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Austin-Davies and Lamb elected to IoR board

UK: John Austin-Davies of EPTA and Rob Lamb of Star Refrigeration were elected to the Board of Trustees at yesterday’s Institute of Refrigeration AGM in London.

The election followed a member vote to fill the two vacant positions on the board.

John Austin-Davies recently resigned from his role as commercial director of Epta UK, pending his planned retirement in 2018. Rob Lamb is group sales and marketing director at Star Refrigeration. He represents Star at the BRA as part of the contractors section and on the Council. He is also on the steering committee of Eurammon, the natural refrigerants organisation and current chairman of the loR membership committee.

The Board of Trustees sets IoR strategy, ensuring it addresses the needs of membership as well as meeting its charity objectives and legal obligations.

The president-elect, Kevin Glass, was also confirmed at the AGM. The role of president-elect is to support the existing president, Steve Gill, until his term of office ends in November 2018.

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