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Wilkins is HPA vice chair

UK: Mark Wilkins, the training and technologies director at Vaillant Group UK, has been announced as the new vice chair of the Heat Pump Association (HPA).

Wilkins will work alongside recently appointed HPA chair Craig Dolan to play a role in shaping the association’s strategic direction and advocating change on behalf of the wider HPA’s membership.

Having been with Vaillant for the last 18 years, he previously spent 12 years at British Gas and five years as marketing director at Vokera.

On his appointment, Wilkins said “I look forward to collaborating with industry leaders and the HPA membership to continue the journey to make heat pumps accessible to all.”

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