Speakers

Nigel has been the Chief Executive Officer of the CIGA Group (Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency) since 2016 and, following the launch of The Installation Assurance Authority (The IAA) in April 2020, The IAA Commercial Services (The IAA CS) in October 2021, and The IAA Federation in 2024 operates now as the Group Chief Executive. He has been responsible for the transformation of CIGA into a market-leading compliance body across the insulation and renewable energy sectors. The IAA provide support to members with Government engagement, legal advice and support, consumer support and direct support to businesses with advice, guidance, and commercial services. Nigel is the insulation installer lead on the PAS 2030 and PAS 2035 Steering groups, collating and representing industry views on the development of standards and sits on several bodies, including the CLC People and Skills Working Group, The Government Green Jobs Taskforce, and the Optimised Skills for Retrofit Working Group in Wales. He led on the development of Insulation and Building Treatments Occupational Standards across the insulation sector and ensured that these are mirrored across the mandatory technical competencies required for the Competent Persons Schemes (CPS) and Working Group 2 for high-risk residential buildings. More recently under Nigel's leadership The IAAF has been responsible for commissioning research into Labour Market Intelligence, A career pathway paper for the retrofit sector and the development of the level 2 and 3 insulation operative and technician apprenticeships. The organisation is currently developing a sector skills strategy for the industry. The launch of the organisations National Energy Efficiency Centre as a partnership between industry and the education sector has helped further evidence the organisations commitment to improving the competence of the sector.