The UKMHA’s latest Annual General Meeting has seen the appointment of the association’s new board of directors.
The serving members of the board were all re-elected, with the addition of Brian Tilt, Sales Director at The Compact Group and Adam Hughes, Managing Director at Spartan Forklift Trucks Limited.
The meeting, which took place prior to the latest Thought Leadership event, also saw the formal ratification of Cameron Burnett as UKMHA Director.
Cameron said: “With the support of my fellow directors and colleagues at the UKMHA, together with our members, I know we can forge ahead and make the UKMHA the pre-eminent trade association for the UK material handling sector.
“There have been – and remain – many challenges to the effective management of the UK material handling sector but the UKMHA intends to help overcome these challenges and we will do this by pledging to enhance the prosperity, raise the profile and lift industry standards for all stakeholders of the UK material handling industry.”
He said this would be achieved through the continued production of insightful market intelligence, effective lobbying, by benchmarking best practice and attracting the best new talent to the industry.
“Our aim is to create engaged stakeholders, provide valued expertise and promote operational excellence,” he added.
The new UKMHA board comprises:
- Andrew Woodward (Joint-President) – Close Bros
- Simon Barkworth (Joint- President) – Crown UK
- Tim Waples – (CEO) UKMHA
- Cameron Burnett – (Director) UKMHA
- David Goss – (Technical Director) UKMHA
- David Callis – Ecobat
- Christophe Maillet – Hyster Yale
- Geoff Martin – Jofson Limited
- Mike Barton – B & B Attachments
- Nick Duckworth – Toyota Material Handling UK
- Stuart Taylor – Mentor Training
- Brian Tilt – The Compact Group
- Adam Hughes – Spartan Forklift Trucks
