MANAGEMENT TEAM
John Phillips, FCA Managing Director
A chartered accountant, John worked in the accounting profession in London and the Middle East prior to joining Canon's office equipment division. During his time at Canon the company underwent very rapid growth with UK turnover rising to £500 million and market leader status achieved. John's various roles at Canon included Finance Director and then Managing Director of the Company's south west subsidiary. He brings to 1st Office extensive knowledge of the office technology market.
Philip Turley, Managing Director (1st Office Devon)
Philip is an industry veteran with over 20 years knowledge of the trade. As a senior manager within both corporate and global suppliers, he amassed a wealth of experience prior to joining 1st Office in 2004. Philip's passion for finding real methods to add value to client requirements has been instrumental in expanding and developing the business in the Devon and Cornwall arm of the operation.
Andrew Jones, Sales and Marketing Director
In 1984 Andrew built up his first business, Clark Business Products, into a leading provider of reprographic equipment in the South West. In 2005 he merged the business into 1st Office Equipment Ltd. Andrew has extensive business experience, an unrivalled knowledge of the company and developed excellent relationships with customers and suppliers.
Tom Purvis, Service Director
With 37 years experience in the industry, Tom joined the group 5 years ago. Throughout his career Tom has held various senior positions in both Sales and Customer support. Tom lives and breathes the 'Big enough to matter small enough to care' culture and is responsible for delivering best practice and first class service across our entire product portfolio.
Bob Lench, Customer Relations Director
Bob started his career in the late sixties when he joined Eastman Kodak as a Management Trainee, and then spent 15 years working in various divisions, finally working in the Motion Picture Division as a Technical Film Specialist. On moving to the South West in 1984, Bob joined Clark Business Products as Sales Director. Since the merger with 1st Office, Bob is responsible for ensuring customer satisfaction through our 'after-sales' quality assurance programme.
Richard Roper, Financial Controller
After graduating with a BSc in Accountancy and Economics, Richard started as a trainee at BAE Systems in Bristol. In 1993 he completed an MSc in Liverpool and worked in the Commercial Property sector in London. After returning to Somerset in 1998, Richard joined 1st Office and has been responsible in developing both the accounts and administration side of the business.
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