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PEOPLE MODERN BUILDING SERVICES AUGUST 2022 7 ELCO reinforces sales team with new appointment ELCO Heating Solutions has appointed Lee Atkinson as Area Sales Manager for London and the central regions, with the company looking to strengthen key relationships with consultants and specifiers. Lee will be responsible for helping ELCO grow its market share in a competitive area, driving specifications of the company’s latest range of commercial heat pumps, low emission boilers, network heating, and hot water products. Lee arrives at ELCOwith over 20 years of experience in the commercial heating and hot water industry. After starting out as an apprentice, Lee further developed his career as an engineer for leading HVAC manufacturers, before transferring his skills to a sales role six years ago. www.elco.co.uk J SWright promotes two to Directors Leading building services provider J S Wright has promoted two highly experienced members of staff to directors. Matthew Coy (left) and David Cook have taken on the positions of Contracts Director and Design & Estimating Director respectively. With 47 years of industry experience between them, they are the latest examples of our investment in staff progression and development as the company moves forward as an employee ownership trust (EOT). Matthew and David are both fully qualified heat network consultants. www.jswright.co.uk Ambisense has appointed Anne Keogh as Chief Financial Officer as part of its aggressive growth strategy Ambisense, an IoT and AI analytics business focused on monitoring environmental risks has recently appointed Anne Keogh FCCA as their CFO as part of their aggressive growth strategy in the coming months. Her appointments bring a huge wealth of experience to the scaling business, which is on the cusp of a major scaling up across the UK. Anne Keogh joined Ambisense in February of this year as the Chief Financial Officer for the company. Prior to this, Anne was the CFO and COO of Pharmapod, an innovative cloud- based software developed by pharmacists for pharmacists to maximise patient safety across the global healthcare system. Anne has 7 years of experience being a woman of the C-suite and brings this knowledge to her role in Ambisense. www.ambisense.net/ The Energy and Utilities Alliance welcomes a new President and Vice President Following the Annual General Meeting of the leading trade body, Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA), Robert Murray (left), Managing Director - Skewb Industry, Communities, and CSR becomes the new President and Martyn Bridges, Director of Marketing and Technical Support at Worcester Bosch becomes Vice President. EUR ING Robert J Murray BEng (Hons) MBA CEng FIGEM FInstLM FSOE FIPlantE MIED is a Past President of the EUA and has nearly 48 years of experience in the Gas, Water and Energy Industries. Bob has held Director positions with Transco/National Grid, the Inexus Group, Skanska, and Enzen Global. His current role with Skewb UK is Managing Director for Industry, Communities, and CSR. A role, which refers to as his dream career role and the one worth waiting for. www.eua.org.uk Baxi’s Jeff House appointed as HHIC’s new Policy Group Chair Jeff House, Head of External Affairs at Baxi, has been appointed as the new chair of the Heating and Hotwater Industry Council (HHIC) Policy Group. The HHIC is a member organisation committed to driving, supporting, and promoting the sustained growth of the UK domestic heating and hot water industry. Jeff has over two decades of industry experience with a strong background in legislation and policy for the residential and commercial heating sector. He regularly represents both Baxi and the wider industry at Government and trade body meetings, offering in-depth advice and analysis. As Policy Group chair, Jeff will work with HHIC members to help shape the industry position and narrative relating to legislation. www.baxi.co.uk PEOPLE Expansion for Coolair Equipment Limited continues with new presence in the SouthWest andWales Coolair Equipment Limited continue its expansion into new territories by establishing a permanent presence in SouthWales.Themovewill allow the one- stop air-conditioning specialists to service clients inWales and the SouthWest. It follows Coolair Equipment Limited’s expansion into the North East and Scotland earlier this year. The company also has regional offices in Maidstone and the Midlands, and is headquartered in Manchester. The new arm of the business will be managed by Chepstow-based Stephen Morley, who joins Coolair Equipment Limited as Business Development Specialist, in South West and Wales. Stephen has more than 15 years experience in the HVAC sector, and is interested in new green energy solutions, as well as establishing new revenue streams for Coolair Equipment Limited. www.coolair.co.uk