5 minutes with … Imro van Leersum at Permasteelisa Group

2026-03-02T07:00:00

The firm’s UK sales director on his 25 years with the company, his love of tall buildings, exploring the world and why he cannot possibly have any secret skills x

Why did you choose construction as a career?

It was a happy accident! I started out working in sales and marketing for AkzoNobel, the Dutch multinational paint company. I then stumbled across a sales role at Scheldebouw (a Permasteelisa Group brand) and I have been working with tall buildings and their facades ever since.

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