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the promotion of excellence and the provision of opportunities for continuing career development, is a core aspect of his role. He stressed the need for CILT’s educational programmes to remain widely accessible and for the courses to be available to industry professionals at every stage of their career.
“We would like – in all parts of the world if we could – for CILT to be a partner to everyone in logistics, transport or supply chain. In other words, we have something to offer at every stage, from a junior member, right up to the upper levels. A partnership for life is what we would like to put in place.”
Another key area Kevin is enthusiastic about, stemming from his time with CILT Ireland, is the organisation's capacity to influence various state and non-state organisations:
“CILT Ireland has been a very successful influencer. We are not a lobby organisation but people are looking to Ireland and saying, 'you have great influence in terms of the policies that you can offer to government departments and non-governmental organisations'. We have been very successful at this over the last five years. Other countries are turning to us, looking to know how we've succeeded in that regard. I'm especially pleased to see that happening in the Middle East and Africa. There is much experience CILT Ireland and other CILT bodies can share with these developing countries. For example, how to improve road safety or provide the best public transport and how to do that efficiently and safely. We have people and talent on board who can provide advice and guidance on best practice and that sort of thing.”
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Ireland compares favourably to what Kevin has seen on the international stage so far: “Ireland is one of the best run and most organised [of all CILT regions], and does a huge amount of work. Of course, like any organisation post-recession, it could do with more members, which is probably true of other chartered organisations as well,” he said.
Building membership is crucial to the future of CILT and Kevin has identified two key areas that need to be targeted: “Two particular groups within CILT International are gaining much traction. One is the Young Professionals (YP) and I would like every CILT council to have a recognised YP on board. The reason for that is you have a succession plan and they will bring a fresh perspective. If we only have people at senior level sitting around the table we will only get one world view. We need a younger opinion on what is actually happening out there.”
The other group Kevin believes is important to the future growth and development of CILT is Women in Logistics and Transport (WiLAT). This membership “have been phenomenally successful in different parts of the world and have successfully organised all kinds of training and events. I want to harness the energy and talent of both WiLAT and YP in the next couple of years. We are all members of one family and we want to see that the best practice in one part of the world is shared elsewhere so that we are successful wherever we operate.”
With his strong background in education, extensive industry experience and deep passion to see the organisation develop we look forward to CILT International growing and improving during Kevin’s tenure.
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