Skills for Business

SummitSkills Board Members

SummitSkills is an employer-led organisation and many of the board members are employers in the sector, ranging from multinational businesses to sole traders, and representing all the businesses within the sector.

Current board structure

Chair
 Simon Barley, chief executive at UK Skills, the organisation the organisation which promotes skills and learning through competitions and awards.
Simon Bartley

Company Secretary
Anthony Smith, SummitSkills' finance director.
Anthony Smith

Brian Calcott, Proprietor, B. Calcott Plumbing & Heating Ltd., Coventry, Warwickshire.
Brian Calcott

John Fraser, Star Refrigeration, Glasgow. specialising in the design, manufacture, installation and commissioning of refrigeration systems.
John Fraser

Andrew Gooding, Director Engineering Policy and Innovation, Institution of Civil Engineering, London.
Andrew Gooding 

Mary Gowing, Gowing & HuntLtd. Mechanical Services, Ely, Cambridgeshire.
Mary Gowing

 Tom Hardacre, National Construction Officer, Amicus.
Tom Hardacre

 Diane Johnson, Director, Eric Johnson of Northwich Ltd., Cheshire, industrial and commercial electrical contracting.
Diane Johnson

 Stuart Lyon – Vice Chairman SummitSkills’ Board. Recently retired from MITIE Engineering, Scotland.
Stuart Lyon

 Graham Manly, Director, Gratte Manly Building Services. Industry interests: education, training and technical research. Graham has also been personally involved in many BSRIA projects and HVCA/CIBSE career initiatives.
Graham Manly

 
Hamish McDonald

 Ian Pattle, Director/Owner of Heat Plumb Supplies Ltd & Director and Vice Chair of APHC.
Ian Pattle

 Managing Director, Maurice Stevenson Ltd, Lurgan, Northern Ireland. Past President of the Northern Ireland Master Plumbers' Association and a member of the BPEC Board.
David Stevenson

 
Bill Wright

 
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