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meet the BOSS board Duncan Savage - for the full business in 2003. In changing the name of the company arena with Acco Europe.
Staedtler (U.K.)
2005 Hamelin purchased JD’s and
Mid way through his career,
to Evermark, becoming Managing
Limited
Sean worked for around five years
during the next 3 years Philip led the
Director of what was by then a
Duncan Savage was born and restructuring of Hamelin’s book and Johnson Wax subsidiary in 1992. in export, running the Asia Pacific
educated in Scotland. His career, pad and office envelope business He left in late 1994 and started interests of a well-known filing
In this launch issue of BOSS Today, we catch up with the nine members of which spans accountancy, sales and in the UK, culminating in the Stewart Superior from a greenfield company, before returning to the
the BOSS Board and put faces to the names. predominantly marketing, has been ‘re launch’ of the business as ‘Hamelin site in 1995. Since then he has UK market with Fellowes, being
spent in the stationery industry Paperbrands’ from its new premises built a business supplying the responsible for their UK commercial
across office, retail and education in Red Lodge, Suffolk in July 2008. largest resellers of office supplies sales operation.
Michael Gardner – Chief He has held directorships in the Alan Barclay - Vasanta Products Industry - Wholesaler/ sectors. Highlights include helping Hamelin Paperbrands are known across Europe, specialising in niche Latterly, Sean ran GBC UK for a
Executive of the BOSS Burton Group, Cartwright Brice, WH Alan Barclay was appointed Distributor of the Year Award 2007. drive personal organisers and gel for their ‘Oxford’ brand which now products and growing slow moving number of years before taking up
Federation Smith Business Supplies and was CEO of Kingfield Heath in 2002, During 2007 Electra Partners pens to become iconic categories. incorporates ‘black n red’ notebooks categories for their customers. his current position in the south
Michael has been involved in the Commercial Director of Guilbert subsequently leading a successful simultaneously acquired Kingfield After 14 years with writing and ’ Plus Fabric’ envelopes. west with Durable. He is also the
print and office products industry Niceday. Michael is a Fellow of the £85m management buyout in Heath and ISA, a computer instrument company Pentel he David Langdown - Vice Chairman of the Manufacturers
for 25 years. He was a director of Chartered institute of Management December 2004. One of the largest consumables distributor, and created joined Staedtler in 2007 and became Rob Jenkins - Integra XPD Ltd Forum. Sean is 44 years old, has two
Williams Lea and was instrumental Accountants and the Chartered distributors of business supplies one of the largest distributors of its Managing Director in January Office Solutions Ltd David Langdown is a founding children and lists his interests away
in the creation of the new Williams Institute of Certified Accountants in the UK and Ireland with sales of electronic office supplies in the 2009. After working for many years in the Director of XPD Ltd, the holding from the office as hill walking, skiing
Lea Facilities Management and is a Board member of £270m and recognised as a highly UK with sales of over £500m. Alan He has served BOSS in numerous electronics industry with Plessey, company for dealer groups and competitive squash.
company which is now a billion- the British Printing Industries successful privately owned company, is now the non-executive group capacities including Standards and GEC & Nortel, Rob joined The Instat Officepoint, OfficeStar and Simply
dollar multinational company. Federation. it received the European Office Chairman. Technical Committee and Chair of Group in 1995, one of the two Office, technology company Clic2 Ian Doherty – Spicers
BOSS Executive Board. Currently groups which formed Integra Office and entertainment provider High Ian Doherty joined Spicers as
Executive Board Vice Chair and Vice Solutions Ltd at the start of 1997. Performance UK. David is Managing Managing Director UK and Ireland in
Chair of the Writing Instruments As Finance Director, Rob has been Director of Officepoint and High early 2007. Prior to that he spent the
Association. heavily involved in the development Performance UK, and sits on the majority of his career in Fast Moving
of Integra as the UK’s leading Boards of all other group companies. Consumer Goods with Unilever in
Philip Beer – buying & marketing group in office A Boss Executive Board member the UK and overseas working in all
Hamelin Paperbrands products. Rob joined the Board of since 2006, David is the current areas of business including finance,
Philip started his career with Spicers BOSS in early 2008. Chairman of the Resellers and marketing, sales and supply chain.
manufacturing in 1986 in a variety Distributors Forum. Before Unilever Ian served as an
of roles before DS Smith sold off the Geoffrey Betts – officer in the Royal Artillery. Ian is
business unit he was running to an Stewart Superior Sean Starkey - Durable a Fellow of the Chartered Institute
American business in the display After 10 years in the music business With over 22 years industry of Management Accountants and
industry in 1992. He spent six years with EMI Geoffrey entered the experience, Sean joined the BOSS his interests include classic cars and
with Seal Graphics as European sales OP industry in 1984 joining a small board in April last year, shortly after wine.
director before returning to Spicers private rubber stamp company taking up his current position as
manufacturing (that had since called Shorebridge Ltd. They Managing Director of Durable UK.
Duncan Savage -
become John Dickinson). Philip’s first produced the first pre-ink stamps Following university, he started
Staedtler (U.K.) Limited
Michael Gardner – Chief Executive role was as MD of their commercial sold in this country. After much in the industry with Spicers before
moving into the manufacturing
coming and going, then ended up
business before taking responsibility
of the BOSS Federation

Rob Jenkins - Integra
Office Solutions Ltd

Ian Doherty – Spicers

Philip Beer – Hamelin Paperbrands Sean Starkey - Durable

David Langdown - XPD Ltd
Alan Barclay - Vasanta
Geoffrey Betts – Stewart Superior

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