Former Celotex boss signed off ‘dishonest and misleading’ marketing literature for Grenfell insulation, inquiry told

By Tom Lowe2020-11-19T11:07:00

Hearing also told about complaints about material made by Ardmore in 2015

The former head of marketing at the firm which rebranded a flammable insulation product as safe for use on high rise buildings has said he signed off the product’s marketing strategy because he was “relying on other people to give information”, the Grenfell Inquiry has heard.

Paul Evans, who worked at insulation manufacturer Celotex between 2007 and 2018, told the inquiry: “There was no-one coming to me saying, ‘we shouldn’t be launching this’.”

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