BESA appoints first chief operating officer
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has appointed its first chief operating officer as part of a major strategic transformation.
Tony Gilbert joined the organisation full-time at the start of 2025, having worked as a consultant to the association since last year.
He was with the management consultancy Illumini for 15 years, where he specialised in helping organisations manage change and position themselves for increased growth. Clients included the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Authority (MHRA), the Ministry of Justice, RedRock Consulting, France Telecom, Airbus, Rolls-Royce, BAE, and the SThree group.
Before that, he spent 10 years as group technology director for France Telecom-Orange after founding his own management consultancy in 1993. He has worked with senior leadership teams in the US, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
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