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Riverside House, Plumpton Road · Hoddesdon, Herts EN11 OPA Ph. 01992 45 29 50 · E-mail: sales@ela ex.co.uk www.ela ex.co.uk MADE IN GERMANY Email your enquiry to: sales@elaflex.co.uk Check out our configurator : ervconfigurator.elaflex.co.uk Ad_2020_ERV_90x270_Ltd_EN.indd 1 20.07.2020 10:43:40 PEOPLE Albion Appoint Area Sales Manager for Scotland and Northern Ireland Albion Valves (UK) Ltd, is pleased to announce Billy Ritchie has joined the team to represent Albion in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Billy will hold the role of Area Sales Manager for the region. His role will see himworking closely with our network of independent merchants, as well as contractors and consultants within the area. Billy has a wealth of experience and knowledge having held senior management positions within the valve industry for over 18 years. He has previously been responsible for securing and delivering many prestigious building services projects, setting him in good stead to service the supply chain in conjunction with our Projects Support Team. www.albionvalvesuk.com Coolair Equipment Limited strengthens team with two senior appointments Nationwide air-conditioning specialists Coolair Equipment Limited continues its expansion plans with two senior appointments. David Mansell, 52, has recently joined the Midlands office of the one-stop air conditioning specialists, while Danny McLaughlin, 54, has joined the firm’s southern office in Maidstone, Kent. Both have been appointed as Sales/Business Development Specialists. David will be responsible for the sales, design and procurement of air conditioning and any associated services in the region. Danny, who has 30 years’ experience within the HVAC industry, will be introducing Coolair Equipment Limited’s service portfolio to new and existing clients. Like Danny, David has vast experience across the HVAC sector with previous roles including Regional Sales Manager for Toshiba Business Solutions and Director of Operations and Key Accounts at Celsius Solutions Limited. Thermify Cloud adds to its Board of Directors Thermify Cloud, the company that has designed a revolutionary and affordable low-carbon heating system that can replace gas boilers in people’s homes and help reduce fuel poverty, has appointed Joanne McCudden and Kayla Ente MBE to its board of directors. The announcement of the two non-executive appointments followsThermify’s recent decision to open its first production assembly plant near Bridgend in southWales. Kayla Ente MBE is the founder and CEO of the Brighton & Hove Energy Services Co-operative which is building a portfolio of community owned low-carbon and efficient energy projects in Sussex. Her career has spanned a range of different roles in the UK and The Netherlands, including time working at Greenpeace, Ecofys Energy and Environment and Nuon, the Dutch utility that offered Europe’s first renewable energy tariff. Kayla was appointed an MBE earlier this year for services to community-led energy efficiency projects. Joanne McCudden is an experienced non-executive director representing minority shareholder interests in a range of companies. By profession, Joanne is a biochemist and has held a number of senior business development and marketing roles. Aermec expands UK sales team to accelerate growth Aermec has made several new appointments in recent months to help the sales team to cope with demand. And as part of its on-going recruitment drive, Aermec has announced a further expansion with the appointment of Alex Thompson as Business Development Manager. Alex’s new role will see himwork closely alongside the wider sales team but he will be primarily representing Aermec in the south west of England and in SouthWales. Alex has been in the HVAC industry for 24 years having graduated as a mechanical engineer. He has held posts in R&D for nine years and over the last 15 years has been in technical sales with three leading air conditioning manufacturers and has multi-product experience. He has extensive experience supplying chillers, CRACs and AHUs to a wide range of industries and applications – from data centres and mission critical applications to critical cooling for hospitals as well as providing cooling solutions to meet the exacting requirements of large office projects. Alex will be developing closer relationships with consultants, contractors and end-users, providing advice on Aermec’s wide range of chillers, air conditioning products, fan coils and heat pumps.