EHI Appoints Michael Bennett as New Secretary General

Brussels – EHI, the Association of the European Heating Industry, is very pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Bennett as its new Secretary General from 1st March 2011.

Mr. Bennett is a geologist by training, and worked during the 1980s and 1990s on many urban regeneration / contaminated land remediation projects in environmental and geotechnical consulting. He moved more towards policy-making in the 1990s, after obtaining an LLM in Environmental Law. He subsequently worked in corporate environmental management for the industrial gases giant, The BOC Group; his role comprised EU and UK policy analysis, legislation implementation and also projects on Life Cycle Assessment and industrial ecology. Previously, from 2006-11, Mr. Bennett was the Executive Director of Eurofuel, the European Heating Oil Association.

“We are delighted to welcome Michael Bennett to EHI’s Brussels-based team, together with Dana Popp and Felix Van Eyken” said EHI Chairman, Klaus Huttelmaier. “His combined experience is a great asset for current EU policy and industry developments related to energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, retrofitting Europe’s existing buildings and technology innovations. We are confident that Mr. Bennett will successfully lead the association’s activities in these challenging times.”