Meet the Team

Who’s who at A.C. Wilgar

Director

Billy Wilgar A.C. Wilgar founder and CEO Billy Wilgar A.C. Wilgar founder and CEO caricature
Billy Wilgar
Directors
Founder & CEO

Billy started the business in 1985 and still plays a very active role, including conducting surveys and post-installation quality control visits.

Office Staff

Lisa Hopper A.C. Wilgar office manager Lisa Hopper A.C. Wilgar office manager caricature
Lisa Hopper
Managers
HR & Office Manager

With over 20 years’ experience within the industry, Lisa ensures the staff have everything they need and is the magician behind the curtain. She makes sure everyone in the team is always at their best and is a huge support to the A.C. Wilgar team!

Sarah Skinner A.C. Wilgar accounts assistant Sarah Skinner A.C. Wilgar accounts assistant caricature
Sarah Skinner
Administrators
Accountant

Sarah has vast experience in accounts working in the city but now works locally to spend more time with her daughter. She is critical to the accounts team and is a trusted dependable member of the AC Wilgar accounts team.

Louise Cummins A.C. Wilgar Service Administrator Louise Cummins A.C. Wilgar Service Administrator
Louise Likaj
Administrators
Service Executive

Louise has picked up the business quickly and is an integral member of the team. She has recently taken on more responsibility within the installation department and is a very dependable member of the office staff especially when the pressure is on.

Sue Grimes A.C. Wilgar Service Administrator Sue Grimes A.C. Wilgar Service Administrator
Sue Grimes
Administrators
Service Administrator

Sue has joined us from Mitie and brings the industry knowledge with her and has a conscientious nature always going above and beyond for our customers. Her speed at picking up her phone is legendary.

Kim Sheath A.C. Wilgar Service Administrator Kim Sheath A.C. Wilgar Service Administrator
Kim Sheath
Administrators
Service Administrator

Kim is our newest member in the office, she joins us from another company and has a great knowledge of the industry and will back up Louise on the installs along with the day to day running of the office. 

Eve Dowden A.C. Wilgar Office Junior Eve Dowden A.C. Wilgar Office Junior
Eve Dowden
Administrators
Service Administrator

Eve joined Wilgar’s as an office Junior but is already proving her worth within the team moving up the ranks swiftly, she is a polite young lady and is eager to learn all aspects of the job.

Field Engineers

Paul Conneely A.C. Wilgar heating supervisor Paul Conneely A.C. Wilgar heating supervisor caricature
Paul Conneely
Managers
Senior Heating Supervisor

Apart from Billy, Paul is the longest standing member of staff now in his 23rd year, known as the Oracle, if he can’t fix it, it can’t be fixed.

Stuart Gleeson A.C. Wilgar plumbing supervisor Stuart Gleeson A.C. Wilgar plumbing supervisor caricature
Stuart Gleeson
Plumbers
Surveyor

Stuart is an exceptionally experienced and professional engineer who worked for A.C. Wilgar in the 1990’s before leaving and starting his own company. He is now a full-time surveyor for us, who spearheads the installation operation.

Gary Wright A.C. Wilgar field supervisor Gary Wright A.C. Wilgar field supervisor caricature
Gary Wright
Managers
Technical Supervisor

Gary is a highly respected engineer both within A.C.Wilgar and the wider community. He is a sounding board for the younger engineers and takes charge of our hectic emergency call-out schedule.

Andrew Cox A.C. Wilgar installer Andrew Cox A.C. Wilgar installer caricature
Andrew Cox
Engineers & Installers
Installation Supervisor / Surveyor

Trained here from the age of 16, Andrew spent a couple of years in Canada, where he picked up some handy carpentry skills. He is now our most senior Installer in the field.

Jack Fleet A.C. Wilgar service engineer Jack Fleet A.C. Wilgar service engineer caricature
Jack Fleet
Engineers & Installers
Service Engineer

Jack has been servicing our customer’s boilers for many years now and constantly receives customer praise for his polite and friendly demeanour. Always carrying out services with a smile!

Paul Waymark A.C. Wilgar service and breakdown engineer Paul Waymark A.C. Wilgar service and breakdown engineer caricature
Paul Waymark
Servicers & Breakdown
Service & Breakdown

A core senior member of our experienced breakdown team, Paul has a truly vast amount of knowledge. Specialising in many of the older and rarer boilers in our customer homes, he has an especially impressive ability to impersonate the noise of every boiler he visits!

Gary Donnolly A.C. Wilgar Service Engineer Gary Donnolly A.C. Wilgar Service Engineer caricature
Gary Donnolly
Engineers & Installers
Service Engineer

Smiley, a perfect description for Gary. With over 40 years’ experience in servicing and maintaining heating systems, it’s hard to believe he goes about his business each and every day with the same happy smiley attitude he had over 40 years ago, a proper gentleman. 

Rob Clarke A.C. Wilgar Installer & Breakdown Rob Clarke A.C. Wilgar Installer & Breakdown caricature
Rob Clarke
Engineers & Installers
Installer & Breakdown

Rob joined us in 2021 after 20 years with British Gas. An extremely experienced heating breakdown engineer, Rob has fitted in like a glove with his ‘no nonsense’ ‘get on with it’ attitude, which makes him a credit to the company.

Joe Wiggett A.C. Wilgar plumber Joe Wiggett A.C. Wilgar plumber caricature
Joe Wiggett
Plumbers
Plumbing & Heating Engineer

Joe started off as an apprentice and has since evolved into one of our most capable young plumbers. He also knows heating systems and is seen as a “go-to” guy. A real credit to the company.

Sam Foster A.C. Wilgar installer Sam Foster A.C. Wilgar installer caricature
Sam Foster
Engineers & Installers
Lead Installer

Sam is another engineer in our ever growing installation team. He is an extremely conscientious and thorough young installer who has been with us since he was a first year apprentice. He has worked hard to become a core member of the team.

Tom Ruffell A.C. Wilgar plumber Tom Ruffell A.C. Wilgar plumber caricature
Tom Ruffell
Plumbers
Plumber

Tom is working on his plumbing qualifications from college whilst working with us. A fast-learner with a can-do attitude, Tom has always wanted to be a qualified engineer and we hope to help him to realise his goals.

Connor Selvage A.C. Wilgar Installer Connor Selvage A.C. Wilgar Installer
Connor Selvage
Engineers & Installers
Heating Engineer

Bringing a warm and friendly personality to his work and a new addition to the installer team he has hit the ground running providing an exceptional customer experience.

Improvers / Apprentices

Oliver Kenwood A.C. Wilgar Improver / Apprentice Oliver Kenwood A.C. Wilgar Improver / Apprentice caricature
Oliver Kenwood
Apprentices
Improver

Ollie is one of our newest (and biggest) recruits. A pleasant well-mannered young man, whose attitude and keenness to learn is a credit given his young age. You will definitely see Ollie coming, he’s a BIG STRONG lad.

Charlie Wright A.C. Wilgar Improver / Apprentice Charlie Wright A.C. Wilgar Improver / Apprentice caricature
Charlie Wright
Apprentices
Apprentice

Charlie has already impressed her college lecturer, reaching top of the class in her first years exams!  The daughter of one of our most experienced heating engineers, we can only hope she reaches the heights her dad (Gary) has got to. A lovely young lady with great aspirations.

Jack Cutler A.C. Wilgar Improver / Apprentice Jack Cutler A.C. Wilgar Improver / Apprentice
Jack Cutler
Apprentices
Apprentice

Jack joins AC Wilgar with a great attitude and his work ethic is already getting him noticed. Always with a smile and no doubt a future star within the ranks!

Ethan Mills A.C. Wilgar Improver / Apprentice Ethan Mills A.C. Wilgar Improver
Ethan Mills
Apprentices
Apprentice

Ethan has joined our team as a promising apprentice. Whilst still at school Ethan completed two stints of  work experience with us and we are pleased to say he has now come on board full time.

Arron Guard A.C. Wilgar Arron Guard A.C. Wilgar installer
Arron Guard
Apprentices
Improver

Arron has joined AC Wilgar as an improver and is one of our tallest employees at 6 foot 5 inches! He is currently working through his portfolio and will be looking to work on all things heating in the future.

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