BMT Group Ltd announced today that Dr. Volker
Buttgereit has been appointed Managing Director of BMT Fluid
Mechanics Ltd. He takes over the role from Steve Rowe who will be
remaining with the company, to work on various projects and
marketing activities, until his retirement in March 2008.
Volker has been a Director of the company since 2003 and has managed
the operation of the wind tunnel department since 2001. In this role
he has overseen and developed the company’s wind engineering
consultancy primarily for the civil construction industry, assessing
in excess of 200 wind tunnel based projects per year.
On his appointment, Volker said: “BMT Fluid Mechanics is a leading
independent consultancy in wind engineering and offshore marine
technology and over the years I have worked hard to drive its
development forward. I am extremely excited about taking the
company’s development further, realising our strong growth potential
in all sectors.”
BMT Group Ltd, Chief Executive, Peter French commented: “BMT Fluid
Mechanics is a rapidly expanding part of the BMT group, having
recently opened a new office in Abu Dhabi to service its growing
number of local clients. We need someone with the determination and
skill set to capitalise on our expertise and to nurture our global
business in fluid dynamics; I have no doubt that Volker is the right
person for this job.
“We will be sad to see Steve Rowe leave the BMT group, having worked
with us for the last 22 years. Since his appointment as Managing
Director at BMT Fluid Mechanics in 1995, Steve has led the company
from strength to strength. He has been the driving force behind the
development of software products and computer systems that have
generated real solutions for customers in many market sectors, and
his ambition has seen the company become a respected independent
specialist in wind engineering and offshore marine consultancy. We
wish him the very best of luck in his future retirement.”
Before joining BMT, Volker was a Wind Engineer at Ove Arup &
Partners where he worked on the Millennium Wheel, prior to which he
had been a Research Assistant in the Department of Aeronautics at
Imperial College, London.
Volker graduated in Aeronautical Engineering and has a PhD in Fluid
Dynamics. He is also a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society and
of the British Wind Energy Association.
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