TICA strengthens leadership team

Darlington-based trade association TICA has strengthened its leadership team as it continues to expand its work across training, assessment and industry standards.

From January 1, 2027, current chief executive Marion Marsland will move into the newly created role of executive chair, with strategic responsibility across TICA and its wider activities.

Helen Anderson, currently deputy chief executive and head of learning, will become chief executive, leading the membership organisation and its work with contractors across the thermal insulation sector.

Her wider remit will include IETTL, TICA’s independent End Point Assessment Organisation, and TICA Assured, a new certification body working towards UKAS accreditation.

Helen, who joined TICA as head of learning in August 2022 and became deputy chief executive in 2024, said: “It’s a real privilege to become chief executive at a time when we have record numbers of apprentices coming through our doors.

“However, the industry still faces a skills gap and attracting more people into the sector and making sure employers have access to a skilled and competent workforce remain a major priority.”

The changes follow significant growth in TICA’s training provision, with enrolments at its National Training Centre in Darlington rising from 80 in 2021/22 to a record 199 in 2025/26.

TICA has also increased its focus on skills, competence and industry standards, while encouraging more apprentices and women into the sector.

Marion has led TICA for 13 years and brings more than 40 years’ thermal insulation industry experience.

She added: “TICA has changed and grown considerably and, as the organisation has developed, it makes sense that our leadership structure also evolves. 

“Moving into the newly created role of executive chair will allow me to take a wider strategic view across our different activities.

“I’m proud of what TICA has achieved, but it has always been a team effort. 

“We have hugely talented and committed people across the organisation, and this new structure gives us the opportunity to build upon that.”

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