Back on Board: Luceco’s Ian Hunter returns to the data pool’s governing body
Posted by: electime 11th March 2025
Ian Hunter, Trade Sales Director at Luceco PLC (BG Electrical), re-joins the EDA Data Services Board following a recent vote by the EDATA Steering Group. In the same election, Andrew Pegrum of Deta Electrical Company and Mark Ashworth of ABM Electrical Wholesale Ltd, part of The IBA Buying Group, retained their positions and will each serve another two-year term.
Ian has served on the Board previously but had to relinquish his place when he changed roles. Only representatives from the 28 EDATA manufacturer and wholesaler sponsors can be elected to Board positions.
Responsible for the strategic direction of the EDATA data pool, the elected Board members are:
- Richard Baxter, Systems & Procedures Director, Edmundson Electrical Ltd – Chair
- Mark Ashworth, Director, ABM Electrical Wholesale Ltd
- Nick Edwell, Managing Director, Rapid Electrical Distributors
- Marcus Leek, Chief Commercial Officer, Rexel UK Ltd
- Sean Jordan, UK & I Data and Commercial Analytics Director, Schneider Electric Ltd
- Andrew Pegrum, Senior Technical Manager, Deta Electrical Company Ltd
- Michael Wright, Product Development Manager, Aico Ltd
- Ian Hunter, Trade Sales Director, Luceco PLC (BG Electrical)
- Margaret Fitzsimons, CEO, EDA
- Richard Appleton, Head of Digitalisation, EDA
The EDATA data pool continues to expand since its 2020 launch. Now over 100 leading brands share comprehensive high-quality product information on 280,000+ products with EDA Wholesalers who enjoy free access to the data pool to:
- Filter and search to resolve technical product queries quickly and efficiently
- Bulk data downloads to drive business systems and ecommerce
- Download PDF Product Data Sheets in a consistent format for quotes, tenders, submittals, and Operation & Maintenance Manuals
