Simmtronic has announced the appointments of Steve Petts as National Sales Director and Kevin Stubbs as a Senior Sales Project Manager. Each has 30 years experience in the lighting industry and will strengthen Simmtronics new business team as the Company continues to expand.

Hurleypalmerflatt has appointed James Rooke as an Associate Director within its Energy & Sustainability Division. James, who was previously at WSP, is a specialist Chartered Energy Engineer and has provided technical consultancy for major clients in the public and private sector.

LG has appointed Garry Hunt as its National Sales Manager responsible for all of LG’s sales activities into contractors, consultants and end-users.

In a move to further strengthen its position in the UK air conditioning market, Vaillant has appointed Stuart Maddock as its new Technical Sales Manager for air conditioning. He takes over the role from Mark Richards, who remains with the company, moving to the role of Air Conditioning Product Manager.

Chloride Power Protection has appointed Ian Bitterlin as International Sales Director. Ian has an engineering background and is a well known figure in the power protection industry, having previously held senior management positions at Active Power, Emerson and Piller.

Hoare Lea Consulting Engineers is delighted to announce that Simon Russett PGDip MIET MIAEE FFB has accepted the invitation to become a Partner of the Firm.

Polypipe Commercial Building Systems has recently appointed two new Business Development Managers, Adam Smith and Paul Donnelly. Adam, 26, joins after two years at one of Polypipe’s leading distributors, Ashworths. At Ashworths, Adam was responsible for developing the Midlands operations and expanding the key customer base.

Doug Robins has moved to Priva Building Intelligence as Business Development Manager, from AES Controls where he held the position of Project & Technical Director. His remit is to take the company to the next level of its UK business expansion by working with consulting engineers, contractors and end-users, promoting the expertise of the Priva Partner network.

Adrian Morris has moved from internal sales to product manager for Andrews Water Heaters responsible for Standard and Hi-Flo direct-fired storage units, FASTflo continuous flow appliances as well as having some involvement with SOLARflo, the newly launched commercial solar thermal water heating system.

A former Regional Sales Manager, Rob Boland, has rejoined Tyco Thermal Controls as UK Sales Manager (Specialist Channels). Rob and his team will be responsible for supporting architects, consultants and contractors with application-specific electric heating solutions and fire-rated and performance wiring systems.

Yorkshire Fittings has strengthened its commercial sales team with the appointment of two Commercial Regional Managers and a new Sales Engineer. Dave Jewison and Billy Ritchie have been promoted to the role of Commercial Regional Manager, having previously been employed as Sales Engineers.

Paul Hardy has been appointed as the new Managing Director for Baxi Commercial Heating, which incorporates the Andrews Water Heaters, Potterton and Baxi Commercial businesses. The appointment comes as part of the division's strategy to create synergy across its commercial brands and become market leaders in the provision of commercial heating.

Clare Shuttleworth, an Associate sustainability specialist in the sustainability team of White Young Green (WYG), has been appointed to the key Group wide role of Sustainability Bureau Manager.

Colt International has appointed Jean-Claude De Smedt as Group Business Development Manager in its Smoke Control division; he re-joins the team following a 12 year absence. After his technical HVAC graduate studies, Jean-Claude worked for 15 years in the field of smoke control at Colt International in Belgium, but left in 1994 to start his own fire safety consultancy.

Jane Bentley has been appointed to the board of Jasun Filtration plc following the company’s recent announcements that it has purchased the freehold of its facility in Parrett Way, Bridgwater and had its most successful year in its 33-year history.

Sales analyst, Richard Bailey, has recently been appointed as the latest addition to Rinnai UK’s sales force. Following a two month intensive training programme, BA (hons) graduate, Richard, will be working in the southeast region to further increase Rinnai’s growing market share in gas-powered continuous flow hot water systems across domestic, commercial and industrial applications.