Meet The Management Team
Paul Halligan
Paul Halligan
Treasurer
Treasurer
Responsibilities include: Assisting the Treasurer with the intention of taking over the Treasurer position in the future.
"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."
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."
Austin Hutchinson
Project planning and delivery
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!"
Austin Hutchinson
Steve Wood
Steve Wood
Website and IT
Responsibilities include: (dependent on the level of input from the manager into the website, but as a minimum) maintaining the website, ensuring it is as ‘visible’ as possible to internet searches etc. Overseeing social media and IT systems.
"We moved from Moscow to Culcheth as a temporary move 20 years ago, we're still here! I've been in the IT industry for the past 30+ years and have developed software, designed complex systems and managed small to extremely large IT infrastructure for local and global clients such as IBM, Astra Zeneca, Lockheed Martin, Liedos, Manchester Airport Group, MTV Russia and Copper Dragon Brewery. The years working within this industry has taught me a broad range of skills on building and managing IT systems, from writing the software to improving SEO and utilising 3rd party search systems to increase rankings on various search engines and improving social interaction/engagement. The Raven was the last place I took my mum a month before she died, she loved the pub so it does reserve a special place and I am happy to help protect 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.”
Yannis Nicolaidis
Claire Berry
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.