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ike Nankivell has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours
List for services to the UK Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry. With almost 50 years of experience
in the HVACR industry, Mr Nankivell has served as President of the Heat Pump Association (HPA), President of HEVAC and as Chairman of FETA during its 30th anniversary year. In the wider industry he is also a Fellow and former Trustee of the Institute of Refrigeration (IoR) and has served as a Director of the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Industry Board (ACRIB). Commenting on being awarded an OBE, Mr Nankivell said: “I am proud, grateful and equally humbled that my work within an industry that I love has been recognised in this amazing way. Throughout my long career within the HVACR industry I have had the privilege to work with a number of incredible people and I would like to pay tribute to each and every one of them as they are the ones who have made this possible.”
he Federation of Environmental Trade Associations (FETA) has announced that the new FETA chief executive will be Chris Yates. This decision follows a rigorous and thorough selection process involving representation from across the Federation’s associations. Mr Yates will take over in early September from Russell Beattie, who had delayed his original departure date due to the COVID situation.
Mr Yates has worked in the low
carbon and renewable heating and ventilation sector since 1998 and has gained extensive experience running manufacturing/distribution companies and working for the Energy Utilities Alliance.
He has either been a member of, or chaired, a variety of government/ industry bodies representing low carbon fuels, gas installation and appliances, both in the UK and Europe. He has also been a steering group member of the Microgeneration Certifi cation Scheme and chaired the Installer subgroup. Recently, Mr Yates has been running the CORGI brand licensing business, which has a number of partnerships, as well as being a non-executive director of the National Home Improvement Council. He has also been a non-executive director of the Gas Industry Safety Group and chair of OFTEC.
Russell Beattie has occupied the FETA CEO role since 2014. He previously worked for the John Smith Memorial Trust and served in the
Armed Forces. He said: “It has been a privilege to be the FETA chief executive for the past seven years during a time when we have seen some landmark developments in our industry and their eff ect on our environment. I would like to thank all the members for their support and to welcome Chris and wish him all the best in taking on this role.” On his appointment Mr Yates commented: “I am delighted to be succeeding Russell as chief executive of FETA. I am very much looking forward to working with the FETA membership and the wider industry as the UK transitions towards Net Zero Carbon.”
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limalife has welcomed Neil Roberts as senior technical sales manager in the UK. Mr Roberts joined the refrigeration
industry in 1992 when he supported Peter Dinnage with the introduction of the ISCEON 9 Series range of refrigerants to the UK market. Six years on, the UK operation split off as a joint venture with the Dehon Group and IDS Refrigeration was born. Here Neil continued to work towards global adoption of the ISCEON 9 Series and then went on to work for the Dupont refrigerants business (that later spun off as Chemours) helping to bring the Opteon Low GWP A1 and A2L refrigerants to market. He will continue to support the UK market in his new role at Climalife assisting the industry through this next phase of transition to very low GWP refrigerants as well as advising on
some of the other synergy products in the Climalife range.
“We are very pleased to have Neil join the business at this pivotal moment for our industry as he brings a wealth of knowledge that will be of great assistance in helping our customers and the industry with the changing refrigerant landscape,” said Allan Harper, Climalife UK managing director.
Mr Roberts has joined Climalife at a key moment for the industry, where the established norms of low toxicity and non-fl ammability will have to be replaced by using low GWP refrigerants which are either toxic, explosive or have a degree of fl ammability.
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icardo Maciel has become managing director of Tecumseh EMEA based in Vaulx-Milieu,
France.
Mr Maciel has over 20 years of leadership experience and knowledge in the refrigeration compressor industry having most recently been president and chief executive of SECOP Group. Prior to this, he was president, cold business unit for Nidec Global Appliances following 15 years with Embraco primarily in engineering and research and development leadership roles.
As managing director at Tecumseh, Mr Maciel will be responsible for all aspects of the Tecumseh business in Europe, Middle East and Africa as well as being an integral part of Tecumseh’s global leadership team.
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