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as Sensing Solutions (GSS), the designer and manufacturer of low
power, high speed Non-Dispersive Infrared (NDIR) carbon dioxide gas
it to fulfil its pledge to create 500 new jobs and double its turnover by 2020.
He joins the group from con- struction engineering company Mabey Hire Ltd, where he held executive roles for a number of years. Prior to that, he was em- ployed in senior management pos- itions at some of the UK’s largest construction and rail companies, such as Balfour Beatty and Jarvis. He is also a qualified electrician and began his career as an elec- trical contractor.
sensors, has appointed Grant Not- man as its new business develop- ment director.
He has significant sales and channel management experience from previous roles with firms including Transition Networks and Ultra Electronics, RAD Communi- cations and Racal. With years of director and VP-level experience in M2M, IoT, telecommunications and business restructuring for wireless and satellite companies, Grant is a strong addition to the GSS com- mercial team.
adi Group, the engineering solu- tions firm, has appointed Steven Farmer as its new chief operating officer.
The appointment follows a period of rapid growth for the company and Mr Farmer will help
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Steven’s initial task is to further develop the Group’s 2020 business plan, encompassing and enhancing the working synergies of all 19 businesses.
adi Group is committed to cor- porate social responsibility (CSR) and was recently placed in the
The diverse nature of Steven’s background mirrors adi Group’s extensive service offering of spe- cialist engineering services pre- dominantly to the manufacturing sector.
top 1% of all businesses assessed globally by one of the world’s most prestigious sustainability rating platforms, EcoVadis. This mixture of ambition and culture, cham- pioned by CEO Alan Lusty, is what Steven says attracted him to the role.
international standards commit- tees. He has extensive knowledge of the gas, electrical and renewable energy markets, having hands-on experience carrying out electrical safety and energy audits in India and product certification in China. In his previous role with the as- sociation, Wayne spearheaded the development of BESA’s service and maintenance tool SFG20 so that it now delivers tailored solutions for specialist market sectors, including catering and healthcare, enabling building owners to achieve cost savings of up to 20%.
Vertiv has appointed Rob John- son as its new ceo.
BESA (the Building Engineering Services Association) has ap- pointed Wayne Terry, as its new membership director.
Mr Terry was previously BESA’s head of business development and said he was proud to take on his new role at such a “pivotal time for the profession”.
He has extensive experience of more than 40 years in the in- dustry, with a career built around compliance and certification. Pre- viously head of certification at the NICEIC, Wayne has represented UK certification bodies at the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and also on a number of ISO
Mr Johnson was most recently an operating partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. He spent 10 years at American Power Conversion (APC) and was president and ceo when the com- pany was sold to Schneider Electric for $6.1 billion in 2007.
While at APC he also served as general manager of the company’s Availability Enhancement Group. In addition to his career at APC, Mr. Johnson has worked in execu- tive positions at Consolidated Con- tainer Corporation, a provider of rigid plastic packaging solutions. In 1989, Mr. Johnson founded Systems Enhancement Corporation (SEC), a company that created innovative software and hardware solutions for the Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) industry. He sold the company to APC in
1997.
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