BMF bags Backley and Black for virtual keynote address

The Builders Merchants Federation has announced  that Olympic medallists Steve Backley OBE and Roger Black MBE will be Keynote Speakers at the Virtual BMF AGM and Members Conference on 17 September 2020.

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The sporting duo will also host one of the “Training Taster” sessions taking place on the day.

Backley has won seven gold championship medals, three world records, two Olympic silver medals and one bronze.  He is the only British track and field competitor to win medals at three different Olympic Games – Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney.

As an individual 400 metre runner and as a member of the 4×400 metre relay team Roger Black represented Great Britain for fourteen years. He successfully overcame several serious injuries during his career, winning fifteen major Championship medals including European, Commonwealth and World gold medals and Olympic silver.

The BMF thanks our Virtual Conference headline sponsor, Marshalls/Stonemarket, the Building a Sustainable Britain session sponsor Kerridge Commercial Systems, and Keynote Speaker sponsor, UK Construction Week.

 To find our more and book your place for the BMF AGM & Business Conference on 17 September 2020, contact June.Upton@bmf.org.uk

About Fiona Russell-Horne

Group Managing Editor across the BMJ portfolio.

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