{"id":41674,"date":"2021-08-31T16:30:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T13:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.textilegence.com\/?p=41674"},"modified":"2021-08-31T16:34:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T13:34:07","slug":"british-textile-machinery-association-elects-its-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.textilegence.com\/en\/british-textile-machinery-association-elects-its-new-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"British Textile Machinery Association elects its new CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The British Textile Machinery Association (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.btma.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BTMA<\/a>) has announced the appointment of Jason Kent as CEO of BTMA Group, effective Monday, 23 August 2021. BTMA was founded in 1940, which also includes subsidiaries&nbsp;nw&nbsp;texnet&nbsp;and The Textile Recorder (Machinery &amp; Accessories) Exhibitions Ltd (TREX). The association&nbsp;actively promotes British textile machinery manufacturers and their products to the world,&nbsp;and&nbsp;also&nbsp;acts as a bridge between its members and the increasingly diversified industries in the textile&nbsp;manufacturing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.textilegence.com\/en\/category\/topical\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sector<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jason Kent, who has spent 35 years of his career working in the carpet tufting machinery industry, has&nbsp;been&nbsp;a&nbsp;non-executive member&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;BTMA board&nbsp;for over eight years. Kent is also a Chartered&nbsp;fellow&nbsp;of the Chartered Management Institute, and&nbsp;also&nbsp;went on to study part-time for his MBA (Master of Business Administration) in&nbsp;2011. As&nbsp;a time-served mechanical technician&nbsp;engineer,&nbsp;Kent&nbsp;ascended&nbsp;through a series of greater responsibilities at Cobble Blackburn until it was acquired by the&nbsp;Vandewiele&nbsp;Group in 2013, where he assumed the role of Managing Director for the tufting machinery business.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.textilegence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/british-textile-detail.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.textilegence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/british-textile-detail.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.textilegence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/british-textile-detail-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.textilegence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/british-textile-detail-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.textilegence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/british-textile-detail-1068x601.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption>British Textile Machinery Association elects its new CEO<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-right-person-for-leading-the-british-textile-machinery-association-into-the-future\">\u201cThe right person&nbsp;for leading&nbsp;the British Textile Machinery Association into the future\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>BTMA Director Alan Little said Jason&nbsp;Kent&nbsp;is the right person&nbsp;for leading&nbsp;BTMA into the future; \u201cJason&#8217;s&nbsp;textile machinery background, business development skills, and extensive knowledge of BTMA and its members will help in delivering the strategic vision&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;board.&nbsp;The&nbsp;current&nbsp;BTMA&nbsp;staff&nbsp;look&nbsp;forward&nbsp;to&nbsp;working&nbsp;alongside&nbsp;Jason&nbsp;to&nbsp;assist&nbsp;him&nbsp;in&nbsp;achieving&nbsp;his&nbsp;goals\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expressing the privilege to join BTMA, Jason Kent said; \u201cI believe that there are several generational&nbsp;changes&nbsp;ahead&nbsp;that our members&nbsp;must&nbsp;face,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;BTMA&nbsp;needs&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;ready&nbsp;and&nbsp;capable&nbsp;of&nbsp;supporting&nbsp;such&nbsp;challenges\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs I see it, we have three initial goals in&nbsp;providing better business outcomes for our members through active engagement in addressing industry skills deficits, ensuring we are at the forefront of the industrial digitalisation revolution, and leveraging opportunities&nbsp;brought&nbsp;about&nbsp;through&nbsp;innovation&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;associated&nbsp;global&nbsp;focus&nbsp;on&nbsp;sustainability\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British Textile Machinery Association (BTMA) has announced the appointment of Jason Kent as CEO of BTMA Group, effective Monday, 23 August 2021. 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