The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has appointed Simon Lunt as its first head of business development as part of a wider strategic review.
Lunt brings extensive and varied experience to this new role having started his career in the chemical industry in Scandinavia with Forchem Oy before moving into the health & safety sector covering the UK construction, manufacturing, and facilities management sectors at Arco.
During this time, he gained valuable trade association experience as an active member of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA). That gave him a useful insight into the workings of industry committees and technical groups which he expects will prove valuable in his new role at BESA.
“My role is to help the membership team add as much value to as many companies in the building engineering sector as possible,” - said Lunt. “BESA offers a remarkable breadth of benefits, and we want our members to take advantage of everything they can, including getting involved in our working groups and committees which can affect real change across the sector.
BESA’s director of membership Rebecca Fox added that the creation of this new position was a key element of the Association’s new progressive strategy and required the recruitment of someone with considerable business and technical experience.
“We are delighted to have been able to attract someone of Simon’s calibre and talent to this crucial role,” said Fox. “We know he brings something new to our team and will get the best out of those working around him for the benefit of our members.
