We are a people business; our people are the most important element to our success.

We wholeheartedly believe that by supporting our talented staff within our organisation, this provides a positive culture for our employees to want to work for FEL Group and grow with us, as true investors in people.

Phil Vause

Senior M&E Estimator

Phil has attained a considerable array of knowledge from his long career dedicated to the HVAC & refrigeration industry. Starting as an apprentice, working through Design, Project Management, Key Account Management and Energy Retrofit, Phil has always had a keen eye on estimating. His experience has seen him work in many types of environments; commercial, industrial, retail, bespoke refrigeration, close control air conditioning and critical infrastructure/data centres.

Phil has always enjoyed building relationships that lead to generating solutions and proposals, with a goal and ambition to exceed the expectations of his customers.

As Senior M&E Estimator, Phil enjoys using all his skills in helping FEL Group's customers find HVAC solutions that balance their needs of budget versus end product quality.


John Burkill

Design Manager

With 40 years worth of experience in building services design and project management, John’s focus is the delivery of a quality, compliant, cost effective, efficient solution for each project.

Originally from a trade background, John has worked within numerous consultancy practices, main contractors and mechanical&electrical sub-contractors on a wide variety of projects including industrial, commercial, education, health care, telecommunications and IT, from initial brief through to commissioning and final hand-over.

Paul Bridgwood

Paul brings with him a wealth of experience from working with Vodafone for over 20 years, firstly in Data Centre Operations Management and latterly in Cloud and Security Sales. Paul will report to John Higginbottom and will work with all of the business to develop our Data Centre sales. This is a key appointment for the FEL business, supporting our long term strategy.

Dan Kistell

We are also pleased to announce that Dan Kistell we be joining the business on 12th October 2020 as Senior Operations Manager. Dan will report directly to me and will have responsibility for the operational delivery of all divisions of the business. Dan joins us after gaining significant experience within our sector. This is a key strategic recruitment for our business as we look to improve on our delivery.