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Skill House, Southampton, SO16 0YZ

The saying goes ‘there is no I in TEAM’ and that certainly applies here at Skill, each and every member of our team is essential, and we are proud of how well we all work together to run the ‘Skill Machine!’ As you can see below, when a new member joins us it tends to be long term, and we put that down to our passion for everyone to succeed, and the necessity to have a little giggle here and there while we do it!

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Meet

Our Team

Alan Skilton
Managing Director

Alan trained as a scaffolder with Skill for many years before he joined the office team, where he fast moved through the ranks and took over his Fathers role as Managing Director in 2015. Alan continues to lead Skill, always pushing for innovation and efficiency wherever possible!

Alison Rogers
Finance Director

Alison has been with Skill since 1998, and is known as our ‘Skill Mum’. From starting out as our receptionist, she now runs the entire Finance Department, looks after all of the Companies Training needs, the Company Accreditations, the personnel and HR!

Spenser Cerasoli
Director

Spenser joined Skill in 2000, already bringing with him years of scaffolding experience. Today, his main role is to win new clients, which is a great fit because he certainly has the gift of the gab! In addition to talking our clients into submission, his methodical mind forms the backbone of the estimating team! Spenser is a car enthusiast at heart and has a particular soft spot for the older vehicles!

Darren Clement
Commercial Director

Darren came to us in 2009 as a Contract Manager, but it was soon discovered that his talent lies in numbers, considering he is also a qualified QS! He now looks after all of the contracts to ensure an efficient and cost effective result for both client and company. Although his roots stem from turning a spanner, you're more likely to find him holding a paint brush in his spare time nowadays, as he is quite the artist!

Andy Haynes
Health, Safety & Quality Manager
Andy is a man of many talents! He joined us back in 2002 and is responsible for Quality Control across the Skill Group, as well as our Health & Safety alongside our appointed advisors from Simian Risk. Alongside his day to day work, Andy is always our ‘go to’ man! He can fix anything, has a heart of gold and will go above and beyond to help anyone and everyone he possibly can!
Karl McLeod
Operations Director

Karl came on board in 2011, bringing with him a wealth of experience, having developed his keen eye for detail within the Petro-Chemical industry. After a few years on the tools for Skill, Karl's organizational skillset became very clear, and so very soon got involved in organizing Skill's major projects as well as planning where the workforce will go each day; no easy task with over 100 staff!

Dean Hudson
Operations Manager

Dean has been with Skill so long that his start date got archived on old paper format payroll records! He is the longest standing member of our team, and he has moved with Skill as it has grown over the years. His role now is to act as eyes and ears in Operations, out every day looking after clients needs, and checking the projects are progressing as they should.

Warren Asher
Operations Manager

Warren joined as a scaffolder in 2013, quickly progressed through the ranks and is now a valued member of the management team. He works alongside both Karl, Dean and Chris, supporting clients out on site, and looking after the Skill workforce to keep our ever-evolving projects moving in the right direction!

Chris Hillier
Contracts Manager
Chris 'Hills' Hillier started his career with Skill in 2008 and like much of Skills management team, worked from the ground up - from apprentice to advanced scaffolder. Receiving a well deserved promotion to Contracts Manager in 2021, Chris has been a key part of TeamSkill for many a year and has slotted in seamlessly to his new role, working alongside Karl, Dean & Warren.
Dan Chapman
Fleet & Logistics Manager
Dan 'Chappers' Chapman joined us at the very end of 2020, fresh to the scaffolding industry. As the title suggests, Dan is responsible for maintaining our extensive fleet of vehicles, keeping them in tip top shape all year round, having trained a mechanic for many years prior. He can often be found in our yard tinkering with the underside of a lorry or two, as well as bringing his organizational and mechanical skills to the yard.
Kelly Winter
Office Manager
Kelly is the newest member of the Skill family, joining the team early into 2023 and taking the term 'family' quite literally this time - PS - she's Alan's Sister! (We're not sure if this is a good thing or not yet!) One thing we are sure of is Kelly shares a common Skilton family trait for OCD, as by the end of her very first day she had stripped out and totally re-organized our entire archiving room, containing thousands of records dating back beyond 10 years!
James Wall
Business Development Manager
James started with Skill early November 2020, bringing with him 8 years of industry knowledge; having previously held multiple roles within the Scaffolding Hire & Sales industry. Although he's never picked up a spanner, James's talent lies within his ability to seek out potential business opportunities; whether that be with our suppliers, sub-contractors or new and existing clients!