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Darren Sherry

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79 total appearances

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Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
Darren Sherry CEO of Galetech

I think it's going to improve the long-term timelines.

Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
Darren Sherry CEO of Galetech

But it's going to take a little while to work through the system to actually see the improvements on the ground.

Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
Darren Sherry CEO of Galetech

In terms of people, the repair and maintenance part, so about 50%.

Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
Darren Sherry CEO of Galetech

So we're currently 150 staff.

Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
Darren Sherry CEO of Galetech

This announcement today is going to bring us to 215 staff.

Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
Darren Sherry CEO of Galetech

About half of that staff work in the repair, maintenance and asset management of wind projects in the UK and Ireland.

Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
Darren Sherry CEO of Galetech

And the other half are working across consultancy, measurement, general support services into the renewable energy sector.

Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
Darren Sherry CEO of Galetech

So about half of our overall business is in physical maintenance and termites.

Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
Darren Sherry CEO of Galetech

Well, thankfully, as I mentioned earlier, we do almost four years of feasibility studies, extensive bird studies, etc., before we build a project.

Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
Darren Sherry CEO of Galetech

So we won't build a project if we did feel that it was going to do any harm.

Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
Darren Sherry CEO of Galetech

I suppose there are challenges in the sentiment coming from the US for the US itself.

Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
Darren Sherry CEO of Galetech

Thankfully, we have no exposure to that market, so it's not bothering us for the moment.

Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
Darren Sherry CEO of Galetech

Absolutely.

Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
Darren Sherry CEO of Galetech

You have to have huge sympathy for a business that has invested in good faith into a market where the policy changes halfway through that investment.

Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
Darren Sherry CEO of Galetech

But as we said, thankfully, Galtech, we're quite active in Europe, quite active in Africa, but the US has never been an attractive market to us.

Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
Darren Sherry CEO of Galetech

They're going to be across Ireland, mostly regional Ireland.

Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
Darren Sherry CEO of Galetech

The head office is in Cavan, so the majority will be there.

Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
Darren Sherry CEO of Galetech

But we're working from home, all of those things.

Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
Darren Sherry CEO of Galetech

Lots of people working from lots of interesting locations these days.

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