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John Ellard to retire

John-EllardUK: John Ellard, who has spent a career-long 56 years in the UK hvac industry, is to retire.

After serving an apprenticeship with F H Biddle, John progressed from sales engineer to director level at a  number of well known companies including Bahco, Flakt, Dalair, Senior Moducel, and Vent Axia’s Roof Units.

After retiring from his role of sales manager for TEV’s Quartz Fan Coil Division in 2008, he set up his own sales agency.

Speaking of his retirement John said, “I would like to pass on my thanks to everybody who I worked with that made my 50 plus years in the industry so enjoyable.”

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