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!

Directors ↓
UK Sales ↓
International Sales ↓
Shipping ↓
Canford France ↓
Technical Support ↓
Product Managers ↓
Manufacturing ↓
Fibre Termination ↓
Purchasing ↓
Marketing ↓
Finance

Directors

Alan Wilson

CEO

Start date: 2012
Mark Brindley

Operations Director

Start date: 1987
Graeme Byers

Finance Director

Start date: 1995
Gavin Drake

Sales Director

Start date: 1999
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UK Sales

Erika Dobie

UK Business Development Manager

Start date: 2002
Ian Sadler

UK Business Development Manager

Start date: 2021
Julie Carney

UK Sales Manager

Start date: 1995
Ashleigh Bell

Key Accounts Manager

Start date: 2006
Lauren McCourt

Key Accounts Manager

Start date: 2016
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Clare McBeth

Key Accounts Manager

Start date: 2022
Margaret Johnson

Sales Associate

Start date: 2007
Katie Battista

Sales Associate Apprentice

Start date: 2021
Anna Turnbull

Sales Associate Apprentice

Start date: 2022

International Sales

Debbie Carlisle

International Sales Manager

Start date: 2003
Languages - English, German and French
(Spanish and Italian, written only)
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Danny Zacharia

Sales Manager (Middle East)

Start date: 2015
Languages - English, Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil (Arabic and French, written only)
Vita Gorkina

International Business Development Manager

Start date: 2013
Languages - Russian, Latvian and English
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Julia Malahovszki

Key Accounts Manager
(Eastern Europe, Asia, Oceania and Africa)
Start date: 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: 2004
Languages - English and German (Dutch, Italian and Spanish, written only)
Emma Curtis

Key Accounts Manager
(Nordics, Benelux, Ireland, France, Spanish speaking EU countries and Americas)
Start date: 2001
Languages - English
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Anna Roxburgh

Key Accounts Manager
(GCC and Middle East)
Start date: 2023
Languages - English
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