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News Release from: Brookhouse Holdings
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Team on 27 August 2004
Chairman appointed for Brookhouse
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Geoff Smith has been appointed Chairman of Brookhouse Holdings a composites and metals engineering and tooling company and will join the new board of directors at Brookhouse.
Geoff Smith has been appointed Chairman of Brookhouse Holdings, the Darwen-based composites and metals engineering and tooling company and will join the new board of directors at Brookhouse, which was recently the subject of a successful management buy-out Smith brings over thirty years experience of the aerospace industry to his new post, having started his career with Dowty Fuel Systems in 1972, and becoming managing director in 1989
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 14 Nov 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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He also served as managing director of the joint venture between Dowty and Smiths Industries, was managing director of Dowty Mechanical Systems, when the Dowty Group was taken over by TI, and, from 1994 to 1997, was MD of the Messier Dowty Landing Gear joint venture between Snecma and TI.
In 1998, Smith became CEO of the Dowty Group and oversaw the Group's expansion into an extremely successful international organisation, with an annual turnover of ?600 million, employing around 6500 people in 30 companies.
When the TI Group was merged with Smiths Industries, Geoff was closely involved in the integration of the skills and facilities of the two companies to create a combined Aerospace Division.
Since leaving Smiths in 2001, Smith has acted as independent advisor to companies such as Racol Instruments and Apollo Metals, helping management teams to improve their businesses and, in some cases, finding new owners to take the businesses forward.
Smith obviously brings a wealth of relevant management and aerospace experience to his new post and as Jim Nichols, Brookhouse's MD, explains, "To continue the Brookhouse success we will need to secure new aerospace programs and markets, while diversifying into other market sectors.
Geoff's appointment as Chairman will strengthen our ability to deploy and implement our strategy to realise the full potential of the business, to the benefit of our investors, employees and customers.".
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