Karen, who is the newest full-time member of the team, came on board in 2008.

​She is responsible for co-ordinating the Pump Centre conference, various events and also our training courses. She also deals with all the membership administration and making sure everything is well organised.​

Bob has over 50 years experience working in the Water Industry. He spent 40 years at Thames Water where he was a Principal Mechanical Engineer and over 10 years as Group Consultant at ITT Water & Wastewater.  Bob is currently Pump Centre Chairman a role that he originally held from 1993 to 2003. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers​ and provides a wide range of technical expertise to the Centre.

Kevin is an articulate and adaptable engineer with extensive experience within Engineering, Manufacturing and Operational environments. He has a proven track record of developing high performing teams, delivering Capital Projects on time and within budget and implementing technical improvements due to changing legislative, Health and Safety or financial requirements. Kevin is also a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and past chair of the IMechE’s Water Committee.

Geoff started in the business as a Student Apprentice with Allen West, in Brighton, taking a college diploma in Electrical Engineering. He became a Project Engineer designing control panels and switchboards mostly in their crane Section. He worked for SPP in Reading as the electrical buyer, but in reality as a project engineer, working on a number of high profile projects, with both electric motors and diesel engines. He was recruited by Stromberg as a Project Engineer for variable speed drives, they were taken over by ASEA, who then merged with Brown Boveri and became ABB.  He was with them for around 30 years becoming Product Manager and then Consultant.