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PEOPLE

Robust Details Limited board of directors
Dave Baker OBE
Chairman
Dave Baker OBE

Former Director of Technical Services at The Home Builders Federation and Chief Building Surveyor for the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames. He was previously employed in local authority building control in and around London and spent ten years as a visiting lecturer at the School of Construction, Housing and Surveying at the University of Westminster. Mr Baker was awarded an OBE for services to the construction industry in 2013.

John Thompson
Chief Executive
John Thompson

An accountant with an MBA from Warwick Business School, John has been with the company since 2009. Prior to his appointment as CEO, John was responsible for the commercial, operational and financial aspects of the business. Immediately before joining Robust Details, John worked as a consultant specialising in acquisition delivery and post completion integration.

John Tebbit
Director of Robust Details Ltd and Chair of Standards Committee
John Tebbit

Non-executive director at British Board of Agrement. Former Chief Executive of Robust Details Limited. Previously Deputy Chief Executive and Industry Affairs Director at the Construction Products Association, where he had a remit for technical policy and regulatory issues. He was a Non-Executive Director of the Zero Carbon Hub and a member of BRAC 2006-2016.

Professor Sean Smith
Director
Professor Sean Smith

Sean led the original sound insulation RSD project to develop robust details for Part E. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics and has advised CEN and ISO committees on acoustics, sound and vibration within buildings. His applied research has been utilised within building regulations to improve sound insulation in many countries. He serves on a number of construction industry groups and is Chair of Future Construction at the University of Edinburgh.

Operational staff
Kamal Plaha
Quality Assurance Process Controller
Callum Emerson
Finance & IT Controller
Paul Smith
Head of Technical
Arel Amu
Technical Coordinator
Tracey Lewis
Customer Relations Administrator