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BiKBBI REINFORCES ITS POSITION BY APPOINTING 2 NEW BOARD POSITIONS

Market acceptance, growing influence and huge ambition are just three of the factors why the BiKBBI has announced the appointment of two board members. Entirely new positions have been created to fulfil the needs of an organisation that’s now in its 15th year and at its peak. First to join, was experienced Finance Director Karen Stanley who has joined as the organisation further developed its Advisory Board, during times of significant growth. Karen qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PWC in the Business Services Division, which supported and audited developing companies. Shortly after qualifying Karen moved into a company finance role. Karen has spent most of her career working in the construction, manufacturing and retail sectors as Finance Director, developing finance teams to support the needs of a growing business and working with the senior management teams to develop business strategies, forecasts and reporting. Next to join, only by a few days was Jon Thelwell. Jon has joined the Advisory Board, and his remit is to develop the organisations commercial strategy. Jon can make good use of his 20 plus years of strategic experience, working with some of the industry’s leading manufacturers and retailers of KBB product, including being Showroom Director at Jewson, MD at Crestwood, Head of Marketing & Development at Moores Furniture Group and Sales Director at Knauf. Commenting on the appointment, BiKBBI CEO Damian Walters said: “It is really exciting to announce these new appointments as it underpins the heady status that the institute now has within the market. These are two very senior and well respected individuals and will increase our kudos and our industry reach. BiKBBI CEO Damian Walters said: “In less than a week we’ve managed to secure the support of two highly experienced professionals who will help steer our organisation through this period of exciting and significant growth”. Damian added: “We are now working with some of the industry’s biggest and most respected brands, a growing

We’ve managed to secure the support of two highly experienced professionals who will help steer our organisation through this period of exciting and significant growth.”

number of great independent retailers and thousands of installation specialists across the UK. Our organisation is growing rapidly, both in terms of membership and profile. We’ve already welcomed over 500 new installation businesses so far this year, we’re about to announce further developments with our Retail Installation Standards Partnership initiative too. It’s therefore important that we develop the senior team to meet these exciting demands.”

The BiKBBI has confirmed that its planned launch of its ‘Protected’ product is on track and that it is working with 2 national retailers, 4 regional retailers and has expressions of interest from over 240 independent retailers since launching the initiative at The Houses of Parliament in January.

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