David Cormack commenced his two-year tenure as the brand new Chair of the Board at LEEA on January 1, 2026, taking on the function from Oliver Auston.
Serving as Vice Chair alongside Auston for the final two years, he has additionally been a member of LEEA’s Technical Committee.
On taking on the brand new place, Cormack stated: “I wish to thank Oliver Auston for his large work within the function of Chair of the Board. Throughout this time, LEEA has made nice strides ahead in supporting its members and elevating requirements within the lifting business. I look ahead to serving to LEEA proceed this progress as we embark on the subsequent thrilling stage of our improvement, with extra members around the globe becoming a member of our gold customary and a brand new member evaluation geared to making sure excellence is maintained.”
He continued: “A very essential step on this subsequent section is the introduction of LEEA’s new end-user grade of membership. By immediately partaking organisations that personal, procure and function lifting tools, LEEA is strengthening its means to affect security and greatest observe at each level within the lifting lifecycle. This evolution displays the realities of a contemporary, world business and ensures that these with final duty for lifting operations are aligned with the identical excessive requirements, steerage and training that underpin our present membership. It’s a important improvement for the business and a vital enabler of LEEA’s imaginative and prescient to lift requirements worldwide via training, affect and management.”
The Lifting Tools Engineers Affiliation (LEEA) is established internationally because the main commerce affiliation for all these concerned within the lifting business, it says. It promotes enhanced requirements and sustainable improvement for the worldwide lifting and security business.
Cormack has spent his whole profession within the lifting business, having began as an apprentice with Coubro & Scrutton – a founder member of the Chain Testers Affiliation, which developed into LEEA. Gaining a broad vary of engineering expertise, from machining and welding to design work, Cormack rose to grow to be Marine Gross sales Supervisor. He stated: “LEEA was at all times held in nice respect at Coubro & Scrutton and after I began my very own firm I regarded it as essential that we grow to be a LEEA member.”
That firm is Delphini, based by Cormack in 2001 to fabricate lifting, securing and entry merchandise primarily for the marine sector, in addition to producing specialist structural metal work. It exports to ship house owners, brokers and port operators worldwide.
Cormack concluded: “It’s important that LEEA retains tempo with a altering world, whereas persevering with to lift requirements and encourage secure observe. I shall be working carefully with the Board and the LEEA management staff to make sure we preserve assist for our members, champion the worldwide lifting business and proceed our evolution and development.”
