LEIA Announces President and Vice President

Karis Walker, head of Commercial at TK Elevator (TKE), has been appointed president and Andrew Renwick, managing director (MD) at Caltech Lifts, has been appointed as vice president of the U.K.’s Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA). Walker succeeds Paul Turner, technical director at Schindler, who has held the role since 2023. Turner will continue to work closely with LEIA to develop its strategy as ex-president and Ex Officio member. Walker has been at TKE for 11 years, during which time she has been a member, and currently chairwoman, of the LEIA Contracts and Legal Committee, and she joined the LEIA board in 2023. Renwick joined his family business, Caltech Lifts, in 2007 taking over as MD in 2013. He also joined the LEIA board in 2023 and has been a member of LEIA since 2011. LEIA is the trade association and advisory body for the U.K. lift and escalator industry, formed in 1997 by the merging of two longstanding associations with a history dating back to 1932.