Martin Temple
CBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
is the chairman of the
Design Council
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It was instrumental in the prom ...
and a non-executive director of the Sheffield Hospital Trust. Temple was a non-executive director and chairman of
The 600 Group until October 2011.
He was the Director-General of
EEF from 1999 to February 2008, when he became Chairman. From 2016 - 2020, he was Chair of the
Health and Safety Executive
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.
Temple was previously Vice President of
Avesta-Sheffield AB, a major producer of
stainless steel
Stainless steel is an alloy of iron that is resistant to rusting and corrosion. It contains at least 11% chromium and may contain elements such as carbon, other nonmetals and metals to obtain other desired properties. Stainless steel's corros ...
. He has served on the boards of a wide range of companies around the world.
Prior to this, he was Director of Sales and Marketing for
British Steel Stainless
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and a director in the refractories industry. He has extensive experience covering senior roles in production, marketing, operations and strategy in an international context.
Martin Temple has also worked closely with many
United Kingdom
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Government departments, and in European business forums.
In addition he has served on the boards of various employer & trade bodies, and currently sits on the boards of a range of organisations. He is also the Chairman of the Council of European Employers of the Metal, Engineering and Technology-based industries (CEEMET).
Temple became Chairman of
BERR
The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) was a United Kingdom government department. The department was created on 28 June 2007 on the disbanding of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and was itself disbanded ...
’s Business Simplification Support Programme TMB in April 2008.
Temple is married with two
children
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.
References
External links
EEF, the manufacturers organisation
British businesspeople
Living people
People educated at Bridlington School
Year of birth missing (living people)
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