Company: Wincanton
Role: Group HSEQ & Compliance Director
Luke’s career so far has been multi-disciplined, with some time spent in education, supply chain and now in Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ). His experience has helped him to build job and industry specific knowledge, as well as HSE capability and people skills.
In his current role as Group HSEQ & Compliance Director, Luke provides strategy and leadership for the national agenda in these specialist areas.
“This involves keeping abreast of emerging risks, and thought leadership. I challenge and influence internal and external stakeholders to apply human performance, to think differently about new ways of working in this space, both now and in the future.”
Luke was a member of NextGen, a high potential talent leadership programme at Wincanton, so when his current role was advertised internally he felt prepared and supported to go for it. And it’s with that same support from Wincanton leadership that he and his team feel able to really push the boundaries of what is possible within HSEQ.
“Wincanton is constantly innovating to bring growth opportunities to its customers, whether in productivity, efficiency, sustainability or in this case HSEQ. I knew innovation would be at the forefront of this new role and I had a clear strategy to take that growth and innovation platform forward for Wincanton.”
Luke is keen to recommend HSEQ to those looking to embark on a career in logistics, listing a degree level education, recognised HSE qualifications and some time in a relevant role as vital to finding growth opportunities, of which he’s found plenty during his time at Wincanton:
“There are a whole collection of highlights from my career so far – I feel spoiled in that respect, but being shortlisted at Wincanton for our NextGen leadership programme and then benefiting from senior leadership networking and mentoring has been very valuable.”