Gas Safety Trust appoints new Trustees
Tue, 31/08/2010 - 10:36
Four new Trustees have been appointed by the UK's leading gas safety charity, the Gas Safety Trust, to strengthen its core expertise and help create effective partnerships and programmes that are pivotal to its gas safety strategy and new direction.
The new Trustees are:
- Phil Brown - President of the Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers (IGEM) and Gas Systems Manager for National Grid
- Bob Kerr - Head of Business Integrity, British Gas
- Roger Webb - Deputy Chief Executive of the SBGI (Society of British Gas Industries) and Director of HHIC (Heating and Hotwater Industry Council)
- Bill Wright - The Electrical Safety Council Independent Energy Consultant and Chair of the Electrical Safety Council
The additional skills and knowledge brought to the boardroom table by the new Trustees will enable the Trust to fulfill its key objective, to reduce the danger of carbon monoxide and its effects on society through funding, research, evidence gathering, training, education and advocacy.
Mary Benwell, Chair of the Gas Safety Trust Chair, states: “To have the expert level of support from all the Gas Safety Trust Trustees in this exciting period of our development is crucial and I look forward to the additional contribution of our new Trustees in enabling the Trust to meet the challenges and opportunities of the future”.
About The Gas Safety Trust
The Gas Safety Trust, established in 2005 as a registered charitable body, has become the UK’s leading gas safety charity with the key objectives of further improving gas safety for the public and industry throughout the United Kingdom and reducing the incidents of death and serious injury from carbon monoxide exposure.
Media Enquiries
Hannah Aspey, Energy PR, 01993 823011, hannah@energypr.co.uk
Nigel Dumbrell, Gas Safety Trust, 01256 548016 / 07825 943298