Former managing director of Hanson Building Products UK David Szymanski is to be elected Master of the Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers.
Mr Szymanski will become Master in a year that sees the City of London Livery Company celebrate the 600th anniversary of its first recorded Master. The Installation Ceremony and Annual Service will take place on October 6, 2016, at St Margaret’s Lothbury, followed by lunch at Carpenters’ Hall.
Mr Szymanski was sponsored by the London Brick Company to attend Bradford University where he gained an honours degree in Mechanical Engineering. He then went on to become an engineer for LBC working in Iran during the revolution and in Swaziland and in 1984, when LBC was taken over by Hanson, took the opportunity to move into general management.
He has since held a number of senior roles within the company including his current position of managing director of Hanson Building Products UK. Two years after Heidelberg Cement’s takeover of the company in 2007, Mr Szymanski left the business to enjoy what he calls ‘semi-retirement’.
David became a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers in 2004 and was elected a Court Assistant in 2011.
Commenting on his appointment, he said: “It’s an honour and a privilege to be elected Master of our ancient Company.”
