Stephen Lord of SIP retires
After a career spanning 42 years in the lubricants industry, Stephen Lord has announced his retirement at the end of 2014.
Stephen began his career in the lubricants industry back in 1972 when he was asked to join J & W Whewell in order to modernise the business and develop sales outside of the declining textile industry. Stephen successfully implemented the required changes and also took responsibility for the operations. In 1979, Stephen was approached by Alan Southern of British Solvent Oils Limited (Brisol), a key supplier of naphthenic distillates for rubber process oils in the UK. He joined as General Manager and took over as Managing Director in 1982 when Alan sold the business. Stephen continued to run Brisol until it was sold to Carless Refining & Marketing in 1992, when he moved with the business to manage the transition.
Following a short period with Carless Refining & Marketing, Stephen was approached by Michael Hind, founder and Chairman of SIP and joined the company in 1995 with the brief of developing SIP’s Industrial business through the introduction of water white Group II oils. Having worked with vegetable and naphthenic oils, Stephen rose to the challenge of promoting the next generation of base fluids and hassuccessfully grown SIP’s position in the Industrial lubricant sector.
Stephen was also responsible for managing SIP’s business in Africa and the Middle East and more recently he has once again been involved in promoting base oils at the cutting edge of technology through SIP’s distribution agreement with Novvi LLC.
“I have been fortunate to have been involved in launching Group ll VHVI oils, Group lll automotive oils and latterly promoting renewable and biodegradable base oils produced from sugar cane, the likes of which the oil industry hasn’t seen before, across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. My legacy to SIP is securing the first sales of NovaSpec™ renewable base oils which strengthens SIP’s position in the base oil sector through their expanding range of renewable feedstocks.
36 LUBE MAGAZINE NO.124 DECEMBER 2014
Retiring after 50 years, of which 42 years have been in the oil industry, will give me the opportunity to enjoy more golf, walking, theatre and seeing more of my wife Hilary who has supported me so well during my working life, and to seeing more of my grandchildren. I would like to thank SIP for their support over the last 19 years and all the friends I have made in the industry during my career”.
Stephen is well known in the oil industry not only for his commercial ability but also his great social skills and golf skills. He has been lucky enough to combine all three thanks to his active participation in the UKLA, where Stephen has held many roles including Chairman of the North West branch, Vice President and Chairman of the Ethics Committee. As a colleague, Stephen has been a great source of knowledge as well as fun to work with. As SIP’s managing director Steve Spencer explained “having spent the majority of his career in the oil industry, Stephen was able to bring a considerable amount of experience to his role at SIP when he joined in 1995 and has played an important part in the development and success of the business during his 19 years with the company.
He has built up a large contact base in the base oil and lubricants industry during his career and many of these have become close, personal relationships for Stephen and ultimately, SIP also. He has been a great ambassador for the company and his presence in the team will be greatly missed. On behalf of everybody at SIP, I wish him a long, healthy and happy retirement with his wife Hilary and all of his family and friends”.
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