Changes to ETIM UK’s Board of Management
Posted by: electime 25th November 2024
Nico van der Merwe, CEO UK and Ireland, Signify
The ETIM UK Ltd Board of Management has a new Chair with Nico van der Merwe, CEO UK and Ireland at Signify, taking over the role following the retirement of Rexel UK’s CEO, Edgar Aponte.
A new face on the Board is Glyn Prestwood, Managing Director of Stearn Electric Co Ltd. Glyn is also on the Board of the Electrical Distributors’ Association (EDA).
ETIM UK Ltd, one of 19 country members of ETIM International, is a partnership between the Electrical Distributors’ Association (EDA) and the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF). These two trade associations now work closely together to champion the standard for the electrotechnical sector, and building materials, HVAC and plumbing sectors respectively.
The ETIM UK Board comprises:
- Chair: Nico van der Merwe, Europe West SVP, CEO UK&I, Signify
- Richard Appleton, Head of Digitalisation, EDA
- Oz Bham, Business Development Manager, BMF
Glyn Prestwood, Managing Director, Stearn Electric Co Ltd
- Richard Hill, Chair of the BMF and Vice Chair of ACO Technologies Ltd
- Margaret Fitzsimons, CEO, EDA
- John Newcomb, CEO, BMF
- Glyn Prestwood, Managing Director, Stearn Electric Co Ltd
- Tim Rowbottom, Managing Director, Collier & Catchpole Ltd
ETIM offers a clear-cut way to logically structure product data. The ETIM data standard provides such as structure for technical products and ensures uniformity in shared product information. Inside the EDA’s data pool – EDATA – the technical information for electrotechnical products is organised according to the ETIM standard.
