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Building Products/Construction

5 minutes with Jade Lewis

5 minutes with Ian Dean

5minutes with Mark Lavender

5 Minutes with John Faulkner

5 Minutes with Tim Taylor, Veka UK

5 Minutes with Sally Smith

Tom Robinson News Article

5 Minutes with Tom Robinson

Trudi Sully News Article

5 Minutes with Trudi Sully

Chris Williams News Article

5 Minutes with Chris Williams

Ian Lichfield News Article

5 Minutes with Ian Lichfield

Ann Leslie News Article

5 Minutes with Ann Leslie

John Blackburn News Article

5 Minutes with John Blackburn & Steve Huntly

Ehab Sayed News Article

5 Minutes with Ehab Sayed

Duncan Bakerbrown News Article

5 Minutes with Duncan Baker-Brown

Pink panel News Article

5 Minutes with Ian Bradshaw

Pink panel News Article

5 Minutes with Adam Richold

Paul Simpson News Article

5 Minutes with Paul Simpson

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Salary Surveys - Senior Roles within Building Products

Susan Shardlow News Article

5 Minutes with Susan Shardlow

Darren Richards News Article

5 Minutes with Darren Richards

David Johnson News Article

5 Minutes with David Johnson

Stephen Haigh News Article

5 Minutes with Stephen Haigh

John Ogden News Article

5 Minutes with John Ogden

Andrew Carpenter News Article

5 Minutes with Andrew Carpenter

Rachel Attwood News Article

5 Minutes with Rachel Attwood

Darren Richards News Article

5 More minutes with Darren Richards

Andre Worriss News Article

5 Minutes with Andrew Orriss

Dawn Stockell News Article

5 Minutes with Dawn Stockell

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Recruit from Within or be Brave and Attract from Outside?

Neil Evans News Article

5 Minutes with Neil Evans

Gabriella Hammond News Article

5 Minutes with Gabriela Hammond

Robin Appleby News Article

5 Minutes with Robin Appleby

Artificial intelligence News Article

Barriers to the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence within the Manufacturing Industry

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Building Product Manufacturers - Losing the War on Talent?

Paul Hetherington News Article

5 Minutes with Paul Hetherington

Gareth Jones News Article

5 Minutes with Gareth Jones

Wording marketing on little cards News Article

Building Product Manufacturers - Hiring a Marketing leader?

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The Conundrum of Driving Diversity within the Built Environment

Wolfgang Gorner News Article

5 Minutes with Wolfgang Gorner

Peter Rush News Article

5 Minutes with Peter Rush

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The increased dependency on social housing & infrastructure

Yvonne Castle News Article

5 Minutes with Yvonne Castle

Simon Scholes News Article

5 Minutes with Simon Scholes

Andy Higson News Article

5 Minutes with Andy Higson

Paul Williamson News Article

5 Minutes with Paul Williamson

Amy Hubbard News Article

5 Minutes with Amy Hubbard

Iain Mcilwee News Article

5 Minutes with Iain Mcilwee

5 minutes with Jade Lewis

Collingwood’s Head of Building Products & Construction, Mark Goldsmith, speaks with genuine industry thought leader, Jade Lewis.

5 minutes with Ian Dean

Collingwood’s Head of Sector – Building Products, Mark Goldsmith, had the opportunity to sit down with Ian Dean, most recently Managing Director of Landscape & Building Products at Marshalls plc.

5minutes with Mark Lavender

Collingwood’s Head of Sector – Building Products, Mark Goldsmith, had the opportunity to sit down with Mark Lavender, Promat’s Middle East and Asia Regional Director.

5 Minutes with John Faulkner

Experienced Executive Director with 30 years experience in business support services and infrastructure sectors

5 Minutes with Tim Taylor, Veka UK

Our Senior Consultant, Mark Goldsmith, Head of Built Environment at Collingwood Executive Search recently spoke with Tim Talyor, Commercial Director to discuss his new role within the Fenestration Industry at Veka UK.

5 Minutes with Sally Smith

Sally Smith, previous Chief People Officer for Places for People, a large Property Group with diverse interests, spoke with Mark Goldsmith, Head of Building Products and Construction at Collingwood Executive Search about the threats and challenges faced within the Building Products and Construction industry.

5 Minutes with Tom Robinson

Mark discussed Tom’s background, views on sustainability within the built environment and what plans Tom has now

5 Minutes with Trudi Sully

Mark was enthusiastic to learn more about Trudi’s role and what advances she’s witnessing from within the industry

5 Minutes with Chris Williams

Mark sat down with Chris Williams to understand more about his previous, current and potential future positions

5 Minutes with Ian Lichfield

Mark speaks with Ian Lichfield, CEO of WHP Engineering and how his role in the industry has changed

5 Minutes with Ann Leslie

Mark caught up with Ann Leslie, CEO of LAR Housing Trust to discuss her role and how its evolved

5 Minutes with John Blackburn & Steve Huntly

Mark Goldsmith, was very keen to hear from the two Coram senior leaders who have been central to the businesses restructuring over the past couple of years

5 Minutes with Ehab Sayed

Mark discusses Ehab’s vision for the business as it moves from R&D stage to manufacturing

5 Minutes with Duncan Baker-Brown

Mark speaks with Duncan Baker-Brown, Founding Member of Award-Winning Architects, BBM Sustainable Design about his career

5 Minutes with Ian Bradshaw

Mark speaks with Ian Bradshaw on researching new markets, ROI of a digital marketing plan and the increase of sustainability issues

5 Minutes with Adam Richold

Mark sat down with Adam Richold to understand how big manufacturers in the building products industry implement a change in strategy

5 Minutes with Paul Simpson

Mark Goldsmith caught up with Director Paul Simpson to hear about innovative approaches to manufacturing

Salary Surveys - Senior Roles within Building Products

Several of our contacts agreed to complete an anonymous salary survey providing an indication of the market, see the results

5 Minutes with Susan Shardlow

Mark speaks with long-serving director Susan Shardlow from Hewden to get an overview of her time with the company

5 Minutes with Darren Richards

Mark speaks with Darren who runs Radar Communications that focuses on business & manufacturing process improvement within the building technologies arena

5 Minutes with David Johnson

Mark was intrigued to understand David Johnson's views on the industries reluctance to embrace offsite and what needed to be done to educate the sector

5 Minutes with Stephen Haigh

Mark Goldsmith speaks with Stephen Haigh, Founder of Ecotek Homes and former Director from Your Housing about the new venture and more aside

5 Minutes with John Ogden

John Ogden, CBRE Managing Director spoke with us about his role and some of the challenges he faces

5 Minutes with Andrew Carpenter

Mark Goldsmith, recently sat down with the CEO Andrew Carpenter to discuss what's happening within the industry

5 Minutes with Rachel Attwood

Rachel Attwood, Managing Director of Rationel Windows speak with Mark about her career journey in the industry

5 More minutes with Darren Richards

Mark Goldsmith sat down with Darren Richards to discuss the current trends, hot spots & challenges in the offsite market

5 Minutes with Andrew Orriss

Mark Goldsmith caught up with Andrew Orriss, Non Exec Board member of the Structural Timber Association to talk about projects he is working on

5 Minutes with Dawn Stockell

Mark Goldsmith, was keen to meet up to discuss with Dawn Stockell how her position and marketing had evolved within the business at LG

Recruit from Within or be Brave and Attract from Outside?

Exploring the benefits of recruiting from within your company and from outside the company

5 Minutes with Neil Evans

2 years on from starting with VEKA UK, Mark catches with Neil Evans to understand how his role and the market has evolved

5 Minutes with Gabriela Hammond

Mark Goldsmith discusses with Gabriela Hammond at VEKA UK why they have reviewed their vision, mission and value proposition

5 Minutes with Robin Appleby

Mark Goldsmith catches up with Robin Appleby at Polypipe Group to discuss how his role has evolved and changes in the industry

Barriers to the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence within the Manufacturing Industry

Doug Mackay explores the barriers to adoption of AI within the manufacturing industry

Building Product Manufacturers - Losing the War on Talent?

Mark Goldsmith explore some of the questions he asks when speaking with a company who is looking for new talent

5 Minutes with Paul Hetherington

Mark Goldsmith, was extremely keen to sit down with Paul Hetherington to understand more about his roles within the industry

5 Minutes with Gareth Jones

Gareth Jones is Managing Director of window and door profile manufacturer profine UK discuss the changing industry

Building Product Manufacturers - Hiring a Marketing leader?

Mark reflects on the numerous marketing leadership roles he has successfully worked on

The Conundrum of Driving Diversity within the Built Environment

Mark was recently interviewed by the power & utilities publication SPGlobal regarding his views on female inclusion within the utilities market

5 Minutes with Wolfgang Gorner

Mark speaks with Wolfgang Gorner a year on in his position at Hormann and with revenues 10% up

5 Minutes with Peter Rush

Peter Rush and Mark Goldsmith discuss the changing face of the industry and the latest news of Formica Group’s sale to a Dutch business in June of this year

The increased dependency on social housing & infrastructure

Having partnered with a key national contractor of the Trust’s on executive search assignments, find out what they discussed

5 Minutes with Yvonne Castle

Having partnered with a key national contractor of the Trust’s on executive search assignments, find out what they discussed

5 Minutes with Simon Scholes

Mark caught up with Simon Scholes to understand how the new manufacturing facility project had evolved

5 Minutes with Andy Higson

Mark Goldsmith 5 minute interview with Andy Higson focuses on how their new venture was unfolding

5 Minutes with Paul Williamson

Having historically worked with Paul Williamson, Collingwood’s Head of Building Products & Construction, Mark Goldsmith, was pleased to hold conversation with the former MD of modular homes specialist, Nu Living, part of Swan Housing Association

5 Minutes with Amy Hubbard

Amy Hubbard has been working with a construction technology start-up as their CMO. Mark Goldsmith, was fascinated to hear more from Amy who is immersed in the technologies uptake within the industry

5 Minutes with Iain Mcilwee

Having headhunted within the Building Product industry for 16 years Collingwood’s Mark Goldsmith jumped at the chance to speak with Finishes & Interior Sector (FIS) CEO and Vice Chairman of the Construction Products Association (CPA) Iain Mcllwee

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