CPA appoints new chief executive

Dr Diana Montgomery to succeed Michael Ankers as chief executive of Construction Products Association

DR Diana Montgomery, current deputy chief executive of the Chemical Industries Association (CIA), has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Construction Products Association. She will take over from Michael Ankers who retires at the Association’s AGM in April 2012.

Before joining the CIA in 2006, Dr Montgomery was group head of environment at Centrica, and prior to that worked with the Automobile Association and Johnson Wax.

Commenting on her appointment, Construction Products Association chairman Bill Bolsover said: ‘I am delighted that we have been able to appoint such a strong candidate to take over as the Association’s chief executive. Diana brings a wealth of relevant experience to this role and we look forward to her leading the Association and taking forward the strategic development programme that we developed last year.’

Dr Montgomery added: ‘I am delighted to have this opportunity to lead the Construction Products Association and relish the prospect of representing the construction products community at a time of great economic challenge and opportunity.

'Its members have a vital role to play in leading and sustaining our country’s economic recovery and helping the Government to deliver its low-carbon strategy.’