{"id":153213,"date":"2025-07-21T11:17:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=153213"},"modified":"2025-07-21T12:18:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T11:18:00","slug":"lynda-armstrong-remain-ecitb-board-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/people\/lynda-armstrong-remain-ecitb-board-chair\/153213\/","title":{"rendered":"Lynda Armstrong to remain as ECITB board chair for a further two years"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Lynda Armstrong\u2019s term as ECITB board chair has been extended until the end of 2027 the secretary of state for education has confirmed<\/h2>\n<p>Armstrong first joined as chair in January 2018, and her continued stay will prevent any risk of upheaval in a time when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecitb.org.uk\/about-ecitb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ECITB<\/a> is already undergoing change.<\/p>\n<h3>Shifting grounds for ECITB<\/h3>\n<p>Currently, the ECITB is working its way through the recommendations\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">outlined in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/build-uk-welcomes-outcome-of-itb-review\/36191\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ITB Review, published in January of <\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/build-uk-welcomes-outcome-of-itb-review\/36191\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this year.<\/a> The review called for action to strengthen links with the Construction Leadership Council, identify ways to make a greater impact on skills in construction, and enhance collaboration between the ECITB and the CITB.<\/p>\n<p>BuildUK has supported the move, with chief executive Suzannah Nichol MBE stating that they &#8220;support a reformed CITB,&#8221; and that the plan will enable the easier delivery of reforms to meet the future skill needs of employers. She also stated that the industry &#8220;must accept&#8221; the need to act now to support the program change.<\/p>\n<p>Lynda Armstrong said: \u201cWe are addressing many of the structural skills challenges within the engineering construction industry (ECI) highlighted by the review and will further build upon these as we develop our new strategy, which will be published in September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ECI underpins the delivery, maintenance and decommissioning of much of the UK\u2019s critical infrastructure. The industry must have the workforce it needs, particularly if we are to meet the UK&#8217;s goals to reach \u2018net zero\u2019 by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new ECITB Strategy will guide skills development across the industry for the next five years in a period where the size of the engineering construction workforce is predicted to grow by 19%, according to our Labour Forecasting Tool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will include providing support amid the huge changes needed in industry to help the UK Government deliver its goal of making Britain a clean energy superpower.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Armstrong has a wealth of experience<\/h3>\n<p>Armstrong is a trained geophysicist, having worked for Shell International for 35 years, exploring hydrocarbons as the new business development director.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, she has served as a non-executive director at Kaz Minerals, \u00d8rsted, SBM Offshore, and CEOC, as well as chairing the British Safety Council, and has been awarded an OBE for her services to the UK Oil and Gas Industry.<\/p>\n<p>Lynda Armstrong continued: \u201cIt has been a great privilege to chair the ECITB since 2018. I look forward to helping the organisation continue to deliver its mandate of leading industry learning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver my tenure, the ECITB has worked tirelessly to enhance skills across the industry, support growth through workforce training and help the ECI tackle labour shortages and skills gaps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am immensely proud of what the organisation has achieved during this time and am excited at the prospect of helping the ECITB as it implements its new strategy to maintain the great momentum we have built and continue supporting industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe strategy will aim to grow the number of new entrants, support employers to attract a more diverse talent pool and enhance workforce competence to ensure learners are both skilled and safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lynda Armstrong\u2019s term as ECITB board chair has been extended until the end of 2027 the secretary of state for education has confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":153215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[172730],"tags":[636,592],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-153213","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-people","8":"tag-engineering","9":"tag-skills"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lynda Armstrong to remain as ECITB board chair for a further two years<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lynda Armstrong\u2019s term as ECITB board chair has been extended until the end of 2027 the secretary of state for education has confirmed\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/people\/lynda-armstrong-remain-ecitb-board-chair\/153213\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lynda Armstrong to remain as ECITB board chair for a further two years\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lynda Armstrong, ECITB board chair, has been confirmed to maintain her position for a further two years, to the end of December 2027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/people\/lynda-armstrong-remain-ecitb-board-chair\/153213\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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