Vesa Nenye, Head of Customers and Markets UK & Ireland at Roto
First Job: Started my own chain of Games/Toy stores in Finland.When did you first join Roto: Having led many multinational sales teams, providing products to virtually all the major retailers on the high street, Roto lured me to the glazing industry in October 2015.Most Useful/favourite Gadget: I use my iPhones incessantly. I love drawing with More...
Carol Slade, Managing Director of Masterframe
First job: Working for civil engineering firm I & H Brown in Perth, Scotland. When did you join current company: I joined Masterframe Windows in 2008 as Operations Director moving on to Sales & Operations More...
Richard Hall, Managing Director at Reynaers Aluminium UK
First Job: My first ever job was my paper round! After university, I started as a Graduate Trainee at Schaeffler, a company I left 22 years later as President of the UK Industrial business. When did you join More...
Kevin Whiting, Managing Director of MACO UK
First Job: I joined a successful European engineering company at the age of 16 and completed a good old fashioned 5-Year Mechanical and Production Engineering Apprenticeship. As soon as I finished they took More...
Chris Jones, Sales Director of Deceuninck
First job: After school I started an apprenticeship in Bath with a printing company, but sadly it went into liquidation. A few friends worked at a glass company, so I got a job there, working on the aluminium More...
Nathan Barr, Managing Director of ODL Europe
First job: Apprentice Toolmaker at Edwards Precision Engineering, making high pressure die casting tools and moulding toolsWhen did you join your current company: I joined ODL Europe in September 2017.Most More...
Craig Miller, Managing Director at AluFoldDirect
First job: Wanting a career with horses, I left school at 16 and joined the Household Cavalry Regiment, staying till I was 21.When did you set up AluFoldDirect: AluFoldDirect was set up in 2014. I used to run More...
Nickie West, Event Director of The FIT Show
First Job: I’m not going to put dates to these career milestones; it’s far too painful! But becoming the youngest director and one of very few females appointed to the board of Robert Maxwell’s exhibition More...
Joe Trueman, Managing Director of Stevenswood Trade Centres
First Job: I left school at 16 with very little academic achievement and went straight into the fenestration industry working for my Dad’s retail business which was called Valley Windows & Conservatories. More...
Mark Wadsworth, Managing Director of Senior Architectural Systems
First job: When I was 17 years old I had a job with Achrochem in Newport, cleaning up industrial spills. I’ll never forget having to get inside the fuel tank of a Polish grain ship in Cardiff docks, for £2.50 More...