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JJ Fitzgerald

Managing Director

JJ Fitzgerald

What year did you start at Evolution?

2012

What do you love about working at Evolution? 

Seeing the positive impact on people’s lives of what we are doing in communities all over the North-West of England – getting good feedback from tenants.

What are you most proud of?

The team. How we work together as a team and everything we all achieve together.

How does the business have a positive impact on the community?

We invest in people, not just places – creating a lasting legacy of skills and opportunities – rather than just buildings. The biggest buzz is seeing the smile on tenants’ faces when we hand the property back to them. There is no better feeling than that. Also it’s great to give young people a chance by providing training and employment, often for people who might otherwise have got overlooked.

Mental health and well-being is so important. If you have a job with a good employer, you can build a life from there and we have the opportunity to provide that to people, some of whom might not have been given that opportunity otherwise. To see apprentices develop – they can be so nervous when they start and then to see them develop personally and professionally is massively rewarding.

We put people, places and the planet at the centre of everything we do, offering a brighter, sustainable future to those living in our communities I am determined to fight for these communities, so that if you are someone who grows up here you have the same opportunities as someone growing up in a more affluent area of the country

What do you like to do when you are not working?

I enjoy boxing – sparring with the lads at the gym. We actually funded the local amateur boxing gym and bought them a ring so that they could keep the doors open. I like to keep fit – I run a lot – go to the gym a lot – it’s all part of the boxing routine. I love spending time with my wife Jenny – and walking our two German Shepherd dogs – Rasta and Jurgen – around Fleetwood where we live.

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