Meet The Directors

I left school at 16 and worked in the kitchen industry for 2-3 years, selling kitchens door-to-door. After that, I moved to Autoglass where I was promoted to a sales manager. I joined SBS in July 1992 as a driver, and then in roles in the warehouse and in the tube store. I served customers on the trade counter and then went on to work in the sales office, before becoming the Associate Director in 1999. After learning about all aspects of the business throughout my career, I became the Joint Managing director in 2006, and then finally the Managing Director in 2017.

I joined the business back in 1988, where I covered multiple financial roles within the Smith Brothers umbrella. After the turn of the millennium, the company’s accelerating growth became apparent, and I was promoted to Financial Director of SBS Ltd. I oversee all accounts, transport and property decisions within the business, and my role has grown significantly with the company’s expansion.

In 1977 I started working at R.Pochin & Son (now Pochin), a local plumbing and heating merchant. From 1981 I worked out the same premises for over 18 years (due to ownership changes). One of the companies was PTS, where I worked as a Sales Manager in the East Midlands region. In 1999, I moved to Smith Brothers, where I remain today. I have turned my hand at numerous job roles, but I specialise in sales, becoming Director in 2005.

I’ve been working within the HVAC industry since 2005. I started my HVAC career at A O Smith as a Sales Engineer and went up to National Sales Manager. I then joined Daikin, a large Multi-National Company, where I worked on specification sales for three years before joining SBS. I started at SBS in November 2016 as an Area Sales Manager for Birmingham. Since then, I have worked my way from Joint Branch Manager, Regional Manager and to now Director. I believe in what the company stands for and genuinely think this is only the start of the journey for SBS. The key has been and always will be the staff.

I am also happily married to my fantastic wife, Kim.

I left school to become an Apprentice Pipefitter Welder for a local Sheffield company called Woodward & Co. I worked on the tools for 12 years before joining Wolseley – Control Center as a Sales Engineer covering the Sheffield & Hull branches.

Subsequently, I travelled to Leeds to join Warrens (where many others from the SBS team have worked). After my time at Warrens, I left distribution and went into the manufacturing world, where I spent the next 15 years with A O Smith Water Heaters & Hamworthy Boilers before joining SBS in 2019. So, all in all, I’ve been working in this beautiful industry since 1989.