Laurence Hooper Email and Phone Number

• Main Contractor Project Manager on the AED 700 million airfield extension at Dubai World Central Airport;• Management of 750 members of staff, labour and associated plant and machinery on an accelerated build programme during the construction of aprons and aircraft stands including all services and utilities;• Construction of infrastructure for Dubai Airshow 2013, management of stakeholders including Dubai Police, Dubai Aviation and event end users. • Contract, programme and progress management of subcontractors supplying specialist systems such as Jet Fuel and Airfield Lighting;• Management of change control, variation orders, quality control, site audits and health and safety inspections at sites;• Client facing role responsible for progress reports, agreeing project scope and programme. Internal resource forecasting and budget control for senior management review;• Initiated improvements to Health and Safety procedures on site drawing on previous experience. Responsible for implementing these changes and monitoring progress leading to over 7 million man-hours without a LTI;• Design and management of handover processes to regulatory standards for live airfield operations.

• Construction, maintenance and reinstatement of all Olympic structural overlay at Lord’s Cricket Ground as the archery venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games;• Management of stakeholders, budget, risk and change control procedures within a formal programme setting, liaison with ISg as the main contractor;• Preparation of reports, briefings and presentations to senior management and regulatory authorities for design and financial sign off;• Leadership and management of Olympic staff and contractors to deliver to the highest standards;• Design, implementation and enforcing on site Health and Safety standards;

• Operational deployment to Afghanistan. Responsible for engineering within Forward Operating Bases in remote and high threat locations in Helmand Province. Risk analysis of infrastructure and delivery of improvement measures providing practical lifesaving solutions to the ground holding unit; • Manpower planning, discipline and running day-to-day logistics for a regiment of 650 British Army Officers and soldiers. Responsible for quality control for reporting across the regiment and a subject matter expert relating to all complaints and disputes; • Responsible for all discipline and administration cases within the regiment. Preparation of case papers in conjunction with military legal advisors, running of disciplinary proceedings in line with European judicial process and administering the resulting sanctions imposed;• Planning and deploying bomb disposal and search assets across the UK and overseas including Kenya and Falkland Isles; • Delivering high assurance search operations to high profile public events such as party political conferences;• Worked as Executive Assistant to the Military Representative to NATO and the European Union at NATO headquarters, Brussels. Organisation of all diplomatic duties undertaken by the General, accompanying him on representational meetings, diary management and hosting functions;• Responsible for talent development and education of subordinates.