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Although his family are Manchester United fans, Christopher also loves Manchester City.

“I support both. Manchester is the best city in the world,” says Christopher. He has risen fast in the Brunel organisation and now travels between Amsterdam and his hometown on a 50/50 basis. “I started three years ago. At the Global Recruitment Centre, they needed data entry people for their XRM project. The gig was supposed to last twelve weeks,” says Christopher with a smile. Brunel saw the value of Christopher. Starting out on data entry for the Energy organisation, introducing XRM to other people all over the world and working his way up the ranks within Brunel’s Global IT department, this

fast-rising star knows what he wants and where he wants to go. “All the roles I have played at Brunel have influenced my view of Brunel as a truly global company. I am grateful for the opportunities Brunel has given me. I love the energy within the company: If you don’t go for it, you’ll never get there. It’s an energy that suits me,” says Christopher. He considers Brunel to be a game changer. “Our IT projects combine Brunel’s service offering with Big Data to better service our clients. The benefit of being the biggest company is that we have the biggest database and the biggest work-force, so we are better able to predict any number of things our clients need to know.”

Christopher Powell (26), Brunel Project Manager Global IT

Manchester (GB) & Amsterdam (NL)

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