Phil Newson

DipGAI
GAI President

Phil has been involved within the Architectural Ironmongery Industry for the past 26 years, joining the Industry with Yannedis & Co Ltd in 1983 within Sales as a trainee within their London showroom, he has developed his career within the Industry through to his current position of Chief Executive of Allgood Plc. 

Phil currently sits on the GAI Executive committee, which is the second time he has served on the Executive Committee, following his reelection to Executive in May 2008, Phil is also a current member of the Marketing committee.

"In addition to supporting our President Andrew Hall and the Guild’s Chief Executive Gary Amer, my focus is on the continued development of the professional services, support and benefits the GAI can offer to its member companies, along with the continue focus on promoting the professional services member companies can provide to RIBA members.

Our GAI RIBA Accredited GuildMark scheme is a passion of mine having been actively involved in the task group which was set up to deliver the Guildmark scheme to the membership and promote its association with RIBA.

My continued focus on Guildmark is to continue to develop and promote the benefits of the scheme to our Guild members and the RIBA membership, along with the continued promotion of our GAI Educational programmes.

Our Educational programmes are a major asset of the GAI, and my focus is to ensure we continue to improve the educational offering to the membership to attract more companies to commit their staff to the Diploma courses, whilst creating a greater awareness of our educational programmes to RIBA members through the GuildMark accreditation programme."