience, particularly working on constrained sites delivering complex re-development schemes.