Our Team

Andrew is one of the two Founders of Opl and is the Group’s Commercial Director.

Andrew has over twenty years' experience in the office construction and commercial fit out industry. Before co-founding Opl, he was a senior surveyor for The Orchard Group.

Over the last fifteen years, Andrew has taken Opl from a start-up office interiors business into a multi million pound commercial interiors enterprise employing over 35 people working with a wide range of clients from SME's to blue chip companies.

An active advocate of the community, Andrew is married with three children and spends much of his spare time helping local community, cultural and sporting organisations. He is a member of Arsenal Football Club and East Berkshire Golf Club.

Philip Adey ACA BSc joined Opl in 2010 and is the Group Finance Director

He is an established Finance professional with comprehensive strategic experience and expertise in leadership, people/team development, business transformations and acquisitions.

Philip joined Arthur Andersen in London in 1988 qualifying in 1991. During his time with Andersens he specialised in the audit of small businesses. He left the practice in 1994 and worked in a variety of commercial roles with BNB Resources plc and TK Maxx.

In 1998 he joined the GLE Group and was promoted to Group Finance Director 2 years later. GLE Group provides a number of services to SME businesses including investment property, property development, invoice discounting and factoring, loan finance, private equity and venture finance and business advice and consultancy. During his time with GLE he guided the company through a rapid period of growth where its net assets grew from £13m to £50m and staff numbers increased from 80 to over 300. He was also instrumental in a number of significant acquisitions and their subsequent integration into the Group.

Philip lives in north London and enjoys a variety of sports including football, cycling and skiing. He spends his weekends transporting his 2 boys to their various sporting and social engagements.

Paul Lelliott FCCA MBA joined Opl in 2006 and is Group Managing Director.

As an experienced FD with over 10 years experience Paul has been involved in various areas of the office construction industry. In this time he has been exposed to both turnaround and rapid growth companies, working as both FD and interim MD on behalf of large corporate entities to venture capitalist backed private businesses.

In 2007 Paul was instrumental in setting up Opl Group Ltd to reflect the successful growth and diversification of the business interiors company since its foundation in 1994. This structure more accurately reflects the evolution of the commercial interiors organisation and better helps supports the planned development of the group.

Paul is a key member of a strong management team. His experiences in various business environments helps ensure the continued controlled and managed future growth of the group to achieve its longer term strategic goals in the field of commercial interiors and office construction.

A family man, Paul lives on the south coast, supporting his local Premiership football team, enjoys running with his dog on the South Downs and the occasional walk to the pub!

Adam joined Opl as Senior Project Manager in 2004 and was promoted to Operations Director in 2008. He is responsible for overseeing all construction projects within the business and manages the project managers, site managers and skilled labour teams.

He has been responsible for delivering projects for many of Oplâ's high profile clients since 2004 including projects for BAA, University of Derby and Cobbetts Solictors.
Prior to joining Opl, Adam ran his own business interiors construction company, specialising in partitions, ceilings and M&E work. He was awarded Opl Employee of the Year in 2005.

In 2007 he successfully led an Opl team in a charitable 3 Peaks Challenge, climbing Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon one weekend in August, overcoming the 'worst weather in 13 years' in the process!

Adam is a family man living in Essex with his wife and three children and loves his golf.

Chris has worked in the interior fit out market since 1997, with roles at two leading design and build practices before joining Opl. His work has included helping many of the UK’s most successful businesses to create inspiring workplaces and enhance the performance of their organisations.

His role at Opl is focussed on relationship management and cross-team communication, developing customer-focussed strategies. He identifies, prioritises and measures performance in delivering client value, monitoring pricing, negotiations and discount levels and ensuring the correct levels of resources are allocated to each project.

When not at work, Chris enjoys spending time on the golf course, and following his preferred football team, Newcastle United through thick and thin.

Prior to joining Opl in April 2011, Ashley built significant experience in managing the commercial function of a business. He played a major role in turning a failing business unit into a success resulting in its subsequent acquisition. At Opl, he is responsible for all commercial activities, including management of pre-construction activities and the management, negotiation and successful agreement of all contractual matters.

Having spent the last 7 years working for Balfour Beatty Construction Scottish & Southern Limited initially in an operational management role moving on to become a Senior Health and Safety Advisor, Joe has recently joined Opl as Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Manager. With 22 years experience predominantly within the steel fabrication and construction industry, Joe has a strong trade background in construction management and Health and Safety. Joe supports the business in the understanding and implementation of Human Factors, the identification of foreseeable errors/violations that lead to unsafe acts and ultimately accidents and incidents. Joe advises, supports and monitors all aspects of Health and Safety to ensure we continue to work to achieve our objective of Zero Harm everyday.