AVK, the main provider of progressive energy options for knowledge centres within the UK and Europe, has introduced the appointment of Paul Hood as its new Chief Working Officer (COO). Famend for his engineering experience, Paul brings intensive management expertise to the function, having been Managing Director and COO of Yondr Group, a key participant within the knowledge centre business.
Paul Hood’s profession spans important roles, together with World Operations Director at Pure Information Centres Group and engineering positions at Barclays and JP Morgan. At JP Morgan, Paul was liable for managing knowledge centre infrastructure throughout Europe, the Center East, and Africa, overseeing a considerable $90,000,000 working price range.
His focus has traditionally been on methods and management engineering, later increasing into the great administration of constructing electrical methods. Paul’s core strengths embody sound judgement, frequent sense, and initiative, making certain his success within the high-demand knowledge centre sector.
Alongside his engineering administration expertise, Paul has suggested on environmental, well being, and security inspections and hearth prevention methods. Moreover, he co-founded the Common Technical School (UTC), supporting STEM schooling for younger individuals aged 14-19 within the UK.
“I’m genuinely enthusiastic about Paul becoming a member of our workforce,” says AVK CEO Ben Pritchard. “He has an outstanding engineering mind, he’s a really logical thinker and he has an actual ardour for working laborious. Basically, he believes in what he does. Paul doesn’t simply carry huge world expertise to AVK, he’s a pacesetter who has executed all of it. With Paul on board, AVK goes to be properly positioned to play a frontrunning function within the essential infrastructure energy house within the UK and Europe.”
Paul provides: “I’ve a fame for bringing the entire ‘boots to boardroom’ aspect of being a COO; I’ve labored as an engineer and I need to be an enabler for our engineers and take their viewpoint to the board. I’m additionally identified for investing in individuals, getting choices executed and getting issues over the road and I’m actually enthusiastic about my forthcoming journey at AVK.”
Paul’s appointment marks a strategic time for AVK, with plans to boost its built-in energy options. His function will contain advancing AVK’s Service & Upkeep operations, reinforcing shopper partnerships, and increasing the corporate’s energy chain capabilities. AVK goals to offer seamless end-to-end experiences, solidifying its place as a pacesetter in power options inside the knowledge centre market.
Underneath Paul’s steerage, AVK will strengthen its choices, from microgrids to modular power options, setting a brand new customary within the business. His management shall be instrumental in elevating AVK’s influential market place, making certain it stays on the chopping fringe of energy options for knowledge centres.
