{"id":67114,"date":"2019-11-11T10:37:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T10:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=67114"},"modified":"2019-11-11T10:37:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T10:37:07","slug":"donaldson-timber-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/donaldson-timber-engineering\/67114\/","title":{"rendered":"New MD for Donaldson Timber Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 22.5pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"color: #07080a;\">Leading timber specialist, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesdonaldsongroup.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Donaldson &amp; Sons Ltd<\/a>, has appointed Luke Roberts as managing director for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldsontimberengineering.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donaldson Timber Engineering<\/a> (DTE)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0cm 0cm 22.5pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"color: #07080a;\">Well known in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/metal-and-timber\/65298\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">timber industry<\/a>, Luke joined DTE in 2007 as team leader for I-Joists at the company\u2019s Ilkeston branch, then became general manager Ilkeston joists in 2011 and was promoted to business development director in 2017. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 22.5pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"color: #07080a;\">In this role, he has been responsible for leading the technical sales team, mentoring the internal assistant general manager (AGM) programme and developing strategies for go-to-market products and services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0cm 0cm 22.5pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"color: #07080a;\">Luke has over 20 years of experience, having previously held positions at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkertimbergroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Walker Timber Group<\/a> and National Hickman. He has a Post-graduate Diploma in applied management from Warwick Business School, and in 2017, he won the Timber Trade Journal (TTJ) award for career development. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0cm 0cm 22.5pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"color: #07080a;\">He has particular expertise in open web joists and has dedicated significant time to research and development of this product. He also played a key role in the development of DTE\u2019s health and safety product, SafeWell, the only reusable and adjustable stairwell protection kit made from timber.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 22.5pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"color: #07080a;\">With responsibility for the development of DTE\u2019s business, Luke will be supported by DTE\u2019s senior leadership team, comprising business development directors, Callum Henderson and Rodger Cook, and finance director, Avi Basu. The new team will play a key role in meeting the company\u2019s ambitious growth goals, as well as building on DTE\u2019s outstanding reputation for product quality, service and delivery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 22.5pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"color: #07080a;\">Commenting on the appointment, Scott Cairns, group managing director, Donaldson Group, said: \u201cSince joining the business, Luke has proved himself time and time again in understanding what it takes to succeed, while ensuring that his esteem for colleagues and customers builds a mutual trust and respect from all. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 22.5pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"color: #07080a;\">&#8220;His integrity, ability and moral compass are unquestioned. DTE is an incredibly important part of our family group, and I can think of no-one better to head this market-leading business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0cm 0cm 22.5pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"color: #07080a;\">\u201cThis appointment reflects the board\u2019s confidence in Luke and the leadership team, and in the continued execution of the company\u2019s strategy as well as the development of its culture and values\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0cm 0cm 22.5pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"color: #07080a;\">Luke says: \u201cI feel extremely honoured to have been appointed as MD, and am proud to be leading a company with such an excellent reputation and remarkable history. This is an exciting time for the business, as we continue to position DTE as the UK\u2019s leader in engineered timber products.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0cm 0cm 22.5pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"color: #07080a;\">Luke succeeds Jonathan Fellingham, who has been managing director of the business since 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"color: #07080a;\">Fife-headquartered DTE is the UK\u2019s largest and longest established manufacturer of roof trusses, engineered joists, beams and spandrel panels, with over 30 years of experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading timber specialist, James Donaldson &#038; Sons Ltd, has appointed Luke Roberts as managing director for Donaldson Timber Engineering (DTE).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"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":[285],"tags":[676,882,661,592,915],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-67114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hr-skills-news","7":"tag-construction","8":"tag-employment","9":"tag-hr","10":"tag-skills","11":"tag-timber"},"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>New MD for Donaldson Timber Engineering<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Leading timber specialist, James Donaldson &amp; 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