MEMBER NEWS: FG Burnett announce new Director appointment

April 18, 2022
MEMBER NEWS: FG Burnett announce new Director appointment

(Courtesy of Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce)

Scottish commercial property consultancy, FG Burnett is pleased to announce the promotion of Iona Foubister to Director within its Building Consultancy team.

Iona joined the company as a graduate in August 2013, having secured a degree in Building Surveying from RGU and then qualified as a Chartered Building Surveyor in 2015. Over the next few years Iona rose through the ranks within the business, firstly to Senior Building Surveyor and more recently Associate. Iona is also an Accredited Commercial Energy Assessor. In her role as Director, Iona will continue to work with Jim Johnstone and the Building Consultancy team to further grow the service offered to clients.

Jim Johnstone, Director and Head of Building Consultancy at FG Burnett comments: “This is a thoroughly deserved elevation to Director level for Iona who provides results orientated top class technical advice to a wide range of clients in a thoroughly professional manner. It has been great to see her develop her career with FG Burnett since joining the business as a graduate.”

Iona comments: “I am very grateful to Jim and everyone at FG Burnett for continuing to support me through my career since I left university through to today. This promotion is very much appreciated and I will continue to work hard for both our clients and FG Burnett as a company in what is a very busy time for the Aberdeen surveying industry.”

Please find the story on the AGCC website here.

 

Get in touch

AREG is the original energy transition organisation, working on behalf of members to empower the energy supply chain and champion its expertise. Please get in touch if you have any questions or would like to find out more about membership.

AREG has played an important role in the growth of Scotland’s renewable energy sector, engaging the supply chain and developing the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre. However, we are only at the very beginning of the transition that AREG was established to both lead and support so there are still opportunities for companies to get into the constantly evolving renewables supply chain. We look forward to continuing our work together as renewables builds on its place as Scotland’s main source of power, and as we seek to deliver real change in the crucial areas of heat and transport.

Scottish Renewables

Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce has worked closely with AREG since its formation. The recent progress in the developments of offshore wind projects by Equinor and Vattenfall are as a result of the work of the group over many years. The north-east is known as the oil and gas capital of Europe. At the Chamber, we believe the region must evolve its position to being recognised as the energy capital. Whilst hydrocarbons will continue to be essential in driving our economy for years to come, the generation of renewable resources will play an increasingly important role in providing cost-effective power, innovative development and economic growth.

Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce

The enthusiasm and dedication of the early group that would become AREG was fundamental in us choosing to launch All-Energy in Aberdeen. The first tiny show was held in 2001, and AREG’s Chairman at the time, Jeremy Cresswell, played such an active role that I often describe him in terms such as All-Energy’s ‘midwife’. All-Energy is now the UK’s largest renewable and low carbon energy exhibition and conference in terms of number of attendees, space booked, and number of exhibiting companies. As AREG became firmly established, their presence and support for the event grew spectacularly over the years. We thank them most sincerely for their invaluable input.

All-Energy

Vattenfall has forged a strong working relationship with AREG through the development of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre. AREG has worked tirelessly on behalf of the North East and it can take enormous credit for the growth of sustainable energy in the region and the path it has cleared for the region to capture further investment.

Vattenfall

Aberdeen City and Shire is emerging as a key location for renewables by successfully transferring its world-class oil and gas expertise into the sector and AREG has done much to advance this through a broad range of initiatives. It has acted as a catalyst in driving further investment in the local economy by engaging with companies, Government, public bodies and existing projects and we have been pleased to support their efforts. Scottish Enterprise will continue to engage with AREG as we increase Scotland’s use of renewable energy.

Scottish Enterprise