Meet the team
| Name | James Ormerod |
| Job Title | Aliva UK MD |
| Time with Aliva | Established GruppoIVAS UK |
| Overall sector experience | 17 years |
| Qualifications | Sales and Marketing BA Hons, MA, DipM, FIDM, FCIM |
| Favourite Aliva project | Bath University, featuring Grescovering terracotta, is the largest terracotta project we’ve undertaken to date. A completely bespoke colour choice for the architect, who wanted black/grey urban tones for this stylish university accommodation complex matched to three specific pantone colours. A tailor made colour match and scale of product at over 5,000 square meters. |
| Name | Tiffany Ejilogo-Woodward |
| Job Title | Sales Manager |
| Role | To generate specifications sales with architects, and develop relationships with sub-contractors and main contractors. |
| Time with Aliva | April 2018 |
| Overall sector experience | 2 ½ years |
| Favourite Aliva project | Vita Student Accommodation, Newcastle. An innovative use of lightweight Aliva Air buff sandstone panels that allow the building to fit into its prestigious location, yet retain its own modern identity. Aliva also sourced the stone from the same quarry that the local Victorian buildings are built from; a good example of how we go the extra mile for our clients here at Aliva. |
| Name | Ben Edmondson |
| Job Title | Technical Consultant |
| Role | External Wall Insulation and Render only systems. |
| Time with Aliva | 4 years |
| Overall sector experience | 18 years |
| Qualifications | Degree in Architectural Technology |
| Favourite Aliva project | Achieving a magnificent seven British Board of Agrement certifications for Aliva’s range of insulated render systems. The certifications confirm the capability and use of Aliva’s products across various market sectors and building types from high-end hotels, to affordable housing schemes and schools. |
Italian Team
| Name | Luca Meloni |
| Job Title | Architectural Technician |
| Time with Aliva | 3 years |
| Overall sector experience | 8 years |
| Qualifications | BA degree in Architecture |
| Favourite Aliva project | Uxbridge College, Hayes, London. The alucovering aluminium rainscreen cladding in three different shades of grey plus a mirrored finish creates a stunning dark and light metal effect for this school complex. This gives the façade a stylish and modern personality, which is typical of this kind of cladding. |
| Name | Federica Bartolini |
| Job Title | Civil Engineer |
| Role | Design Department |
| Time with Aliva | 7 years |
| Overall sector experience | 7 years |
| Qualifications | Calculations and design |
| Favourite Aliva project | The stunningly stylish Prada Stores in Las Vegas and Sydney, a completely black façade with subtle diamond pattern, incorporating bright circular openings. Aliva managed the design concept, production information and structural design, detailed survey of the building to be clad, assisted with the building specifications, manufacture of components and panel assembly. |
| Name | Ruggiero De Giorgio |
| Job Title | Engineer |
| Role | Technical Director |
| Time with Aliva | 21 years |
| Overall sector experience | 21 years |
| Qualifications | Structural calculations, design and project management |
| Favourite Aliva project | The Façade Theatre Scala of Milan. For the renovation and expansion of the theatre, we provided the external cladding for two new additional structures designed by architect Mario Botta, the fly tower (with a ventilated façade cladding) and an elliptical structure (with a sun screen cladding). |
| Name | Luigi Garattoni |
| Job Title | International Sales Director |
| Role | International sales negotiation and liaison |
| Time with Aliva | 24 years |
| Overall sector experience | 24 years |
| Favourite Aliva project | Second Avenue subway line project, New York. Aliva is currently designing and supplying the internal and external wall systems, made of porcelain gres, for the first four stations of this exciting project, which involves the construction of 15 new subway stations in Manhattan. I love the challenge of this job, it is one of the most difficult in terms of design performances to achieve, legal requirement to meet and management relations to keep in order to succeed. |
| Name | Monica Pagliarani |
| Job Title | Engineer |
| Role | Design Manager |
| Time with Aliva | 13 years |
| Overall sector experience | 13 years |
| Qualifications | Structural calculations, design and project management |
| Favourite Aliva project | Queen Mary University, London, our invisible glass system with a complex screen printed pattern inspired by Sir Roger Penrose’s mathematical model. It has a strong visual impact, using the Ali glass concealed fixing system. The façade consists of laminated diamond shaped glass, a standout finish for a London learning environment. |
| Name | Luca Simonetti |
| Job Title | Engineer |
| Role | Export Manager Gruppo Ivas |
| Time with Aliva | 14 years |
| Overall sector experience | 14 years |
| Qualifications | Instructor at the Master G school (Gruppo Ivas ETICS application school) |
| Favourite Aliva project | Bloc Hotel Gatwick Airport featuring black insulated render. A key element of Aliva’s insulated render is our cold pigment finishes, which allow darker colours to reflect heat rather than absorb it, so that larger areas can be covered. |