Meet The Team
Don Gilfoyle
Director & Principal Consultant
With 25 years senior experience in health & safety, Don is the director and principal consultant at Beaconrisk and founded the company 15 years ago. Due to his previous experience in Construction, Don understands the importance of health & safety in such industries.
He will read anything by Bill Bryson and Ian Rankin and enjoys that every day at Beaconrisk is different. Don is also the principal joke-cracker in the office and likes to take gentle walks and spends time at his ‘Welsh office’ aka caravan in his free time.
Rob Gilfoyle
Health & Safety Consultant
Rob is a director and health & safety consultant at Beaconrisk. Rob specialises in supporting clients with a variety of accreditations, including the likes of CHAS, SafeContractor, Constructionline and many more. Before joining Beaconrisk, Rob was a groundskeeper for 18 years and has a breadth of experience in landscaping.
His favourite books are Ian Poulter’s Autobiography, Bear Grylls: Blood, Sweat and Tears and the Jay Z Autobiography. When Rob isn’t working, he likes to play golf, spend time with his family and catch up with his friends.
Jo Fisher
Health & Safety Consultant
As a consultant, Jo supports clients with their accreditations, such as CHAS & Constructionline and organises health & safety training. Before Beaconrisk, Jo worked in both office management and as an events planner. She is an enormous Disney fan and her favourite films are Dumbo, The Proposal and The Help. She likes the fact that health & safety is a growing industry and enjoys working at Beaconrisk.
When she’s not working, Jo enjoys spending time with her son and travelling to various Disney locations, as often as possible. She also likes eating, socialising with friends, walking and bike riding.
Gemma Stanway
Business Development & Marketing Manager
As the Business Development Manager, Gemma manages all of our social media platforms, is responsible for choosing branding, designs webmail, generating sales leads and creating and maintaining relations with new clients and returning clients. Gemma Studied English Language & Linguistics at King’s College, London and previously worked as an Estate Agent and as a GCSE & KS3 English tutor.
She enjoys watching Grand Designs, Location, Location, Location and any form of reality TV. For Gemma, Beaconrisk enables her to utilise her skill set and she believes it gives her great creative freedom so she can achieve new things every day. When she’s not working, Gemma enjoys hanging out with friends, going to Anfield to watch Liverpool and visiting different European cities.
Keith
Customer Experience & Sales Manager
Experienced in Senior Management with a successful career in leading teams and customer-centric commercial strategy, Keith is responsible for Sales and Customer Experience at Beaconrisk.
Having worked as a Senior Manager at Lloyds Banking Group and Maersk, Keith utilises his vast skill set by implementing a clear strategy to convert sales leads and ensure customer experience is nothing but exceptional. When he is not in working, you will find Keith sailing round the Caribbean with his family, watching the match at Anfield or at a gig.
Lauren
Administrator
Lauren is our Administrator at Beaconrisk. Her day-to-day role involves collaborating with management to complete daily administrative tasks. Before Beaconrisk, Lauren worked at a Law Firm and Veterinary Practice.
When she is not working, you will find Lauren either watching Friends with a cuppa or walking her King Charles Spaniel. Lauren enjoys the positive environment and team morale at Beaconrisk.
Craig Kell
Business Development Support
Craig assists the Business Development Manager with admin, data entry and sometimes social media! Studied Film & Media at University and has a critical eye for different film subjects and has previously worked in admin.
His top three films are Lord of the Rings, The Dark Knight and Planes, Trains & Automobiles. He thinks Beaconrisk is “a fun environment to work in, the system runs really well and we all get on great.” When Craig’s not working, he enjoys watching films, binging on Netflix series and watching cricket!
Marijana
Finance & HR Assistant
Marijana is responsible for invoicing clients, cash flow and credit control. Before joining Beaconrisk, Marijana worked at a Care Home in Windsor and now works for Beaconrisk part time.
She loves the Fast & Furious franchise and when she isn’t working, Marijana likes to go on holiday, dog walks and enjoys spending time with her family. Marijana believes Beaconrisk is a happy working environment.