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Presidents of Phases

Saturday, 20 March 2010 00:00 Written by Administrator

After the 2010 general A.G.M.s had taken place, the A.G.M. of Presidents of Phases took place on Friday 5 March. Click here to see the Minutes of this meeting - Note: you will need to be logged in as the minutes are in the Restricted Area

1) Presidents' Introductions

Margaret Daniels: President of Resort - I am been living on Hacienda Riquelme full time since May 2008 after taking early retirement. For the last ten years I was an IT Service Desk Manager and have experience of project planning and budget management. I am the widowed mother of two daughters and have come to Spain to start a new life - and allow them to live theirs. Working for the Community for a third year is my latest challenge! Let's work to making this the best year yet for Hacienda Riquelme!

Chris Hartley: President of Phase 1 - My first claim to fame is that I am the first resident of HR. It has been disputed several times ... but no-one has bettered it! In a previous life I was a teacher of Maths and Sport ... then worked for almost 25 years in IT ... 20 of them running my own company. Decided it was time to 'Live The Dream' and make my home here in HR ... in this wonderful place and community. My interests are football, golf, old comedies ... and karaoke. My second claim to fame is that when I go on holiday ... I go to watch Barnsley FC!

Carole Eteson - President of Phase 2 - I moved to Hacienda Riquelme in February 2008 and love it. My hobbies are Country & Western Music, crafts, keeping fit and reading. I am married with two grown up children and one grandson. I am retired but during my working life I worked mostly in Information Technology, mainly with the end user. Later moving into training end users in the software packages,word processing, spreadsheets and graphics.

Paul Atherton: President of Phase 3 - I am a retired Engineering & Maintenance Manager for the UK&Ireland Distribution and Pipelines division of a major oil company. I am married to Susan and we live in East Devon.We are now looking forward to spending more time at Hacienda Riquelme and helping Resortalia and the community president to develop this great golf resort.

Rickard Thiel: President of Phase 4 - I am now a resident here at this beautiful resort. I hope I can live here until I am going(!). I have 3 children back in Sweden. I have a Swedish law examination. In the beginning of my career I used to work for the national board of tax. But the last 25 years a friend and I have had companies in the IT-field. The latest we started in 1989 and we were working to equip conference rooms with technical equipment. In December last year the staff took over it and they wanted me to stay. So I work from this beautiful place 4 hours per day through Skype telephone and the internet. The rest of the time, I am trying(!) to play golf and hopefully also to do a great for the community.
And finally, I support Manchester United and Barcelona!!

Ron Locke: President of Phase 5a -

BUSINESS

- Retired IT Director with major UK bank, running Computer Centres in the UK, Madrid, Paris and Lisbon. Currently a Management Consultant.

- Owns and runs UK property business.

- Computer Centres benchmarked number 1 in the world for cost and efficiency.

- Winner of 3 EFQM (European Foundation For Quality Management) business excellence awards.

- Lifetime Achievers award from major UK bank for Leadership, Operational Excellence, Customer Results, Innovation and Transformational Change.

- Responsible for 850 staff and managed a budget of more than £100 million.

PERSONAL

Married to Sue for more than 40 years. I have have 3 Children and 3 Grandchildren, plus one step Grandchild. I am a former semi professional cricketer and I still try to watch as much cricket as possible, as well as follow Manchester United.

Steve Fitzpatrick: President of Phase 5b - stevefitzpatrick

Past: Following my apprenticeship in Painting & Decorating I managed my own small Company for numerous years. I continued my career in the Construction industry by becoming a Lecturer in Painting & Decorating. I progressed to a Construction Industry Training Board registered assessor teaching National Vocational Qualifications.

Present: For 15 years I have worked for Construction management companies and have achieved Chartered status with the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health.

As 'Principal Contractors' my current company compile scopes of work, obtain tenders and recommend to Clients the Contractors likely to provide best value.

Future: I am married to Jane and we stay at HRGR at least 5 times per year. I will attend committee meetings in person when possible and via Skype when required. I have volunteered for this position because I want to contribute to the HRGR community in a positive way. My objectives are to work with the committee and ensure we get best value for our community fees whilst implementing continuous improvement on our Resort. Jane and I have always dreamed of owning an apartment on a beautiful Golf Resort and we intend to move to HRGR as soon as our circumstances allow.

Colin Archer: President of Phase 6 - I am currently not a full-time resident at the HR resort, but I do manage to get over at least once every two months during the year. I am planning to become a full-time resident sometime in 2009. I am now semi-retired from my main occupation which was in the fields of IT Project Management and Business Process Re-Engineering for a worldwide engine manufacturer. I had responsibility for new IT Developments and Implementations within our Distribution, Sales and Service network in Europe, Middle East and Africa and have experience in Project Planning, Budgetary Planning, Project Control, IT Related skills, Web Communications and Process Design

Bill Jones: President of Phase 7 - - I am married to Jean, we have two grown up daughters who have flown the nest, and we live in North West England. I ram a member of Chester golf club and my handicap has just come down to 22. In my working life, I help organisations prepare for and implement business change. We aim to spend six weeks per year at Hacienda Riquelme Golf Resort.

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