Who’s Who at The Stafford Furniture Exchange (SFE)
Trustees
Chairman: Dave Brown – A Resident of Stafford but spends his working days in the Housing Strategy Department of Stockport Borough Council. When he is able to relax Dave enjoys the Cornish countryside and the British waterway system.
Vice Chairman: Cyril Moore – A Devonian who has now lived in Stafford for 40 years. An electrical engineer by training Cyril rose to be Managing Director of GEC Alstonholme Switch Gear before retiring in 2003 and becoming a trustee of the SFE. Although a keen walker Cyril can often be found leaning on a snooker table on a Thursday night.
Treasurer: Mark Wilton – A native of Stafford where he is often referred to as “the fisherman” for his work in schooling young people in the art. By day Mark is a Business Development Manager with the Unity Trust Bank.
Company Sec: John Langford – Another native of Stafford John is well known within the community for his work in support of the third sector which he couples with his role as Senior Partner in Nowell Meller a respected local Legal Practice. John, like Cyril Moore, is a passionate walker so diversions down country lanes can be a feature when the team meets.
Trustee: Dave Turner – Dave became a Trustee in 2009 on retirement from the HSBC Bank. Living in a village to the West of Stafford Dave brings a rural as well as a commercial perspective to the business. Dave can occasionally be found offering encouragement to the lads in gold and black playing at the Mollineux stadium Wolverhampton.
Co-opted Trustee: Roy Dart – Another Devonian, coming from a farming background, Roy has resided in Stafford for nearly 40 years now. Since retiring from MAFF in December 1999 Roy has engaged in a wide range of Rural Development Consultancy when demand and time allows. Leisure and pleasure to Roy is helping out his son who has a small farm in Cornwall but he also looks for the Exeter City result on a Saturday evening.
Staff
Operations: Nick Malyon – Another native of Stafford, Nick joined the SFE in September 2009 after a career in the retail and media marketing sectors involving management responsibility. Nick avoids all conversation involving football. However if you want to know anything about motor bikes just settle back and listen.
Driver & fixer: Gareth Davies – A long term resident of Stafford but compared to most of the above he is a youth. Gareth has experience of large scale warehouse management and MOD procedures which has instilled a degree of discipline to the SFE organisation. Football was Gareth’s game and he was an accomplished goal keeper before retiring from the game and securing his diving badges after sampling the activity in Egypt.
Office and Sales: Viv Fawcett – Viv is a comparative newcomer to Stafford and was a volunteer before taking a permanent position with the SFE. She is the bright and cheerful voice you will usually get when you ring the office. As she is not a native of Stafford you will not be called “duck” – that is a guarantee. She can sometimes be seen out and about in the Staffordshire countryside wearing lycra and riding a tandem.
Volunteers
John Dixie. A likeable gently spoken chap. He is never happier than when tinkering with his camper van.
Matt Jackson. Matt knows every one in Stafford and can happily replace the radio for non stop chat.
Joe Greensmith. A well travelled person with a wealth of experiences some of which will make your hair stand on end
Geoff Holmes. Fancy spending some time with the goons? That’s what you will get when working with Geoff fortunately no one has fallen in the water…
Sue Clapham. Clever and capable, Sue works in the office and welcomes phone users to Stafford Furniture Exchange
James Middleton. With a quick wit and dry sense of humour, Jim is the newest volunteer to join us. Some say he enjoys an occasional pint of beer!
Roy Edensor. He is one of our big men – Roy is a gentle giant whose smile will brighten your day – while he shakes your hand and breaks it.
Mick Worrall. Hailing from Wheaton Aston, big Mick’s knowledge of sixties music will astound!
Jim Pratt. A Stoke lad Jim Works Wednesdays and likes to work at the gym – which is good for lifting heavy items.
Chris Hawkes. Chris has been with us for ten years and is really well liked – he’s making a Lancaster bomber.
Alice Blagg. A keen walker – and Lakeland lover Alice is our business process guru and keeps us on our toes and asks awkward questions
Baz O Mally. Baz is a quiet one – hardly says a word but when he does speak it’s always worth listening too