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Managing Director - Director of Finance & Administration

The Directors

timbertecs
is a division of Benfield ATT - a privately-owned limited business with strong leadership. Our Directors are amongst the most respected within the industry and have pushed timbertecs
to the forefront of the market.

Managing Director Professor Michael Benfield PhD FCIB FRICS FCMI FASI FGS FFB MCIM MIE AIPS ACEA AIWSc Doctor of European Planning & Property Development Professor of Research & Scholarship in Civil and Construction Engineering Freeman of the City of Coventry as a Carpenter and Builder Built the first private Timber Frame housing project in 1960's and 70's Served as Board Director of Property Investment and Health Care PLC's Advisor to the Board of Trustees of the Walter Segal Self-Build Trust Member of the Faculty of Building’s select Low Cost Housing Committee Written on property development and planning issues from a futurological, environmental and social equity perspective Extensive knowledge of European land tenure, planning, housing and property development Chairman of the UKTFA's Construction Industry Training Committee Board Member of the New Homes Marketing Board One of the four co-founders of The Green Party Won various National Housing and Civic Trust Awards Founded a substantial firm of contractors and house-builders Developed a multi-office practice of surveyors, valuers and estate agents Served as a board Director of an Advertising Agency Delegate to UNCTAD for the Commonwealth Human Ecology Council Founder Member of the Community Land Trust Respected Academic Researcher Chartered Building Consultant, Chartered Surveyor & Chartered Builder Addressed conferences in Australia, Canada, India, and most of the EU

Director of Finance & Administration, Company Secretary Freda Sanders BSc (Hons) PG Dip ACIS Qualified Psychologist Winner of the Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship Award to investigate the use of IT in the education of children with special needs Former Group Financial Director and Deputy CEO - Vanguard Engineering Holdings Limited Former Managing Director responsible for the turnaround of an international sales and manufacturer of talking books for the blind Management Consultant - over a varied range of companies and business sectors, including undertaking due diligence exercises and developing acquisition proposals Vast financial, accounting, and administrative experience Experience throughout the manufacturing, local authorities, education, entertainment and service industries One of the four co-founders of The Green Party.