Chief Executive at Coast & Country for nearly 16 years. The first CEO of this great organisation, having driven through its creation as a Large Scale Voluntary Transfer from Redcar & Cleveland BC in 2002.Coast & Country has come a long way since its formation developing a strong business culture balanced with a genuine committment to supporting and investing in people and communities.The company delivers a wide range of services, with pride in its core service offering, social enterprises and commercial activities.Our independent living service HomeCall is now providing a range of person and property related services to over 5,0000 customers from community alarm to telecare supported living options, supported by a highly effective and commercially locally based 24/7 customer contact centre.We have an amazing track record of investing in our communities, which is now focused on the skills and employment agenda, with wider social enterprise bases at our Westfield Farm resource centre and our Refurnish emporium in Saltburn.Although not a factor at this moment, one of our proudest achievements was to be placed 6th Best Company to work for within the prestigious Times Top 100 best companies award, supported by a range of other key business accreditations. Customer Service Excellence, IIP Gold, Telecare Services Association, ROSPA, to name but a few.The ethos of the company is simple, develope and engage our staff, meaningfully involve our customers in all aspects of the business.... with an end result that delivers excellence in all that we do.Also on Twitter at; @Risim52.