Building safety body appoints chemicals chief as inaugural chair

By Tom Lowe2020-11-05T06:00:00

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Industry experts including Graham Watts also appointed to board of directors

The organisation created to drive change in how the industry approaches building safety has appointed the boss of a chemicals trade association as its first chair.

Chemical Industries Association (CIA) chief executive Stephen Elliott has been appointed as the independent chair of the Building a Safer Future charter (BSF), set up last year to regain the trust of the public in the safety of buildings in the wake of 2017’s Grenfell fire.

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