Paul McCrea
Managing Director
Paul took up
position as Managing Director of Artex in March 2009 with overall
responsibility for overseeing and delivering our growth and
profitability objectives.
In fact, Paul has worked within the Group for
over nine years, taking on a number of roles and broadening his
experience in the rapidly developing Far East market.
In 2000, he was Financial Controller at Thai Gypsum Products
before becoming Regional Finance Director at BPB Asia, a division
of Saint-Gobain. From 2005 to 2008, he worked as Managing Director
at Saint-Gobain Construction Products in Malaysia. After the
Malaysia assignment ended in June 2008, he took on the role of
Business Development Manager for Gyproc based in Paris, working on
business development projects primarily in North America.
Nathan Cole
Finance Director
After completing a BA (Hons) in
Industrial Economics at The University of Nottingham, Nathan
trained as a chartered accountant at Deloitte, and qualified in
1999. Then in January 2002, he joined BPB to re-establish the
internal audit department for the Western Europe region.
In July 2003, Nathan became a Plant Financial Controller,
firstly at Kirkby Thore and later, at Barrow and Sherburn, where he
controlled the £65m board plant budget. In July 2006, he was
appointed Project Manager (Finance), with key responsibilities for
IBM (Integrated Business Management), strategic planning and SAP
(business software). In November 2007, Nathan was appointed Finance
Director at Artex.
As Finance Director, Nathan seeks out profitable opportunities
and strategic alliances for Artex. His aim is to help broaden
the company’s product range while minimising overall distribution
costs.
Carl Gardner
Sales Director
Carl joined Artex in the summer of 2005 as National
Sales Manager. He has held the position of Business Manager for
Gyproc Tools and now as Sales Director, he is responsible for
driving forward our strategic vision for sales and consistent
growth.
He began his career at Tesco working as a
Systems Manager on their new store opening team in Leicester. He
was soon promoted to Trading Manager in Bedworth and was
responsible for all Tesco trading areas, 140 staff and £1m a
week.
Deciding to take a career change into sales, Carl then went to
work for Eismann UK Ltd as Business Manager for the East of
England, and within 18 months he had progressed to Sales
Director, delivering sustained success for the company.
Angela Turner
Marketing Director
Joining the company in
October 2009, Angela is our Marketing Director, with responsibility
for shaping the strategy and implementation of our entire
advertising and marketing activities.
Before this, Angela worked for a number of years at Stanley
Tools in a variety of roles within the group. She joined in
August 2003 as UK Marketing Manager for Stanley Home Solutions,
became UK Marketing Manager for Stanley Decorating in January
2005 and achieved the position of European Strategic Business Unit
Manager when she left to join us.
Earlier in her career, Angela gained a considerable amount of
experience at a number of established companies in varying sectors
including Swish, Denby and Kenwood.
Martin Dodson
Operations Director
Martin gained a Bsc (Hons) in
Production Engineering, then joined British Gypsum in 1986 as an
engineer, working at the Kirkby Thore, Robertsbridge and Sherburn
plants. He then moved into production, where he worked at Sharpness
and East Leake before helping set up the Barrow plaster plant.
Martin then spent time in the warehouse and logistics department at
East Leake, before transferring to Artex as Site Manager. In 1997
he was promoted to Head of Supply Chain and Logistics, where he
worked until being appointed Operations Director in 2006.
As Operations Director, Martin oversees the Newhaven and
Ruddington operations, and ensures the department fully supports
the company’s long-term business strategy. His goal is to
continuously improve the company’s health and safety, environment,
customer service and operations through effective procedures and
people development.
Gemma Burton-Wareing
HR Business Partner
Gemma started her early
career as Human Resources Advisor for NSK-RHP Europe Ltd. She
quickly moved into an advisory role as part of the Management team
responsible for the run-down of the Ferrybridge site with 450
employees working within a Unionised environment.
Following this, Gemma joined NTL in an HR Consultancy role. She
then moved to Sermatech UK Ltd as Regional HR Manager and helped
double the size of one of the businesses in two years. In 2005, she
joined Cooper Bussmann (UK) Ltd, as European HR Director
responsible for all aspects of HR within Europe, the Middle East
and India.
Gemma joined Artex in February 2008 as our HR Business Partner.
She is responsible for implementing the company’s strategic vision
for human resources and making sure we are on course for sustained
growth.
