Anna Whiting is a Membership engagement at MMC Ireland. She possess expertise in construction, contract management. Colleagues describe her as "I was fortunate enough to meet Anna when we joined an organisation that she worked for and we joined as members. It was her hard work that helped our on-boarding into that organisation and the contacts she helped us make were invaluable. She is an extremely hard working individual who seems to be able to make connections between key people in organisations in a way that it feels like those contacts have been in place for years. She has a great understanding of people as well as the businesses she works with and can create environments that make strong business relationships. Well worth having her as a contact." and "Anna personifies the interpersonal skills required to develop and maintain an effective and loyal network of influence within the Offsite sector. She combines humour, friendliness and empathy with a steely intent to encourage collaboration with the aim of advancing the interests of the sector. Anna has been involved in the offsite sector from the inception of Buildoffsite through to the emergence of the Offsite Alliance and has used her interpersonal skills to develop the relationships which have served well the interests of both organisations as each sought to develop and maintain membership. Anna has also been a strong advocate of the Buildoffsite Property Assurance Scheme (BOPAS) with which she has had a long association, initially under the auspices of Buildoffsite and subsequently Offsite Alliance. She has not only directed potential clients to BOPAS but has played a key role in identifying venues for the 6 monthly BOPAS Forum, identifying potential speakers for the event, but also arranging popular and effective networking events to precede the Forums. Anna is a great proponent of offsite and her influential networks will be an important facet in the drive to a platform based approach which represents the future of offsite. Collaborative working will be critical to the initiative which can only be achieved through mutual trust, gained through familiarity and introductions through networks such as those for which Anna is renowned."