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Mr. Phil Brown , Pilkington Group Limited (Part of NSG Group)
Phil joined Pilkington (now part of the NSG Group) in 1987 and worked in several functions of the company, including Coatings R&D. In 1991, he joined the Technical Sales Laboratory, which was primarily involved in product approval testing. He later moved across to the Technical Advisory Service (UK & Ireland) and became its Manager in 1998. In 2004, Phil became European Standards Development Manager, part of the role of which has included overseeing the implementation of CE Marking of Pilkington’s products across the EU. For the past few years, he was has been Global Regulatory Marketing Manager for the NSG Group, which involves him in activities such as monitoring and assessing the impact of new and forthcoming directives and national building regulations.
He has a B.Sc. (Hons) in Applied Physics and is the UK representative on several European and International Standards Technical Committees for glass in building.
Phil became President of the Glass and Glazing Federation, the UK’s most prominent industry sector trade association, on 1st January 2010.
Phil is married to Karen, they have two sons, Nathan (6 years old) and Luke (4), and live beside the sea in Southport, in England, which was once referred to as the Paris of the North West. When time permits, Phil enjoys drinking wine and watching (but not playing) Rugby League. |