Liza van Zyl – Founder and Managing Director, Priory Heating

Liza van Zyl, is the South African born founder and managing director of Priory Heating, the Swindon-based plumbing and heating service.

Liza oversees and manages all aspects of the Gas Safe registered company, which specialises in boiler and central heating installations, gas landlord inspections, boiler servicing and repairs, plumbing and all types of gas works. Priory Heating also offers minor electrical works.

Before establishing Priory Heating, Liza was a domestic gas engineer at Integral, the largest privately owned maintenance company in the UK. Here, she oversaw the day-to-day gas maintenance of MoD housing.

She achieved the ACS Gas Safe qualification in 2012 at Midlands Gas Assessments, having spent 8 years in the military, where her career began.

During her time in the armed forces, Liza demonstrated exceptional values and developed specialist skills. She strives for this same excellence at Priory Heating. Liza’s industry qualifications include Plant Operator, Construction Operations NVQ Level 2 and Security, Safety and Loss Prevention NVQ Level 2.

Outside work, Liza enjoys team sports, walking, travelling, gardening and DIY. She speaks multiple languages including Dutch and Afrikaans.

Oli Royall – Engineer and Director, Priory Heating

Oli is a plumbing and heating engineer/director of Priory Heating, the Swindon-based plumbing and heating service. Before joining Priory Heating Oli started as an apprentice in 2012, later to be awarded apprentice of the year for his effort in 2016. During his apprenticeship Oli gained a wealth of knowledge around all aspects of gas, heating and plumbing. Oli has a passion for service and standards, bringing great attributes and drive to the company Outside of work Oli enjoys dog walking and playing guitar