New president
The British Woodworking Federation (BWF) has appointed David Oldfield, commercial director at the Arnold Laver Group, as its new president.
David will succeed Paul Bailey, founder and managing director of European Doorsets, who is a long-standing member of the BWF executive board, and who has been BWF president since August 2019.
David has more than 30 years’ experience in the sector and first joined Arnold Laver and Co in 1990 as an apprentice. He has since worked his way up through the company and, in October 2019, was appointed as joinery director where he led a sales and estimating team, and managed site acquisitions and evaluations, before being appointed commercial director in February 2021.
David has been a BWF committee, council, scheme and board member for more than 10 years and played a key role in setting up the BWF Fire Door Alliance. He recently served as vice-president of the BWF for 18 months and is currently chairman of the BWF Fire Door Alliance.
Helen Hewitt, CEO of the BWF, welcomed David as the new president.
“We would also like to say thank you to Paul Bailey, our outgoing president, who has played a crucial role in steering our sector and the BWF membership through two of the most challenging years in recent times,” she said.