The CSCS Alliance has confirmed the appointment of Marion Marsland as its new Chair, marking a significant leadership change for the body representing 37 card schemes across construction.
Marsland brings more than four decades of experience in the thermal insulation sector. Her background spans contracting, distribution and manufacturing, followed by long-standing trade association leadership at TICA. She is credited with strengthening apprenticeship pathways, enhancing competence frameworks and promoting the role of insulation in safety and energy efficiency.
Her appointment comes as Government and industry increase their focus on skills through the Construction Skills Mission Board, set up by the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) to drive the recruitment of an additional 100,000 workers per year by the end of this Parliament.
Speaking on her appointment, Marsland said the Alliance will place greater emphasis on the data held across more than two million cardholders. She said this insight will support industry bodies and Government in targeting training resources more effectively. She added that combining these datasets with CSCS Smart Check, the Alliance’s card-checking system, reinforces its position as the sector’s single point of contact for carding and competence.
Marsland succeeds Jay Parmar, Chief Executive of the Joint Industry Board and a member of the Industry Competence Committee, who served as Chair from 2021.
Parmar is recognised for strengthening collaboration between schemes, overseeing the rollout of CSCS Smart Check and sharpening the Alliance’s focus on competence and data. He said it had been “a privilege” to serve in the role and praised the sector’s unified progress in raising standards and improving safety.
The Alliance says Marsland will continue work to deepen collaboration across industry, support the national competence agenda and ensure the body remains central to improving skills and safety across the built environment.
