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People on the move T
he Federation of Environmental Trade Associations (FETA) has
announced changes to its senior positions, with Graham Wright (right) standing down as FETA chairman and British Refrigeration Association (BRA) president, John Smith (left), taking over the role.
troubleshooting and commissioning engineer in 1997.
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Mr Smith is technical director for the Beijer Ref UK and Ireland group of companies and has been chairing the equipment and components section of the BRA since 2014. He has spent the last 29 years working in wholesaling for Dean & Wood, and for electronic controls manufacturers such as Danfoss, JTL and Honeywell. Mr Wright has also handed over his role as HEVAC president to Nick Howlett, who is managing director of Titon Ventilation Systems and a director of Titon Holdings. Mr Howlett’s previous role as HEVAC vice president will be taken by Mark Jones, who has built a career in the ventilation industry after starting out as an apprentice before eventually becoming chairman of Woodcock & Wilson in 2014. Finally, the BRA has appointed
Mark Woods as its new vice president. Mr Woods is joint managing director of Space Engineering Services, having started with the company as a
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oulting Environmental Services (BES), has promoted Jonathan Morton to the position of
engineering director. Mr Morton has 30 years of industry experience and started his career as an apprentice, obtaining an OND and HNC in Building Services Engineering before completing his degree in the same subject.
His appointment strengthens BES’s management structure at a time of growth and demonstrates BES’s commitment to staff career development.
Mr Morton joined BES in 2004 as a senior HVAC designer. In 2009, he became project manager, before being promoted to the role of design manager for a multi-service term contract for a major customer.
within the region’s building services industry and will help to drive the expansion of the company’s design and build business.
He will also be responsible for designing and project managing the installation of tailored cooling and heating systems for architects, developers and contractors.
Category A and B fit-outs of 2 Arena Central, a 14-storey development in Birmingham set to become the new UK headquarters of HSBC.
Mr Higgins was previously senior projects manager for a Sutton Coldfield heating and air conditioning services contractor.
He began his career as an apprentice installation engineer with a Stourbridge air conditioning firm and gained his Level 3 NVQ qualification in refrigeration and air conditioning at Solihull College.
Mr Morton explained: “I joined BES when the company was made up of just nine people. The company is now 120 strong and I’m excited to be involved in helping the company to grow further.”
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oolair Equipment has enhanced its Midlands operation with the appointment
of a senior sales and project engineer. Mark Higgins has 20 years of project management experience
mechanical design estimator. Darren Gibbard will support the estimating department in costing the mechanical element of tender bids and negotiating successful tenders. Based at J S Wright’s head office in Birmingham, he will work across the company’s specialist hotel, residential, social housing, student accommodation, leisure and commercial sectors.
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With over 30 years of experience in building services, Mr Gibbard’s project credits include the £20m
S Wright has boosted its design and build expertise with the appointment of a new senior
Mr Gibbard started his career as an indentured engineering apprentice before graduating in 1992 with a Building Services Engineering degree.
Mr Bray has worked in the acr industry for six years, having started off as a trainee sales engineer before progressing his career with Advanced Engineering.
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& E Hall has appointed Kyle Bray as its new southern area sales manager.
Mr Bray is responsible for a sales area stretching from South Wales to East Anglia, building relationships between contractors and wholesalers and building demand for the J & E Hall commercial product range.
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