Pictured above: Paul Featherston
Birmingham-based building services provider J S Wright has
become such a major performer in the capital's commercial
development market that it has appointed its first Operations
Director for London and the South East.
Paul Featherston, who began his career as an apprentice
electrician, has 25 years' experience in building services,
including the previous six as operations director for one of the
UK's largest M&E contractors where he delivered multi-million
pound projects in the schools, commercial, data centre and
residential sectors.
He has already handled the opening of the award-winning
company's first London office at Apex 1, 1 Northumberland Avenue in
Trafalgar Square (Tel: 020 78725522).
From his base at the new office, Paul will be responsible for
developing new business opportunities and supporting existing
contracts in the hotel, residential, commercial and leisure
sectors, as well as recruiting new designers and contract engineers
to meet the company's renowned design and build capabilities.
These have resulted in major contract successes in London
including a £10million deal to equip the new City Inn Tower
of London and the fit-out of more than 500 new homes in a number of
major capital regeneration projects.
Paul Featherston said: "I am delighted to have joined one of the
UK's longest established firms of building services engineers as it
continues to built a national reputation for delivering design and
build solutions to the highest technological and environmental
standards for many of the UK's leading commercial
developments."
Marcus Aniol, Managing Director of J S Wright, added: "We
consider Paul to be one of the most dynamic operations directors in
the business and are confident he will build up our presence in the
South East, where we are now the preferred choice among many
developers for the design, installation and maintenance of building
services."
Paul, who lives in Kent, is a martial arts instructor in his
spare time with a third degree black belt in taekwondo. He was once
a UK-ranked 400-metre runner.
J S Wright, which was founded in 1890, is a specialist provider
of mechanical services to the hotel, residential, student
accommodation, extra care, leisure and commercial building sectors.
It was the winner of the first Building Sustainable Design (BSD)
M&E Contractor of the Year Award in 2009.