Executive committee.
Roles and responsibilities.
The Executive Committee is the main steering group of the UKQAA and overviews development and strategy. It ensures that the constitution of the association is adhered to and agrees the budgets.
Mark Hickingbottom.
Chair
Mark Hickingbottom is a Commercial Director at Aggregate Industries. In a career spanningfor almost three decades, Mark has firmly planted himself into the cement industry. Starting out as a laboratory technician, he began to work his way through the ranks, going from Area Marketing Manager to National Commercial Director at HeidelbergCement. Mark joined Aggregate Industries in 2022 as Commercial Director, brought in to develop the company’s strategy around
decarbonisation, low carbon and circularity.
He is also responsible for identifying and developing products, go-to-market solutions and ensuring commitments to ESG are robust. Mark acts as a spokesperson for cementitious materials as representation on industry bodies, including sitting as Chairman of the UKQAA.
Craig Williamson.
Vice Chair
A member of the UKQAA Executive Committee since 2019. Craig has extensive experience of the building materials sector most recently as Cemex Commercial Director, Cement and previous leadership roles in concrete and cementitious supply chains.
Technical committee.
Roles and responsibilities.
The Technical Committee reviews the work of external standards committees, evaluates technological developments, formulates and monitors research projects and assesses changes to environmental regulations.
Steve Groves.
Chair
With a background in production management, chemical engineering and environmental engineering Steve Groves entered the cement industry 14 years ago initially within an environmental role before transitioning into cement production management and latterly site management. Passionate about developing future talent and products that can improve customer performance while reducing embodied carbon. Outside of work, Steve is a keen open water swimmer also enjoys getting out into the outdoors for long walks.
Ivan Skidmore.
Vice Chair
Ivan has gained first-hand knowledge and developed expertise in ash utilisation since 2002 whilst working in operational and commercial management roles in the cement and building products industry. Ivan joined the power industry in 2007 working for RWE Generation UK, working on new build power plant projects and owner CCP sales & management projects. Ivan joined Power Minerals Ltd in 2014 as our Sales and Technical Manager and represents the company as former President and current board member of ECOBA (European Coal Combustion Products Association) and is former chair of the UK Quality Ash Association.