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All Aboard! The EDA Summer Event 2023 sails away on the Silver Sturgeon

July 7, 2023
Summer Event 2023
Our best attended Summer Event welcomed 180 representatives from 112 EDA Wholesaler and Manufacturer businesses aboard the Silver Sturgeon on the River Thames.

Thursday 6 July 2023

EDA CEO, Margaret Fitzsimons, welcomed Wholesalers and Manufacturers before handing over to EDA President, Charlie Lacey, MD of Stearn Electric Co Ltd.

Stuart Swalwell, MD of Cembre Ltd, responded on behalf of the Manufacturers. Cembre joined the EDA over 20 years ago (1 January 2001).

Margaret Fitzsimons CEO at the EDA
Margaret Fitzsimons opened the Summer Event 2023.
EDA President Charlie Lacey, MD at Stearn Electric Co Ltd
Welcome address from EDA President Charlie Lacey, MD at Stearn Electric Co Ltd
Stuart Swalwell, MD at Cembre Ltd
Stuart Swalwell of Cembre Ltd responding on behalf of the EDA Manufacturers
Bob Robertston, Chairman of R & B Star (pictured bottom left), was at the EDA's very first Summer Event in 2000
Bob Robertson's table: Bob, of R & B Star Electrical Wholesalers Ltd was at the first EDA Summer Event back in 2000
Are you getting the most from your EDA benefits?

The next EDA Engagement Award Winners will be announced in July 2024.

The more you engage between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024 the more engagement points you’ll secure.

For a reminder of your EDA benefits and how you can become more engaged with the Association call 020 3141 7350.

DYK: The EDA's first Summer Event was held in July 2000 at The Complete Angler in Marlow and has been an EDA highlight every year since, except for a break in 2020 due to Covid.

EDA Engagement Award Winners 2022/2023

Industry Insight Champion 2023: John Humphery, Commercial Director, Marshall-Tufflex Ltd
Industry Insight Champion 2023: John Humphery
L-R: Margaret Fitzsimons; John Humphery; Charlie Lacey; Anne Vessey
Digitalisation Champion 2023: Ian Hunter, Head of Sales and Marketing, Electrium Sales Ltd (A Siemens Company)
Digitalisation Champion 2023: Ian Hunter, Electrium Sales Ltd (A Siemens Company)
L-R: Margaret Fitzsimons; Ian Hunter; Richard Appleton; Charlie Lacey
Education & Training Champion 2023: Alan Reynolds, CEO, Fegime UK
Alan Reynolds received Education and Training Champion Award 2023
L-R: Margaret Fitzsimons; Alan Reynolds; Charlie Lacey; Anne Vessey
Most Engaged Manufacturer 2022/23: Joint winners Marshall-Tufflex Ltd and Deta Electrical Co Ltd
Most Engaged Manufacturers 2023: Joint winners Deta Electrical Co Ltd and Marshall-Tufflex Ltd
L-R: Margaret Fitzsimons; Gerry Barnett of Deta; Jon Chamberlain of Marshall-Tufflex; Charlie Lacey
Most Engaged Wholesaler 2023: Joint winners Edmundson Electrical Ltd and CEF
Most Engaged Wholesaler 2023: Joint winners Edmundson Electrical Ltd and CEF
L-R: Margaret Fitzsimons; Mark Felber of Edmundson Electrical Ltd; Chris Ashworth of CEF; Charlie Lacey

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