CARL BAIRSTOW

EXPERIENCE

A civil engineer by background, Carl initially spent 10 years working for BAA Plc at Heathrow in various airport infrastructure development roles, culminating in becoming the Strategic Development Manager responsible for all construction projects for Terminals 3 and 4 with local board level investment and airport operational responsibilities.

Carl joined Efficiency North in 2006 having been recruited to project manage the development of its activities around driving efficiency and cashable savings in the delivery of Decent Homes and repairs and maintenance, which saw membership grow from 4 to 12 collaborating members.  Membership has since grown to over 50 registered social housing providers operating across Northern England.

ROLE AT EFFICIENCY NORTH

Carl’s focus is on ensuring our Members get what they need from us and that Efficiency North continues to deliver and exceed member expectations driving collaboration across all membership activity. He also has a deep personal interest in climate change and the environment and in also creating a sector led solution to the housing affordability crisis and believes that strong leadership and effective collaboration is the only way we can rise together to the challenges presented before us.

SKILLS & EXPERTISE

Carl has almost two decades of supporting our members investment and procurement activity and also holds the NOCN Level 2 – Understanding Domestic Retrofit qualification, is a member of the Construction Leadership Council RMI Group on Net Zero, Yorkshire & Humberside Climate Commission working group, and founder member representative of National Retrofit Hub.