INTRODUCTION
Board of Directors
2016 was the first year of the
Special Issue Fund, with £49,000
approved to support projects such
as PaintCare, the mystery shopping
campaign for the vehicle refinish
sector, the Two Sides initiative and
an investment in updating the CTI
modules.
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lobbying on Brexit, the apprenticeship
levy and other macro-economic
topics, and approved BCF becoming an
owner member of Cogent Skills, with
unanimous support for John Falder from
Pension deficit vs reserves
£1.2m
Pension deficit
Reserves
The Board approved the payment plan
for the (reducing) BCF pension deficit, 1.0
and created role descriptions for
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President, Vice President, Directors and
Non-Executive Directors. A new risk 0.6
register methodology was introduced,
taking into account the residual risk 0.4
factor.
£0.8m
£0.85m
£0.4m
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The Board supported the BCF joining
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the EEF in 2017, to help with BCF’s
Peter Baird
Flint Group
Anthony
Garnett
Fine Décor
Wallcoverings
David Beckford
Pronto Industrial
Paints
Martin Garnett
Whitford
2012
Patrick Benson Nick Brannan
Sharon Harte David Jenkinson
Plascoat Systems
Dacrylate Paints
Flint Group
Domino Printing
Sciences
2016
Phil Buck Gary Coniam
Hiroshi Kawai Susan Kendall
Spencer Coatings
Owatrol UK
Fujichem Sonneborn
AkzoNobel
Limited
Decorative Coatings
HMG Paints to represent the BCF on
their board.
Sadly, former BCF Director Brian
Widdop passed away in 2016, after a
long battle with cancer. He was awarded
the Silver Medal, presented to him a few
weeks before he died.
Thanks to the contributions of outgoing
directors - Darryl Senior has been
replaced on the BCF Board by John
Murphy, the new Technical Director
at Crown Paints. David Jenkinson has
taken over from Greg Summers, who
has moved on from Domino Printing
Sciences. Susan Kendall has taken over
from Paul Roughan at AkzoNobel
Decorative Paints, and Guy Williams has
joined the board from U-POL.
Mike Davis
Axalta Coating
Systems UK
Geoff Mackrill
Teal & Mackrill
Gordon Dobbin John Falder
John Murphy Vincent
O’Sullivan
Jotun Paints
Crown Paints
HMG Paints
PPG Architectural
Coatings
Mark Frost
Sun Chemical
Ian Richardson
Stehlin Hostag Ink
Non-Executive
Directors
Patrick Smith
Manor Coating
Systems
Peter
Tresadern
INX International
Martin Wallen
Firwood Paints
Michael Watson
Valspar
Guy Williams
U-POL Products
David Wright
Sherwin-Williams
UK Coatings
Ivy Wroe
Resin Surfaces
Limited
Peter Rieck
Non-Executive
Director
Steve Snaith
Non-Executive
Director
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