David Cocksedge
Board Director

David Cocksedge's career spans over twenty years. He oversees all commissioning contracts undertaken by Banyard Consultants and is focused on driving the business forwards by developing strong growth over the next phase of the company's expansion.

David's divisions undertake our companies' most prestigious projects including international work, where he has personally worked on projects in Moscow, Cairo, and the Lebanon. David is actively involved with the CSA and sits on its Technical Committee.

Graham Child
Board Director

Graham's wealth of experience draws on his ability to advise on conceptual designs, as well as understanding the practical aspects of detail design. He has a wealth of experience across the UK construction industry, gained with consultants, contractors and Regional Health Authorities, from leisure centres and commercial offices, to the education sector and pharmaceutical installations. With strong project management skills, Graham has undertaken major initiatives for GlaxoSmithKline, the University of Sussex, Chafford Hundred Campus and Charterhouse School (the latter two requiring sustainable design). He has a keen eye for whole-life costs and advises on low and zero carbon technologies. Graham is accredited through CIBSE as a Low Carbon Energy Assessor, certified to provide EPC and DEC assessments.

Mike Evans
Board Director

Mike has an in-depth understanding of electrical engineering services and has led his design teams on a diverse spread of projects that include end-user and speculative commercial office developments, airports, shopping centres, data centres and retail parks. Mike understands the intricacies of building in sensitive sectors such as healthcare and education and has undertaken work related to historically important buildings. Mike's hands-on, jargon-free approach enables clients to fully understand the MEPH brief. Over the past 3 years, he has specialised in trouble-shooting on complex projects, and developing extensive knowledge about the installation of electrical energy-saving equipment within the Defra property portfolio.

Lee Evans
Northern Operations Manager

Lee joined the Banyard Group in 2005, to manage and expand Banyard Consultants operations in the North of England. He now oversees the operations of the Manchester Office which includes the client validation and commissioning management. Lee's Career spans over 20 years during which he has been involved in some of the largest research and development sites in Europe and in different sectors including education, commercial, healthcare and retail.

Jean-Pierre Uys
Southern Operations Manager

Jean-Pierre is responsible for all Client Validation and Commissioning Management contracts undertaken in the south by Banyard Consultants. His extensive building services background and positive attitude has proven invaluable. Jean-Pierre has lead contracts such as KPMG – Canary Wharf, Standard Bank – Gresham Street and 200 Aldersgate. He controls all field operations with teams consisting of mechanical, electrical and BMS engineers.

Darren Harbor
“Hands On” Contracts Manager

As “Hands On” Contracts Manager Darren is responsible for all Banyards commissioning and testing projects. With teams across the UK, his engineers undertake air & water balancing, client validation surveys and more recently, overseas work including contracts in Dubai. With an HNC in building services and CSA qualifications, Darren has worked on many projects including Canada Square - Canary Wharf, Regents Place, Cambridge University and Heron Tower.