New chair for CTI

As a result of Mr Wakeman’s stewardship the influence of the CTI as an advocacy group for timber has increased significantly, with the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Timber Industries, reports like ‘How the timber industries can help solve the housing crisis’, and events bringing industry and politicians together strongly highlighting the status of timber as the material of the future. This means the CTI is poised to help the UK government make construction more sustainable and move towards a zero-carbon economy.

Alex Goodfellow is group managing director, strategic development, of Stewart Milne Group. He has over 35-years’ experience of working within the housebuilding and offsite timber frame sector bringing vast and varied experience to the chair role of the CTI, having previously serves as a non-executive director.

Mr Goodfellow has been with Stewart Milne Group for over 20 years and has led the UK-wide growth of its successful Timber Systems business. He is also chair of the strategy group, ensuring its house-building business is future-ready by leading the product design and accelerated build strategies as the business maximises the use of MMC to deliver sustainable long-term growth.

Well respected across the industry, Mr Goodfellow is a board member of the Structural Timber Association, having previously served as chair, and director of Offsite Solutions Scotland, an organisation established to grow offsite manufacture across the UK and internationally. His industry influence allows him to build innovative and collaborative relationships with many UK housebuilders and other industry influencers in the drive to ensure offsite timber manufacturing continues to provide an effective MMC solution to the housing crisis.

“I look forward to driving forward the mission of the CTI and placing timber at the centre of a sustainable, vibrant and prosperous modern UK economy,” said Mr Goodfellow. “It is more important than ever we work collaboratively to promote and protect the markets for, and interests of, timber and timber products and systems. Building in timber is a form of carbon capture and storage, and is essential to decarbonising construction. To make this happen we have a full calendar of engagements, political advocacy, market research, policy reports, and other events in the year ahead. Our many thanks to Roy for his hard work over the last four years to advance the interest of timber, and helping to secure a better, stronger future for our industry.”

Upcoming next month for the CTI is the relaunch of the APPG for the Timber Industries, with the inaugural Annual General Meeting on June 28, together with a new #NetZeroNow campaign highlighting how timber can help the UK government deliver on its economic, employment, housing, and climate targets now.