Donald Leeper is clearly in his element. "I'm getting to sign my first cheques for CIBSE," he says with a broad smile, looking up from the array of papers that have just been presented to him for authorisation. In fact, just days before taking up the hot seat, the presidentelect of the institution feels he has a lot to smile about. "I think the institution is riding on a high," he says. "It is a very successful organisation, particularly in the past few years -we're growing hugely, our publications are even more important than they've ever been." Leeper's enthusiasm - for his profession, for the institution and for the task that faces him over the next 12 months - is obviously genuine, "It's such a super time to be practising," he says, almost lamenting his decision to semi-retire from Zisman Bowyer and Partners, the practice where he spent 39 years of his working life. "There is such huge purpose. We're a discipline whose time has come."
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