Meet The Management Team
Austin Hutchinson
Chairman


Responsibilities include: to oversee the renovation planning and delivery. Oversee the continuing project planning, such as the beer garden. Also representative of the building owners.

"I feel I bring a wealth of business and management skills to the management committee having set up and run a successful financial services firm, overseeing funds approaching £1bn. I also have significant project management experience having developed numerous commercial and residential projects. I am also a director of a property development business, bringing the benefit of my contacts and experience to the Raven. I live close by and am delighted to be helping bring back my local!"

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Austin Hutchinson
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Peter Sturman
Peter Sturman
Media Liason


Responsibilities include: designing and implementing the media liaison strategy, issuing news releases, responding to interview requests and fostering good relationships with local media outlets.

“I was dumbfounded when I learnt of plans to demolish the Raven and joined the movement to ‘Save the Raven’. 

I became a member of the Management Committee, from the very start of the fight to save the Raven, serving as chair, during that time.

I had to stand down from the Management Committee, due to personal circumstances.

I am pleased to now return in this role and play a part in helping the Raven go from strength to strength.

Our local community have been and continue to be incredible with what has been achieved, so far. I consider myself lucky to be a part of it”.

Yannis Nicolaidis
Sustainable Future

Tasked with Shareholder Engagement and to find ways of making The Raven Inn a viable community pub long into the future, Yannis is searching for what is working at other similar pubs around the country. He needs to understand the unique features of these pubs and help to establish something similar for our own.

“I am a freelance IT Project Manager for Government organisations and I have run businesses in the past. I got involved in The Raven Inn late on, just by buying shares, and I am keen now to help with its sustainability. I am very grateful to all those who put their time and effort to save it from the developers and then with the renovation, and I think it is wonderful our 460+ year old pub is functioning again.”
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Yannis Nicolaidis

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Paul Halligan

Paul Halligan
Treasurer

"I'm a recently retired Senior Project Manager. I worked for Sellafield Ltd for 36 years, and was based at Risley, Warrington.

During my career I managed multimillion-pound projects at the Sellafield site in Cumbria. I understand the importance of financial control, and have controlled budgets in excess of £200m.

I visited the Raven with family and friends when it was open and couldn't believe it was in line for demolition and redevelopment.

I have a number of friends in Culcheth and Glazebury, many helped refurbish the Raven. I wasn't able to help with the physical work at the time but I've volunteered to help the committee manage the business.
In July 2024 I took over the role of Treasurer from Suzanne Smith."
Claire Berry
Company Secretary

I'm a HR Manager for a Forensic Science company based in Birchwood, Warrington and I have lived in Warrington for most of my life.

My Father, Paul Halligan is the Treasurer for The Raven, when he recently requested members to join the committee I volunteered to take on the role of Company Secretary and I have recently become a share holder myself.

I have visited The Raven on a number of occasions with my family and I have always enjoyed the atmosphere and food, my eldest daughter is a particular fan of the chocolate brownie!

I hope to bring some of my extensive HR experience to assist the committee with management of employee related matters.
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Claire Berry