Michael said: "I’m very excited to have joined Avire, a company with a clear strategy to grow by delivering ‘best in class’ products for its customers. My goal is simple – I want our customers to say ‘Wow!’ when they use our new products. As an innovator myself, I can’t wait to start that creative work with Avire’s great engineering teams. Interesting times certainly await.”

Michael has a first-class honours degree in Electronic Engineering from Bolton University and 25 years’ experience in three major defence and communication organisations: Imtech Traffic and Infrastructure, Racal Acoustics Ltd and Ultra Electronics.

Michael takes over from Karl Westhead, who has moved to fellow Halma company Apollo Fire Detectors.