Jim White Appointed to Board of Directors

Jim White will steer the technical, certification and product development areas of the business through future industry changes and will steadily expand the products fire, acoustic and structural performance certification capabilities, whilst ensuring trusted product performance information is clear, accurate, up to date, accessible & unambiguous.

Having started at Forza over 8 years ago, Jim has gained the knowledge required to put him at the forefront of fire door technical development in the industry. His appointment follows the retirement of Philip Duckworth as Technical Director who will continue on in his role as Chairman/CEO.

“Jim has been an invaluable member of the team throughout his career with us,” said Philip, “his experience and knowledge of both our company and the fire door industry brings great strength to our business, we are all delighted to see him joining the board. His input from a technical perspective will be hugely significant as we plan the next phase of the business’ growth and expansion”.

Jim said of his appointment, “I am delighted, proud and inspired to be a part of this incredibly talented Board of Directors at such an exciting time for the company. I would like to pay tribute to the effort and drive invested in our company by our retiring Technical Director Philip Duckworth, who will remain as CEO. I owe Philip a great debt of gratitude for his exceptional guidance over the years".