Air to water heat pump supplier LG has welcomed two new faces to its team as it steps up its presence in the UK heating marketplace.
Andrew Hooper has joined as UK & Ireland heating manager and Alastair Kay joins as heating technical manager.
They will be primarily responsible for the promotion and sales of the Therma V range of air to water heat pumps that includes the new R32 Therma V Units – the recently launched Therma V monoblocs and Split systems along with the high temperature Splits, a statement said.
Andy Hooper hails from Devon and joined LG from Hitachi Europe where he was most recently UK & Ireland heating manager.
Alastair Kay is originally from Pietermaritzburg in South Africa. He went to Sheffield Hallam University where he studied Mechanical Engineering and secured a placement with Worcester Bosch, where his career in the heating sector began.
“These are important appointments for us at this critical time as we expand our capabilities in the air to water heat pump sector,” said LG’s general manager for Air Conditioning and Energy Solutions in the UK, Hugo Lambourn. “The growth in interest in – and expansion of – the Therma V range is putting LG in a strong position as we look to see an eruption of air source heat pumps replacing fossil fuel heating systems across the UK and Ireland in the next five or six years. Whilst there are discussions about a range of potential technologies, the reality is that we have a tried and tested and very efficient option in air source heat pumps, a technology that is already well advanced and accepted across much of northern Europe and Scandinavia and across North America – it seems strange that we are looking for new technologies that are not currently feasible when we already have this excellent technology ready and willing to fill the gaps as the ‘boiler culture’ we have in the UK and Ireland begins to fall away.”