The presidential team of the Building Engineering Services Association for 2016/17 comprises: (left to right): Jim Marner, immediate past president; Malcolm Thomson, president; Tim Hopkinson, president elect; and Giuseppe Borgese, vice president. Mr Thomson began his career in 1972 as a technician apprentice with Sadia Airofreeze, studying at Willesden College of Technology. Following completion of his training, he installed and serviced supermarket display cabinets and cold rooms for BOC Linde – later joining Subcool, which specialised in commissioning large centrifugal and absorption chillers, where he rose to the position of director.
He became a director and co-owner of Halcyon Air in 1985 before, in 1999, founding Enigma Environmental Services, which provides a range of cooling and associatedbuilding engineering services, both in the UK and overseas. He is also co-owner of Kelvin Ross Engineering, which specialises in marine air conditioning.
A fellow of the Institute of Refrigeration and a director of the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Industry Board, Malcolm Thomson is a former chairman of the BESA South Midlands Regional Branch and vice chairman of the Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Group, and a member of the Membership Committee.
He was elected vice president in July 2014, and president elect in July 2015.
Malcolm Thomson succeeded to the presidency of BESA at its annual general meeting on Thursday 7 July 2016.
At the same meeting, Tim Hopkinson of Hargreaves Ductwork became president elect, and Giuseppe Borgese of Bouygues E&S FM UK was elected vice president. Jim Marner of Interserve Engineering Services will serve during 2016/17 as immediate past president.
A fellow of the Institute of Refrigeration and a director of the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Industry Board, Malcolm Thomson is a former chairman of the BESA South Midlands Regional Branch and vice chairman of the Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Group, and a member of the Membership Committee.
He was elected vice president in July 2014, and president elect in July 2015.
Malcolm Thomson succeeded to the presidency of BESA at its annual general meeting on Thursday 7 July 2016.
At the same meeting, Tim Hopkinson of Hargreaves Ductwork became president elect, and Giuseppe Borgese of Bouygues E&S FM UK was elected vice president. Jim Marner of Interserve Engineering Services will serve during 2016/17 as immediate past president.
