Lindsay Millington has headed MetSkill – Metals Industry Skills and Performance – for 15 years, and has been closely involved in the development of vocational qualifications, modern apprenticeships and new approaches to industry education.
 New BMRA director general Lindsay Millington |
As well as working with the Department for Education and Skills on various policy areas, Ms Millington has worked with the DTI in initiating the productivity and supply chain improvement programme Metals Industry Competitive Enterprise (MICE).
From 1994 to 1997, Ms Millington also chaired the UK National Council of Industry Training Organisations, the trade association for sector skills bodies.
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A graduate of Manchester University and London School of Economics, she has worked with the BMRA in the past in developing the Health and Safety Passport workforce certification scheme, begun in 2002.
Currently, she is a trustee of the West Midlands Iron and Steel Trust and a council member of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Her early career in the voluntary sector included UK-wide management of environmental and broadcasting activities.
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Commenting on the appointment, BMRA president Peter Brookes said: “The BMRA Board is delighted to announce that Lindsay Millington will take over as Director General on September 12. With a proven track record in related industry appointments, Lindsay is already known to many BMRA member companies.
“I am sure she will quickly stamp her metals industry experience, dynamism and personality on this increasingly demanding and influential appointment,” Mr Brookes added.
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