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Rees is BCIA vice-president

UK: The Building Controls Industry Association (BCIA) has announced Graeme Rees of Schneider Electric as its new vice-president in succession to recently appointed president Terry Sharp.

Rees is currently the UK & Ireland digital energy marketing manager for Schneider Electric. He has been involved in the building controls industry for more than 30 years, after starting his career as a project engineer at Lidworth Ltd. He later moved on to Bristol Management Systems, before spending 19 years at Trend Control Systems, where he worked his way up from regional field services manager to marketing director.

He was elected on to the BCIA’s Management Committee in 2019. 

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