In this episode, Ian talks with Nitin Govila, Senior Vice President of Business Asia Pacific, Middle-East and Africa, and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for Serge Ferrari. Serge Ferrari is a world leader in materials for light architectural and exterior landscaping applications and has reached their 50th year in designing, developing and manufacturing material solutions for solar protection, tensile architecture, modular structures, and furniture and marine usage.
Nitin has a great deal of experience in International Construction Projects, Building Materials, Marketing, Home Automation, Roofing, Modular Structures, Product Development and international culture.
Ian and Nitin discuss Composite Materials and Modular Applications and their impact on construction, the longevity of materials, information management and culpability, workforce management, and understanding international culture.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
BEST MOMENTS
‘We operate across multiple market segments. Obviously each market operates differently. So I have overall responsibility for the business in my zone.’ – Nitin
‘There’s a lot of people on sustainability and carbon footprint. So presumably these fabrics are a lot more sustainable and have got a lot less embedded carbon than say a concrete or a steel structure.’ – Ian
‘Our presence is across the world. We have done stadiums, airports or big structures in New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Korea, China, South-East Asia and then coming to Africa, America, South-America and Europe also. Whether it’s extreme winters, whether it’s extreme heat, whether it’s a stormy climate, corrosive climate.’ – Nitin
‘Facades play a very key role. It’s part of the design of the building, it’s part of the construction, maybe it’s part of the cost.’ – Nitin
‘We should motivate organisations or leaders to look at the methods and practices that companies have been doing and they’re successful and they’re profitable and that can also bring a positive change for everyone.’ – Nitin
‘I see the UK in a totally different perspective now having travelled and lived elsewhere.’ – Ian
VALUABLE RESOURCES
ABOUT THE HOST
Ian Rogers is an entrepreneur running businesses in the Real Estate, Construction and Facilities Management arena. Ian has over 40 years’ industry experience, as he was effectively born into construction with his father having his own building company and Ian spending time working on sites from the age of 11!. As a result Ian has seen the industry from a trades person perspective, as a chartered quantity surveyor working on large commercial projects, as a project manager and then working on structured project finance through PFI/PPP deals. This has given Ian a unique whole life approach to any project by considering the end game at the beginning.
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