Author Description
Nicholas Donnithornne
Nicholas joined the Woodworm and Dry Rot Division of Rentokil’s research laboratories in 1980 as a laboratory technician. For the next 28 years he worked on insect, fungi, damp and timber treatment research both on the vectors and on formulation of product. In 1990 he became the company’s timber technologist working on timber pre-treatment and gained responsibility for ISO 9001 compliance as the Laboratory and QA Manager. In 2008 he transferred to the Property Care business as Technical and SHE Manager, where he is also responsible for technical training. From 2008, Nicholas has been actively involved with the Property Care Association Technical committees of the Structural Waterproofing, Preservation, Residential Ventilation and Invasive Weed Control groups. He has also been a speaker at the PCA National conference. In 1983 he was honoured to be elected a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London and further honoured in 2001 with fellowship of the Linnean Society of London.