Otso Lahtinen, CEO
Otso Lahtinen is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Geobear. He is responsible for leading the development and execution of the company’s long term strategy. He has ultimate responsibility for all day to day management decisions and for implementing long and short term plans.
Peter Luby, COO
Peter joined in 2023 from Network Rail where, most recently, he was the Head of Capital Delivery where he led teams delivering works on behalf of HS2. Peter has over 22 years experience within the construction industry working in maintenance, renewals and major projects.
Simon Hughes, Managing Director
Simon joined Geobear in 2023 to lead business growth. He is driven by a personal purpose to create and curate environments that enable people and organisations to perform to the best of their abilities, enabling people to achieve their strategic goals and objectives.
Wayne White, Operations Director
Wayne leads the UK and Ireland operational team. He previously held senior roles at Homeserve where he was responsible for the operational delivery and performance of their field teams.
Richard Holmes, Infrastructure Director
Richard has 35 years experience in geotechnical contracting from around the world and held senior manager positions for 20 years. Richard is also a Chartered Engineer.
Paul Garthwaite, Director Commercial & Infrastrucutre
Paul’s expertise is in advancing business strategy, enhancing client relationships, and driving growth in key sectors such as rail, highways, aviation, and commercial industries.
Craig Dean, Sales Director
Craig is an innovative director and experienced project manager, operationally active and commercially aware. An excellent leader and team player as demonstrated through his previous positions. He now manages the UK & Ireland Residential Sales team(s) for Geobear.
Ashley Stevens, Commercial Director
Ashley Stevens is commercial director for insurance. He has 22 years’ experience in insurance and ground engineering and holds membership of chartered institutions for surveying, loss adjusting, building, building engineering and party wall matters
Ash Shadat, Head of Customer
Ash is a senior leader who takes ownership of customer in business settings. He has previously worked in multiple industries, including national utilities transportation, emergency works and construction management. Ash's role within Geobear is to ensure that the entire organisation focuses on what is the most important asset we have, that being the goodwill of our customers and clients.
Aleister Willis, Marketing Director
Aleister has 20 years marketing experience across a number engineering and B2C sectors. Prior to joining Geobear in 2015, he held key marketing roles at engineering consultancy Atkins. He leads the strategic direction for brand growth in the UK and Ireland.