Senior Team
Andrew McFarlane
Group Managing Director
Andrew has over 20 years’ experience in business management, sub-contract labour management, industrial relations, recruitment and resource planning in the energy sector. Andrew oversees all strategy, sales, business growth, and day-to-day recruitment operations of the business and its management team. Client relationships and customer service experience are what drives Andrew.
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Christian Jeanneau
Director
Christian has over 25 years of experience in engineering, infrastructure, and digital transformation within the energy sector. As Executive Vice-President at Assystem, he oversees the group’s international and digital activities, driving innovation and operational efficiency across global infrastructure projects. As leader, he champions diversity, training, and social responsibility in engineering.
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Simon Thorne
Group Commercial and Delivery Director
Simon is a versatile Director with over 30 years’ experience in the energy sector across a diverse and substantial range of disciplines on high-value projects across the globe with international companies. He is responsible for all group company commercial and financial operations and developing its delivery capability within the UK and international markets to further support our growing international client base.
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Damien Chabert d’Hieres
Director
Damien Chabert d’Hieres is an experienced Chief Financial Officer with a strong international background. As multi-expatriate, he has held key leadership roles across several countries, bringing strategic financial expertise to multinational environments. As a board member and executive director, he combines financial vision with operational insight to support sustainable growth and drive performance across diverse sectors.
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Claire Richardson
Group Finance Director
Claire is an experienced Finance Director who has led the finance and payroll department since 2020. She is responsible for major business improvements through Mactech’s internal and external payroll systems and accountancy practices. Claire’s drive to improve our service delivery as the organisation organically grows and to ensure the high level of service our clients expect is met and exceeded.
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Colleen Miller
Business Operations Director
With over 28 years of experience in both the commercial and public sectors, including 13 years in recruitment for a major PLC. Colleen brings a wealth of expertise to her role. Her career has provided her with extensive knowledge in operations, administration, process, and systems development. Committed to continuous improvement and fostering teamwork, Colleen takes a hands-on approach to leading Mactech’ s operational support across the business.
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Anthony Thompson
Recruitment Director (Skilled Workers)
With 20 years of experience spanning recruitment, management, legal, commercial, and administrative roles across various industry sectors, Anthony brings extensive expertise to his position as Recruitment Director ( Skilled Workers). "He is responsible for overseeing all blue-collar recruitment across the business while continuing to serve as our in-house technical lead for quality and inspection."
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Gary Dickens
Head of Workforce Solutions – HPC – Nuclear & Regulated
With over 30 years in the energy sectors Gary works at the Hinkley Point C nuclear new build project where he supports our Tier 1 and Tier 2 contract partners and interfaces closely with the project’s principal contractor, trade unions and EDF’s employment affairs unit and job service teams.
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