Staff Interview Name Aileen Gilchrist Job title Bid Team Lead Department/Division Bid Team Date of joining Axis CLC 01/09/25 Reporting to Chris Haynes Group Head of Bids Previous experience? Where are you based in the main? Eg office/branch/home: I live just outside of Warrington in the North West, I try to pop down to London at least once a month and will be in and out of the CLC Warrington office on a weekly basis. Who’s on your immediate team? Any shout outs for members of your team? My immediate team are Keely Gallop, Paul Raggett and Gareth Marshall. They are all superstars in their own right; I’m so grateful to have come in to such a talented bunch of people. Aside from their impressive bidding skills, Keely is lovely to chat to, she points me in the right direction and is a wealth of knowledge. Paul is full of great ideas and has put forward some great ways of
working. Gareth is a massive team player, always putting himself forward to help others wherever he can, he’s also a decarb guru which is always helpful on a retrofit bid!
• P405 – Management of Asbestos in Buildings • IOSH Working Safely • NVQ Sales and Marketing
What were you doing immediately before joining us? I was working with Pennington Choices, a surveying and consultancy provider to social housing. I was their Head of Sales for several years, managing the bid team, business development team and key account team.
First impressions of us all? Everyone is so friendly, I never felt like an awkward newbie at any point, everyone genuinely wants to see people succeed and feel happy in their role, which is lovely. It’s great to see that the operational teams get so involved with bids, too – it is definitely a team sport and needs everyone’s input to create winning bids.
Previous experience and qualifications? • MBA • MLitt – Writing Practice and Study • MA – English and Creative Writing
Immediate priorities – what does your day look like? My immediate priority is always my team – a number of us are quite new so I want to make sure that I support them as well as I have been supported in my first few