CPA Team

Steven Mullholland - Chief Executive:  Steve has a long track record in the plant hire sector and CPA, being a Council Member and the Chair for many years.  He has a great deal of experience in the plant sector from starting as a mechanic up to running his family plant-hire business.

Adam Godwin - Director: Adam has two roles within the CPA; he is responsible for communications to the Members, where he edits the CPA’s Bulletin and oversees the CPA’s website; he also is a Director of the Rail Plant Association (RPA).

Chris Cassley - Policy Manager: Chris is responsible for the development and lobbying of the key policy issues that are important to CPA Members. He spent 16 years at the CBI where he was responsible for construction policy and acted as Secretariat to the CBI Construction Council.

David Smith - Legal Manager: David has worked as the CPA’s Legal Manager since 2001, and has qualifications in both law and accounting. Prior to joining the CPA, David worked in the construction industry for eight years.

Katie Kelleher - Publications Manager: , Katie was previously employed as a crane operator and deputy AP on many major projects before joining CPA and is a high-profile champion of apprenticeships and women in construction. She oversees the CPA's many publications both as writer and editor as well as acting the the Secretariat to the Industry Lifting Lead AP Group.

Lisa Godwin - Membership Manager: Lisa has worked at CPA for over 25 years and has a wealth of experience supporting CPA Members. Lisa oversees all aspects of the CPA membership process, along with the strong CPA membership support team.

Luis Bassett – Decarbonisation and Sustainability Manager: Luis joins the CPA team after a eight-year career at the London Borough of Merton, who’s main role at was in the Cleaner Machinery Team, implementing the London NRMM Low Emission Zone on behalf of 32 London local authorities and was Technical Lead on compliance queries, guidance documentation, training materials and emissions calculations.

Peter Brown - Technical & Development Manager: Peter has a long background in plant technical operation and maintenance activities, followed by comprehensive experience in plant-based education and training and development, including 18 years at CITB working as a standard-setter for plant occupational standards, qualifications, training standards etc. and latterly as CPCS Product Manager.

Rob Squires - Training and Safety Manager: Rob has spent many years managing training, card and certification schemes with recent experiences within the demolition sector and formerly with CITB managing a range of CSCS-based schemes.