Meet the NFRC Board

Mark Mitchell

President

Mark is a Director of Jarvis and Womack Ltd, and has been on the NFRC Management Board for over 20 years. Mark is a previous Chair of Yorkshire and North East Counties Region and a previous member of the NFRC Health and Safety Committee. Mark is also the Deputy Chair of the NFRC Slating and Tiling Technical Committee. 

Kevin M Taylor

Immediate Past President

Kevin began his career as an estimator at Four Seasons Roofing in 1976, becoming National Operations Director, responsible for eleven profit centres. He founded BRC Roofing Ltd in 1994. Kevin has sat on the Midlands Regional Committee for 35 years, including as its Chairman.

Kevin became Director of NFRC’s Management Board in 2014 and was elected Vice President in 2016 and President in 2020.

Colin McCorquodale

Vice President

Colin has been on the NFRC Management Board since 2014. Colin is a chartered Building Surveyor being a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a Fellow of the Institute of Roofing. Colin has over 30 years industry experience. He is currently joint Managing Director of Archibald McCorquodale & Son Ltd in Glasgow. Colin is a past president of the Scottish Master Slaters and Roof Tilers Association and past chair of the NFRC Scottish Region.

Andrew Rowlands

Vice President

Andy has worked within the roofing industry for over 40 years, is a Director of Rowlands Roofing Ltd and has been an NFRC Board Member since 2018. Andy is a recognised Master Craftsman and previous winner of the IFD International Roof of the Year Award. He is Chair of the NFRC South Western Region Committee and is Deputy Chair of the NFRC Heritage Committee.

Andy also represents NFRC on the IFD Pitched Roofing Commission and the IFD Training Commission.

Jack Henrickson

Regional Director

London and Southern Counties Region

Jack has worked within the roofing industry for over 15 years and is a CEO of the M&J Group (Construction & Roofing) Limited and M&J Roofing Training Centre. He is the current Chair of the NFRC L&SC Committee and attends the flat roofing technical committee on behalf of the region. Jack has a range of qualifications, including a Quantity Surveying degree, plus charterships with the RICS and CIOB held and maintained.  

Richard French

Regional Director

Midlands Region

Richard began his career as an apprentice slater and tiler over 50 years ago, progressing to surveyor/manager before starting of his own roofing company. He is currently Director of his son’s company, Roof Care (North Staffs) Limited in Stoke on Trent. Richard has served as both regional committee member and also regional Chairman for the NFRC Midlands region as well as being a Fellow of the Institute of Roofing. Richard has also served as Director of NFRC since 2016. 

Michael Coyle 

Regional Director

Northern Ireland Region

Michael has been involved in the roofing and cladding industry in various capacities since 1986. In 2007 he established Roofscape and in 2009 became a member of the NFRC. Michael is currently the Irish Region Regional Chairman, fellow of the Institute of Roofing and sits on the NFRC Sheeting and Cladding Committee.

Scott Miller

Regional Director

Scotland Region

Scott has worked in the roofing industry since starting his apprenticeship as a roof slater in 1984.  Scott started Compass Roofing Ltd in 1989 and has grown the company since then joining NFRC as a member in 2007. Scott joined the Scottish regional committee in 2014. Scott is passionate in regard to training the next generation of roof slaters and to date has guided over 30 young men through their apprenticeship as roof slaters. He was elected Scottish Regional Chairman in February 2022. Scott delivers CPD training and is a regular at the Edinburgh Fringe Traditional Building Festival demonstrating roof slating on behalf of NFRC Scotland.

Greg Brett

Regional Director

South West England and Wales Region

Greg has worked within the roofing industry for over 31 years and is a Director of Treforest Tiling Ltd. He is past Chair of the NFRC South Western Region Committee, Member of NFRC Housing Thought Leadership Group and attends the NFRC Slating and Tiling Technical Committee. As a keen advocate of training and development, Greg has contributed to the CITB Focus Group for slating and tiling for qualifications in Wales and is an active committee member of WNRTG.

John Elmore

Regional Director

Yorkshire and North East Region

John’s roofing career began in 1976 as an apprentice slater tiler, completing his apprenticeship in 1979. He set up his own roofing company in 1983, which then merged with Martin Brooks Roofing in 1988 where he became a shareholder and the Contracts Director before becoming Managing Director in 2006. John joined the Yorkshire and North East Counties regional committee in 2013 and has represented the region on the NFRC’s Flat Roofing Technical Committee and is currently a member of the Heritage Committee. John joined the NFRC’s Management Board in January 2019 as Director representing the Yorkshire and North East Counties region and in was the Chairman of the Region until 2022.