People

With over 30 years’ experience, Stephen was appointed Managing Director of Linear Projects with a clear vision to develop the business into a full supply and fit out company working directly with leading main contractors across the UK.

Appointed CEO of Linear UK Group in 2018, Stephen oversees all of the group businesses with a clear focus on both short and long-term planning and decision making.  Working with the senior management team, Stephen helps drive the evolution of the business, its people and its projects to the very highest standards he sets for the Group.

 In 2017, Scott was appointed Commercial Director of Linear Group to oversee the commercial strategy for the group. In this role, his focus is varied and touches on all aspects of the operation. From managing risk, compliance and budgeting, to optimising bid offers and leading negotiations, Scott calls on his commitment to collaboration and honesty to ensure the right values and behaviours are embedded into the organisation.

Scott works closely with all the Project Managers to ensure he has visibility and insight into the numerous projects ongoing at any one time. This enables him to adopt a value adding and diligent perspective, focused on quality and efficient client delivery.

Andrew has a proven track record of delivery and ensures that he meets the needs and expectations of clients. He is also known for his honest and transparent approach to working with clients, ensuring that they are fully informed and involved.

Andrew’s role at Linear Fire Safety is to develop the business by building on the foundations of the group vision and values.

Throughout his tenure, he has been closely involved with fire safety legislation at a range of levels and expertise. Having spent nine years as a Fire Safety Enforcement Officer (FSEO); working within the legislative perimeters from Fire Precautions Act 1971 (As amended), The Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997 and The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005, the depth of his knowledge and insight is second to none, offering real value across Linear Group and its clients.

During his tenure, Andrew obtained an impressive range of relevant qualifications including Incident Command and Management, Health and safety qualifications in IOSH, NEBOSH, and Event Cause and Foundation Analysis (Accident Investigation), fire safety modules, Healthcare, Licensing and Fire Investigation.

Alongside this, Andrew represented the Fire Service on Glasgow City Council Licensing, which involved legal and statutory regulation, advisory work and enforcement. This also saw him involved in large scale events across music and sports. Andrew uses his vast knowledge and experience to ensure our group of companies and our clients are provided with the correct advice.

Jim is an experienced Health, Safety & Fire professional with considerable experience in a diverse range of areas. His knowledge and experience provide tangible benefits across the Group and its clients, offering specialist technical advice on risk assessments and fire strategies as well as sharing his knowledge of fire, safety and building regulations to ensure compliance.

Working with Linear Fire Safety as a Fire Consultant & Fire Risk Assessor, he ensures the client’s requirements are compiled to a very high standard. Jim comes with an impressive range of strategic/specialist qualifications including a MBA (Masters in Business), BSc (Degree in H&S), Risk Management, NEBOSH, IOSH, Accident Investigation, Fire Safety qualification’s, Incident Command & Control and Fire Investigation.

Mark has developed his overall experience of Fire Safety. Joining Linear Fire Safety in 2022 as a Fire Consultant & Fire Risk Assessor, be continues to add considerable value in utilising his knowledge and experience to assist clients in maintaining a compliant building through thorough fire risk assessment.

A systems thinking practitioner, innovator and leader in his field, Garry holds an impressive range of qualifications, including the NEBOSH Diploma, City & Guilds in Education and Training, IOSH Leading Safely,  Lead Auditor, Mental Health Instructor, NLP Practitioner, and is an Executive MBA candidate in Sustainable Energy Futures at the University of Strathclyde.

Garry has successfully developed award-winning transformational change, leadership and coaching programs while effectively implementing and maintaining integrated management systems.

At Linear Group, his role is to nurture, develop, and achieve excellence through a high-performance team culture, achieved by coaching leadership teams and colleagues, to ensure sustainable solutions are implemented every time.

Garry has overseen the development and implementation of safety and environmental management systems externally accredited to ISO 45001 and 14001 and leads the group’s transformational sustainability strategy.

He continues to provide his experience and knowledge to help steer the continual development of Linear Group’s culture, ensuring we are a sustainable, future ready business.

After spending 8 years as Financial Controller at City Facilities Management, Neville made the move to Linear Group in 2021.   In this role he has been pivotal to reviewing and re-engineering all aspects of Linear’s finances from cashflow to reporting after the company trebled its turnover between 2019 and 2021.  As Finance Director he oversees the team responsible for Statutory and Management Accounts, Purchase Ledger, Payroll and Cash Management and provides support to the Managing Directors of each business and their Leadership Teams, as well as relationship management with the Bank and our external Accountant / Auditors. 

Throughout his career, Neville has strived to build, develop and lead strong finance teams whose goal is to become a valued business partner to those leading and directing an organisation. This collaborative commitment successfully encourages an environment of open and honest communication at all levels and is fundamental to the approach Neville consistently adopts and adheres to.

A member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants after qualifying in 2002, Neville is a diligent and hardworking professional who shows a strong vision for continual improvement to the benefit of both colleagues and the business as a whole.

As Group Operations Manager, Claire is responsible for ensuring the development and smooth running of all business functions within Linear Group. In carrying out her varied and overarching role Claire now oversees the Compliance Team as well as engaging with Business Unit leaders, Group Directors, Linear HSE function, HR, Business Governance and Office Management.

Claire’s commitment to excellence has fostered a culture of continuous improvement and has been vital to the business as it strives to attain the highest level of customer satisfaction.  It has also meant a strong focus on all aspects of compliance across the business, ensuring it is fundamental to, and highly valued by, every team in the Group

At Laing O’Rourke she began as an on-site receptionist and then moved to office manager.  Following this she relocated to their Head Office and became a PA for Director of Laing O’Rourke Scotland.

Joining Linear Group in 2019 as Business Support Coordinator, Lorraine is responsible for a range of pivotal support activities including tender submissions, training and HR administration, marketing and business development, alongside administrative support to the Senior Management team.

Lorraine is the driving force of the Group’s marketing efforts and oversees the creation of content for the website, events, PR and internal communications.  She works closely with the heads of each of the Linear businesses to ensure regular exposure of key developments and achievements.

A diligent and dedicated team player, Lorraine is always on hand to provide support to colleagues, adding real value to ensure the optimal delivery of key projects.

With over 20 years’ experience in HR, Isobel has acquired extensive insight and knowledge across the full spectrum of personnel and related functions. 

With a solid track record in manufacturing, she worked for Cummins Inc for nine years where she developed novel strategies and functionality across HR to drive unprecedented organisational productivity and growth along with leading three successful HR start-up programmes across UK, USA and Canada.  

During this time Isobel refined her skills as a strong communicator establishing robust relationships with both staff and senior managers.  With a hands-on approach she has long been committed to ensuring enhance professional development through execution of recruitment and selection process as well as demonstrated expertise across complex negotiations.

Joining Linear Group as HR Manager in early 2021 and promoted to HR Director later in the year, Isobel is responsible for the proactive operational management of all aspects of HR across the business.  In this role she is focused on effective organisational development, training, employee engagement, performance management and employment law matters.

CIPD Qualified and a trained negotiator, Isobel brings a vital array of skills and expertise in support of the wider business ambitions, as well as supporting senior managers in HR related matters.