People

Darren Whitford - Company Director

With over 20 years of Electrical and Tower Crane experience behind him, Darren made the giant step in 2004 in setting up his own Tower Crane Services company. To succeed Darren's challenge was to gain the trust and respect of clients in an industry that's dominated by major players, high technical and heavily regulated in terms of health and safety. A year on year turnover growth and new businesses regularly being added to the customer portfolio is proof enough that the industry has accepted Darren's credentials. With a rapidly growing reputation in Tower Crane Services work, this Company Director with excellent technical knowledge and skills soon acquired qualified erectors and technicians, setting the technical, schedule and performance standards that they should operate against. The success of this can be demonstrated by a large part of Skylines work being repeat business and customer referrals. Investment in modernising our crane fleet, investment in personnel training and investment in acquiring ISO 9001 accreditation are examples of how Skyline has sustain growth thru 2008. Through Darren's leadership, it's not surprising that organisations are increasingly choosing Skyline to handle vital projects.

Peter Whitford - General Manager

Peter has over 40 years of construction experience the majority of which was spent with MW Kellogg Limited - petro-chemical construction company based in Greenford in Middlesex. Peter spent the early part of his career on construction sites before taking a series of managerial position in head office. In 1996 he reached the position of head of Project Controls, responsible for cost, planning and scheduling, estimating, work hour control and controls management and in 1998 he became a Fellow of the Association of Cost Engineers. Drawn by the enormous growth and prestige potential of his sons company, he took early retirement in March 2007 to join Skyline as its General Manager.

Margaret joined the company in January 2005 as the Accounts and Finance Manager, bringing with her over 20 years of accounts, payroll and finance management experience. She is qualified in Sage computerized accounting and payroll and studied with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants between 1997 and 2000. Before joining Skyline she held senior Financial Controller positions, reporting directly the Manager Director and Shareholders and responsible for liaising with Auditors, Financial Institutions and HMRC. She carries these responsibilities into her Skyline role and in addition the installing and operating accounting systems and procedures and ensuring adherence with statutory regulations.