National Housing Maintenance Forum

John Richards

Director for Thames Laboratories

John has over 25 years experience in the asbestos sector and is a member of the RICS asbestos working group. He represents the RICS on the HSE Asbestos Liaison Group and UKAS Technical Advisory Committee. John is also a past chairman of Asbestos Testing and Consulting (ATAC) and has sat on the governing council of the Asbestos Removal Contractors Association. 

Thames Laboratories is a specialist asbestos consultancy and John is currently working with a number of interest groups dealing with asbestos in schools and asbestos awareness training along with the future impact of European Asbestos Directives.