Banyard Associates is headed up by original co-founder and Managing Director Nick Till, with the support of Operations Director David Cocksedge and Director Paul Ballard. Knowledgeable, friendly and with over 50 years’ industry experience between us, we take pride in our company’s heritage and the fact so many of us have been instrumental to helping the business grow from the beginning.

Training is key to our philosophy and our team is systematically and regularly audited and appraised to ensure we are all fully up to speed on health, safety and other relevant issues. We are proud of our ‘Investors in People’ ISO Standards CHAS-Health & Safety.

Nick Till - Managing Director
As one of the original founders of Banyard Associates, Nick took on the challenging role of MD as the company evolved and expanded with the increased industry demand for professional, accredited commissioning services. With over 25 years experience in the building services industry, Nick likes to keep a close eye on all the contracts and is highly involved at the tender stage. He ensures that the business stays one step ahead at all times and is eager for The Banyard Group to continue in this vein.

Nick is also chairman of the Commissioning Specialists Association (CSA), www.csa.org.uk an organisation set up especially to raise the profile of commissioning throughout the building services industry, and is keen to continue to raise awareness of the benefits of properly trained and qualified commissioning engineers throughout the industry.

David Cocksedge - Director
David's career spans over twenty years and he is responsible for all client validation and commissioning management projects. He also controls all field operations with teams across the UK. His teams have undertaken our companies most prestigious projects including overseas, where he has personally worked on projects in Moscow, Cairo, and the Lebanon. David has now become actively involved with CSA and has recently joined the CSA Technical Committee.

Paul Ballard - Director
With twenty years experience under his belt where Paul has gained sizeable commissioning experience he is now responsible for the hands-on commissioning and validation teams, with particular emphasis towards tender and ongoing client liaison. Paul has been integral to the success of many projects, from shell & core to completion; most recently with LUL (London Underground).

Lee Evans - Northern Operations Manager
Lee joined the Banyard Group in 2005, to manage and expand Banyard Associates 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.

Both David and Paul are based at our London Office.