Meet our new Director of Business Improvement

Joseph Ash Galvanizing has a new Director of Business Improvement!

Meet Stuart Whitehouse…

Joseph Ash Galvanizing has recently promoted Stuart Whitehouse to the role of Director of Business Improvement. Within this role Stuart will oversee all health and safety, and human resources issues within the company. He also plans to:

• Drive the review and implementation of a new, employee-generated set of company values, with an emphasis on customer care
• Focus on succession planning and employee development
• Spearhead and drive forward the ‘Continuous Improvement Teams’ within the company in order to create a culture of continuous improvement and best practice.

Stuart is definitely the best person for the role, having broadened his own career through working at Joseph Ash Galvanizing since 2002, as well as becoming an expert in health and safety, and human resources management.

Stuart’s CV whilst at Joseph Ash Galvanizing reads as follows:

• He joined the company in 2002 as a Quality Manager at Joseph Ash Walsall
• In 2004 he was promoted and was given the responsibility for health and safety at the Birmingham plant
• In early 2005 Stuart was promoted again to become the Company Health and Safety Manager for all Joseph Ash Galvanizing plants
• In 2010 he gained an MSc in Health, Safety and Environmental Management, and became a full chartered member of IOSH
• In the Summer of 2012, Stuart became the Health and Safety and Human Resources Manager for Joseph Ash Galvanizing
• He then completed a Diploma in Human Resources Management in 2014
• July 1 2016 – promoted to Director of Business Improvement.

Congratulations Stuart! We wish you well in this new role.