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8 MODERN BUILDING SERVICES OCTOBER 2022 PEOPLE PEOPLE BE-ST strengthens leadership team to drive zero carbon ambition Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) has named DouglasMorrison as its new deputy CEO, supporting the innovation centre’s commitment to accelerating sustainable transformation across the built environment. The newly created leadership position reflects BE-ST’s increasingly important role in the transition to zero carbon across the construction and built environment ecosystem, with a new dedicated decarbonisation mission unveiled earlier this year. Douglas will enable the BE-ST team to deliver impact through its ambitious transformation programmes, offering strategic direction to help the sector implement sustainable construction practices at the speed needed to tackle climate change. www.be-st.build Fernox welcomes new UK and Ireland Sales Director Fernox is delighted to announce Greg Banham has re-joined the business. With over 25 years sales experience in the heating and plumbing sector, Greg’s appointment will further bolster the company’s continued growth ambitions as he spearheads this key region for Fernox. Greg joins as the water treatment specialist and continues to develop and enhance its chemical, filter, and testing ranges to deliver high levels of performance and outstanding ease of application across residential, commercial, and renewables sectors. www.fernox.com A new opening for Dean GEZE UK has strengthened itsWindow Technology teamwith the recent appointment of Dean Tonna, who joins themanufacturer of door and window control systems as Area Sales Manager covering the Midlands, south of England, south andmid-Wales. Supporting GEZE UK’s planned growth for window technology products, Dean will focus on developing first-class relationships with key contacts at fabricators, contractors and distributors, and work with architects and M&E consultants to develop specifications and provide technical solutions from the company’s extensive window control range for both natural ventilation and natural smoke and heat extraction. Dean will also be focusing on the education sector as the sector looks to reduce CO2 emissions in line with Net Zero targets for 2030. www.geze.co.uk Airedale appoints Adrian Trevelyan as Data Centre Lead Airedale by Modine TM , announced Adrian Trevelyan as the director of its Cloud Services Business Unit. Responsible for one of Airedale’s most significant commercial operations, Adrian will be accountable for a worldwide territory (excluding US), leading the data centre cooling armof the Airedale by Modine business as it accelerates its growth strategy. Adrian, brings a wealth of data centre knowledge and unwavering leadership skills to his new position. Having worked with Airedale by Modine for 32 years, most recently as Aftermarket Director, he has vast experience in the data centre industry, both at a hands-on and strategic level. Reporting in to Adrian will be Airedale’s established data centre-focussed engineering, project management and commercial teams. www.airedale.com Simon Harris joins Avrenim as Chief Executive Simon Harris joins the business to help further strengthen the company’s position in the market. Over the last few years, the company has grown quickly to become a main contractor, competing for work with large international FM and construction providers. The business has continued to go from strength to strength, and now employs over 100 staff at its Liverpool headquarters. Simon has an extensive career within the industry spanning over thirty years, bringing a breadth of experience frommany different business streams in both the public and private sector. Simon will lead the Group and its activities, supporting the needs of customers and helping the business to evolve to market needs. www.avrenim.co.uk Armstrong Fluid Technology names Parry Global Head of the company’s District Energy team Armstrong Fluid Technology has appointed Neil Parry to the role of Global Head of District Energy. Based in the UK Parry will be responsible for defining, developing, and delivering Armstrong’s suite of solutions for distributed energy networks (Heating and Cooling). This will involve working in close collaboration with stakeholders around the world in developing district energy solutions and the supply chains involved in their design, creation, and expansion. Parry has over thirty years of experience in engineering, manufacturing and HVAC system design, with diverse roles covering product management, technical training, lecturing and sales. Parry is a CIBSE-accredited Heat Network Consultant in addition to being a licensed and approved Lecturer and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) provider. His academic qualifications include a Diploma in Engineering & Building Services along with several National Vocation Qualifications. www.armstrongfluidtechnology.com