Our Team

Simon oversees all company operations. His key duties are business development, building customer relationships and continually improving the company’s offer to ensure we always remain at the forefront of the swimming pool industry.

“The foundation of our success is the people that we employ. We have a great team of people at F T Leisure, with a broad range of skills and a culture that just works.”

Martin has overall responsibility for the delivery of our major projects. We operate on multiple sites throughout the UK; working closely with his team of Project Managers, Martin has to ensure that every project is adequately managed and resourced to hit critical programme dates. In addition, Martin is the company’s lead commercial diver.

The maintenance and refurbishment of existing swimming pool systems is an important part of our business. Lance is responsible for our service operations, which includes cyclical maintenance contracts and any resultant remedial works. He builds long term relationships with our maintained customers and is continually developing new service business opportunities.

Alex has overall responsibility for all aspects of our major projects including long term programming (internal and supply chain), project finances, health and safety, document control and logistics. The construction industry is moving at a fast pace, particularly with digital and cloud based systems for use on site. Alex has made improvements to our own systems to ensure we are keeping up with the changes and to  improve the overall efficiency of our project delivery model.

Andy is our lead commissioning engineer and all round problem solver! Towards the end of a major project, Andy goes to site to make sure that all of the systems have been installed correctly and in accordance with the design. He then commissions and tests all of our systems, including all mechanical components, electrical systems and software controls/interlocks. This is a high pressure job, as we are typically moments away from project completion and there will invariably be challenges to overcome.

The maintenance and refurbishment of existing swimming pool systems is an important part of our business. Andy is responsible for all our service operations. Andy has many years experience at the front end of swimming pool installation and servicing; he offers excellent technical support to all our customers. Using his in-depth knowledge of pool plant operation, Andy also delivers all our new build system training.

Ashley is responsible for supporting Andy with all our service operations. His experience in the leisure industry offers our customers the assistance they need for any maintenance queries.

Andy is part of our Projects team helping to manage all our major projects. Duties include client liaison, material procurement, health and safety documentation, logistics, programming, co-ordination of material deliveries and resources.

Paul prepares the prices on all our major projects. With the onset of digital technology, enquiries can include thousands of drawings and specifications, which need to be filtered to find the specific information we need to price a project. Once we have this information, Paul engages with over 100 suppliers, to formulate our final price. Paul will also populate bid documents for review before submission.

Fitz manages our major projects, from design through to completion. This includes all client liaison, material procurement, health and safety documentation, logistics, programming, co-ordination of material deliveries and resources.

Dan manages our major projects. Duties include client liaison, material procurement, health and safety documentation, logistics, programming, co-ordination of material deliveries and resources.

In his role as Fabrication Supervisor, Sergio is responsible for overseeing the day to day in-house manufacturing processes carried out by a team of 7 engineers, where he assists in the continual training and development of all fabrication staff, ensuring the quality of all products are kept at the highest standards, and ensuring all staff are working safely and efficiently in a fast paced environment.

Ian controls all our warehouse stock, incoming goods, outgoing goods and the company fleet of vehicles. He co-ordinates all company logistics, which is not easy, considering we have on average 25 new build sites running at any one time, all over the country. Ian also manages all our tooling, both in our production department and across all our site teams.

Finance is at the heart of any business and it has to run smoothly and efficiently. Whist we love what we do, we are a business and do try to make the most margin possible from our projects. Chris is responsible for all our finance and accounting functions. He has a lot of experience in management accounting, but has also spent a lot of his career in industry, supporting board members on finance strategy.

On average, FT Leisure carries out 400-500 cyclical maintenance inspections a year and typically 1000 small orders. Linda is responsible for administering this significant workload, whilst offering support to Lance Brookes, Andy Murphy and all our customers. Servicing and maintaining equipment requires accurate and audit-able paperwork trail.

Denise has many years experience within the construction industry, and is responsible for our purchase and subcontractor ledgers. She is also involved with cashflow and also the processing of sales invoices for the maintenance and small orders element of the company.

Andrew manages the design, procurement, installation and commissioning of our major projects electrical systems. Andrew has a lot of experience both managing projects and physically installing electrical equipment on sites around the country.

Natalie assists in the management of major project installations from design phase through to completion. She also is in charge of the procurement of materials, hire equipment and sub-contract packages required for the project. Specialising in moveable floors, she programmes the resources and co-ordination with the principal contractor and other trades to ensure the projects are completed on time.

Amy provides administrative support to the board of Directors. Her main responsibilities include administration of  human resources, legal matters, marketing, publicity and corporate infrastructure.

Andy produces detailed calculations, designs and Revit models for our water treatment and filtration systems and leisure water systems. Andy has a wealth of experience delivering design projects in the building services industry. He is proficient in Autocad and Revit.

Jac is responsible for creating our building information models (BIM) using Autodesk Revit software. His primary role is to produce accurate and detailed models of pool water treatment and filtration systems and to co-ordinate our technology with the architecture, structures, mechanical and electrical systems. Jac has a wealth of experience with BIM and Revit software, predominantly in the building services consultancy sector and at design outsourcing agencies.

Fatima assists in producing detailed calculations, designs and Revit models for our water treatment and filtration systems and leisure water systems.

Brandon controls all our warehouse stock, incoming goods, outgoing goods and the company fleet of vehicles. He co-ordinates all company logistics, which is not easy, considering we have on average 25 new build sites running at any one time, all over the country.