Meet the team

Our people make the difference, and together form the team who make Canford. Together we strive to design, develop and manufacture distinctive products, deliver great customer service, create industry leading technical publications and provide customers with unrivalled support. Right now, we are a team of over 130, and collectively possess 1996 years of experience, all gained here at Canford. We are Canford, and we're pleased to meet you!

1. Directors  ↓  
2. UK Sales  ↓  
3. International Sales  ↓  
4. Shipping  ↓  
5. Canford France  ↓  
6. Customer Service  ↓  
7. Technical Support  ↓  
8. Product Managers  ↓  
9. Manufacturing  ↓  
10. Fibre Termination  ↓  
11. Purchasing  ↓  
12. Marketing  ↓  
13. Finance

Directors

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  Alan Wilson

  CEO

  Start date: 03 December 2012

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  Mark Brindley

  Operations Director

  Start date: 02 June 1987

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  Graeme Byers

  Finance Director

  Start date: 04 September 1995

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  Gavin Drake

  Sales Director

  Start date: 09 November 1999

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UK Sales

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  Erika Dobie

  UK Business Development Manager

  Start date: 08 July 2002

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  Ian Sadler

  UK Business Development Manager

  Start date: 14 June 2021

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  Julie Carney

  UK Sales Manager

  Start date: 18 December 1995

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  Ashleigh Bell

  Key Accounts Manager

  Start date: 20 November 2006

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  Lauren Wylie

  Key Accounts Manager

  Start date: 12 September 2016

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  Clare McBeth

  Key Accounts Manager

  Start date: 16 March 2022

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  Denise Green

  Sales Associate

  Start date: 18 August 1997

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  Margaret Johnson

  Sales Associate

  Start date: 12 November 2007

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  Chris Hackers

  Sales Associate

  Start date: 08 March 2010

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  Katie Battista

  Sales Associate Apprentice

  Start date: 17 December 2021

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  Anna Turnbull

  Sales Associate Apprentice

  Start date: 21 September 2022

International Sales

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  Debbie Carlisle

  International Sales Manager

  Start date: 02 October 2003

  Languages - English, German and French
  (Spanish and Italian, written only)
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  Danny Zacharia

  Sales Manager (Middle East)

  Start date: 09 March 2015

  Languages - English, Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil (Arabic and French, written only)
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  Vita Gorkina

  International Business Development Manager

  Start date: 08 April 2013

  Languages - Russian, Latvian and English
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  Julia Malahovszki

  Key Accounts Manager

  (Eastern Europe, Asia, Oceania and Africa)

  Start date: 08 August 2016

  Languages - Hungarian, Russian and English (Italian, written only)
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  Sarah Webster

  Key Accounts Manager

  (German and Italian speaking EU Countries, Greece and Turkey)

  Start date: 20 September 2004

  Languages - English and German (Dutch, Italian and Spanish, written only)
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  Emma Curtis

  Key Accounts Manager

  (Nordics, Benelux, Ireland, France, Spanish speaking EU countries and Americas)

  Start date: 12 March 2001

  Languages - English
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Shipping

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  Ian Farina

  Shipping Manager

  Start date: 18 December 1996

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  Peter Herkes

  Shipping Coordinator

  Start date: 14 January 1991

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  James Akerman

  Shipping Coordinator

  Start date: 05 December 2012

Canford France (Strasbourg Office)

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  Thomas Nicolle

  Directeur Général

  Start date: 16 August 2012

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  Agnès Bergé

  Service Ventes

  Start date: 01 January 1990

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  Anna Y. Gallego

  Marketing Manager, French Website and Product Database Admin

  Start date: 21 October 2007

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  France Abadie

  Service Ventes

  Start date: 05 January 2009

Customer Service

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  Lorraine Lyon

  Customer Services Manager

  Start date: 28 April 1997

Technical Support

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  Heather Charlton

  Engineering Support Administrator

  Start date: 28 February 2000

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  Paul Power

  Technical Support Engineer

  Start date: 03 October 2016

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  Charles Phelps

  Audio & Video Engineer

  Start date: 04 September 2017

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  Katie Slater

  Audio & Video Engineer

  Start date: 14 February 2022

Product Managers

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  Graeme Lyon

  Product Manager

  Start date: 02 January 1986

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  Aidan Hennis

  Product Manager

  Start date: 01 April 2012

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  Ian Winter

  Product Manager

  Start date: 19 September 2016

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  Mark Anderson

  Product Database Manager

  Start date: 11 August 1997

Manufacturing

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  Shawn Pretorius

  Production Manager (Washington)

  Start date: May 2012

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  Martin Puckett

  Production Manager (Portland)

  Start date: 11 January 2011

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  Laura Pavey

  Senior Production Engineer (Portland)

  Start date: 17 August 1998

Fibre Termination

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  John Driver

  Head of Design and Fibre Technology

  Start date: 05 January 1984

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  Steve Gibson

  Fibre Operator

  Start date: 28 March 1995

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  Caroline Coupland

  Fibre Termination Service Team Leader

  Start date: 28 February 2005

Purchasing

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  Andy Dodd

  Purchasing Manager

  Start date: 26 September 1994

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  Stephen Adams

  Purchasing Officer

  Start date: 03 April 1995

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  Michelle Hollis

  Purchasing Officer

  Start date: 21 June 2021

Marketing

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  Adam Ironside

  Marketing Manager

  Start date: 18 July 2022

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  Jennifer Cassidy

  Creative Designer

  Start date: 23 July 2012

Finance

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  Louise Wilson

  Credit Controller

  Start date: 04 January 2005