Our People | Smith & McLaurin (2024)

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Allan McLaughlin Chairman

Allan has been the Chairman of Smith & McLaurin since 2009, having originally joined the Board in 2005. He led a management buy-out of the company in 2013 and is responsible for the strategic direction of the business.

Tel: +44 (0) 1505 707725

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Pat Kennedy Managing Director

Pat joined Smith & McLaurin in 2018 and was promoted to Managing Director in 2021. Pat brings extensive operational and technical knowledge to the business, having worked in several diverse industries throughout his career.

Tel: +44 (0) 1505 707717

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John Radford Sales Director

John oversees our UK & European Sales Teams and Agents. He has over 25 years experience of working in the self-adhesive market.

Tel: +44 (0) 7904 369 155

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David Hollas Director - Supply Chain & Commercial

With over 20 years experience in Operations and Supply Chain Management in a number of sectors, David heads our Materials Purchasing and Planning department. He is also in charge of the logistics and warehousing facilities, in the UK and overseas.

Tel: +44 (0) 1505 707733

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Lynsey Church Commercial Manager

Lynsey heads up the Customer Service team, dealing with UK customers and key accounts and manages our CRM system.

Tel: +44 (0) 1505 707701

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Leanne Anderson Customer Service Advisor

With over 16 years experience in Customer Service in a variety of industries, Leanne is the point of contact for customers in our European markets and deals with our international agents.

Tel: +44 (0) 1505 707734

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Mandy MacDonald Customer Service Advisor

Mandy has over 35 years of administration experience and is a key contact for our customers throughout the UK & Ireland.

Tel: +44 (0) 1505 707702

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John Radford Sales Director

John oversees our UK & European Sales Teams and Agents. He has over 25 years experience of working in the self-adhesive market.

Tel: +44 (0) 7904 369 155

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Lynsey Church Commercial Manager

Lynsey heads up the Customer Service team, dealing with UK customers and key accounts and manages our CRM system.

Tel: +44 (0) 1505 707701

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Caroline Auckland Business Development Manager

Having been in the self adhesive label industry for over 17 years Caroline brings a wealth of experience with her and is responsible for our customers and key accounts South of England.

Tel: +44 (0) 7795 403 258

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George Keyes Sales Manager (Ireland)

George has over 25 years of experience in the self-adhesive sector and has dedicated most of that time to Smith & McLaurin in a wide variety of roles.

Tel: +353 (0) 87 238 3554

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Joe Irving Business Development Manager

Joe has over 13 years experience within multiple sectors of the print and packaging industry and is responsible for customers and key accounts in the north of the UK.

Tel: +44 (0) 7385 250569

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Thorsten Weyers Key Account Director

Thorsten has over 25 years of international experience in the tag and self-adhesive industry and looks after our Key Accounts in the DACH region.

Tel: +49 (0) 1627470260

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Thomas Rammin Business Development Manager - DACH

Thomas has over 29 years of experience in the self-adhesive industry and looking after our customers in the DACH region.

Tel: +49 (0) 151 14106378

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David Hollas Director - Supply Chain & Commercial

With over 20 years experience in Operations and Supply Chain Management in a number of sectors, David heads our Materials Purchasing and Planning department. He is also in charge of the logistics and warehousing facilities, in the UK and overseas.

Tel: +44 (0) 1505 707733

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Liz Finlay Senior Materials Planner

Liz coordinates the company's raw materials planning and purchasing. She also manages the daily coating programme and ensures that the manufacturing schedule is maintained.

Tel: +44 (0) 1505 707714

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Karine Badalian Materials Planner

With experience of material planning within the label manufacturing industry, Karine is our Materials Planner and is responsible for planning and scheduling orders to satisfy customer demand.

Tel: +44 (0) 1505 707719

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Michael Graham Materials Planner

Michael is responsible for planning and scheduling orders to satisfy customer demand.Prior to working at Smith & McLaurin, Michael worked in procurement for the drinks industry.

Tel: +44 (0) 1505 707745

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John Emans Technical Manager

John has 35 years of experience in technical project management and new product development, including 8 years in the sector of self adhesive labels.

Tel: +44 (0)1505 707710

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Susan Roger Assistant Technical Manager

Having worked in the industry for over 20 years, Susan manages the Technical Team to meet the increasing demands of our customers and provides support for new product development projects within the business.

Tel: +44 (0) 1505 707734

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Natalie Bence Product Development Manager

Natalie has over 10 years experience as a development chemist - she works in our lab as part of our technical department and is responsible for overseeing and managing product development.

Tel: +44 (0) 1505 707736

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Judith Currie Development Chemist

Judith has gained 8 years' experience in New Product Development across a range of industry sectors, since graduating with a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry. Having joined our Technical team in 2024, she works in our lab on the development of new products.

Tel: +44 (0) 1505 707740

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Andrew Gold Development Chemist

Andrew is a recent graduate from the University of Strathclyde studying Chemistry with Drug Discovery. Following university he has been involved within different laboratory based roles and given a taste of product development and scale up. He enters this role with SMCL working with the technical team on new product development.

Tel: +44 (0) 1505 707712

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Andy Robertson Quality, Health & Safety and Environmental Manager

With over 25 years of Management System experience in various industries, Andy works on continually improving our Integrated Management System.

Tel: +44 (0) 1505 707706

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Allan McLaughlin Chairman

Allan has been the Chairman of Smith & McLaurin since 2009, having originally joined the Board in 2005. He led a management buy-out of the company in 2013 and is responsible for the strategic direction of the business.

Tel: +44 (0) 1505 707725

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Christine Beveridge Director of Operations

Christine has an abundance of experience within manufacturing and heads up our operations to enhance profitability and reduce waste.

Tel: +44 (0) 1505 707742

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Jim Yule Chief Engineer

Jim ensures the smooth running of all the machines on our factory floor and manages the maintenance of the site. He possesses over 20 years of extensive engineering experience.

Tel: +44 (0) 1505 707744

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Colin Gray I.T. Manager

Colin develops and maintains all of our computer facilities and infrastructure and ensures the smooth day-to-day running of all of Smith & McLaurin's computer systems. He possesses over 20 years of IT experience, ranging from user support to software development.

Tel: +44 (0) 1505 707715

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