Awards 2019 Retailer Category Judges


Adam Smith, Eddingtons Adam joined Eddingtons in 2016, and during his short time he has taken the lead role in developing the company brand identity and marketing materials, along with the major overhaul of the Eddingtons website and the introduction of new iPad ordering technology for the sales team. Prior to joining Eddingtons, Adam worked for companies such as Neptune Home Interiors, Pentel, Pilot Pen and Watson Fuels.


Dr Sam Attia, SMART Dr. Sam Attia is the chairman of SMA, the owners of SMART Worldwide. As industry disruptors, SMART believe in innovation,


enriching the cooking and kitchen sector and creating something unique and pragmatic every time. SMART assist all retailers in positioning them ahead of the curve and making them fully in control of the rapidly changing SDA Markets.


Helen Simpson, KitchenAid Helen has worked in the housewares sector for over 10 years and has been instrumental in the strategy development for some of the UK's most famous small electrical brands. The remainder of 2018 will involve planning for


the Centenary in 2019, whilst driving growth of the entire UK portfolio.


Linda Ayres, Katy Sue Designs Linda is sales director for multi-award winning cake and craft company, Katy Sue Designs, having accumulated a wealth of knowledge and experience during 30 years in the magazine and book publishing industry across cookery and craft. Linda has an extensive knowledge of these


markets and is keen to grow and develop the sugar & cake decorating marketing to a larger audience in housewares.


Rob Jones, Horwood Rob Jones joined Horwood Homewares as sales director early in 2017 following successful roles at Miele, Bayer and Dyson. As with all sectors, Rob feels innovation is key and


believes those retailers who offer their customers not only a reason to visit, but innovative ways of retaining their loyalty, will achieve both great immediate and long term success.


Stephen Fennell, Pyrex After leaving school, Stephen trained and qualified to become a chef before his career path led him into retail sales, joining Rackhams (House of Fraser) Birmingham. His opening into field sales came in 1997 when he joined Fissler, before moving to TG Woodware, Le Creuset and Kenwood Delonghi. He has built up a wealth of knowledge over his 20 years in the housewares industry, and currently works at Pyrex as a member of the UK field sales team.


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Christian Dalton, Dutch Creative Brands Having completed a marketing degree, Christian worked the traditional sales path from rep through to national accounts and then into sales management before becoming UK Country Director for Dutch Creative Brands. Outside of presenting Vacu Vin or Tomorrow's


Kitchen products, Christian can often be found speeding to whatever activity his son and daughter have planned for the day!


Darren Nickolls, KitchenCraft Darren joined the Fenwick Department Store in 1990, and soon after joined the management training scheme. He spent 10 years working his way around the store before ending up in Cookware, but when the opportunity arose to join KitchenCraft in 2001 he just couldn't resist. After learning the ropes as an Area Sales Manager, he progressed through the company - eventually becoming the UK Sales Director for both KitchenCraft and Creative Tops.


Geoff Hounslea, JWP Geoff Hounslea has been involved in the housewares industry for more years than he cares to remember! He has extensive knowledge of the market and is the sales and marketing director of JWP Limited, a subsidiary of Meyer Group Ltd. Geoff has been with JWP for 10 years, having held similar positions with Austin White and JVL in the past.


Rob Blackburn, DMD Rob has over 25 years' experience in the housewares sector in sales, marketing, product development and sourcing. His career started at JVL Products, and following a couple of stops along the way, he ended up at Creative Tops where he really fell in love with the industry, in particular the tabletop and gifting sides of the business. He now enjoys what he does as much as ever with David Mason Design and looks forward to many more years in the business.


Sachin Bagga, Sabichi Sachin joined the Sabichi business just over 8 years ago, having worked in the city. He has been instrumental in brand related


projects for Sabichi and led the acquisition and relaunch of Haden.


Tom Basford, Meyer UK Tom Basford is the newly appointed field sales manager for Meyer UK Ltd. Having only just joined this award-winning company, his career in the industry started nearly 17 years ago at Brabantia before joining Grunwerg. Tom is highly thought of in his field of work and is


excited about his new challenge for this fast moving and innovative cookware manufacturer. He leads a professional and talented sales team for the UK and Ireland, where passion for Meyer and their brands is paramount.


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