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Bryan Daisy

Group Chief Executive Officer

Favourite hobby? My passion is for Ipswich Town Football Club whom I have supported since I was 7….a very long time ago!


Favourite quote/saying? "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbour and catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." Mark Twain


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Claire Daisy

Group Chief Finance Officer

Favourite hobby? I enjoy travelling, reading, musicals and being with family, especially my lovely grandchildren. I once jumped out of a plane at 12,000 feet!

Favourite quote/saying? 'Better late than never.'

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Dave Allcock

Managing Director

Favourite hobby? I play golf, cycle, walk and am an enthusiastic participant in wine.

Favourite quote/saying? You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be le(a)d.

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Andy Baldwin

Group Production Director

Favourite hobby? I enjoy driving and maintaining old cars.

 

Favourite quote/saying? "Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t… you’re right!" Henry Ford.



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Lisa Cunningham

Head of Finance, Frem

Favourite hobby? My passion / hobbies are my daughters, a good book with a nice glass of wine, throw sunshine in the mix & I’m happy!

Favourite quote/saying? Stay positive because today is a new day!

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Stephen Clark

Head of Design, Frem

Favourite hobby? Motorsport – Professional racing driver.

Favourite quote/saying? “The more you learn, the more you realize how little you know.”

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Richard Blizzard

Senior Project Designer, Frem

Favourite hobby? Cooking tasty food. Cycling and running so I can eat tasty food. Eating tasty food.

Favourite quote/saying? "The details are not the details. They make the design." – Charles Eames

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Megan-Rose Hand

Manufacturing and Standards Administrator, Frem

Favourite hobby? I love anything to do with beauty, for instance nails, hair, makeup etc.

 

Favourite quote/saying? “Believe you can and you're halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt.

 

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Josh Hughes

Commercial Director, FG Library & Learning

Favourite hobby? Going on holiday to DisneyWorld with my family!

Favourite quote? “Dream, Believe, Dare & Do”

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Andy Standen

Senior Sales Manager, FG Library & Learning

Favourite hobby? Metal Detecting is a recent hobby, great way to switch off and to get out into the countryside, love finding old coins and hidden bits of history, ring pulls, bottle tops not so much!

Favourite quote/saying? From one of my favourite TV programmes ‘Frasier’ Frasier [to a caller] Roger, at Cornell University, "They have an incredible piece of scientific equipment known as the tunnelling electron microscope. Now, this microscope is so powerful that by firing electrons you can actually see images of the atom, the infinitesimally minute building blocks of our universe. Roger, if I were using that microscope right now, I still wouldn't be able to locate my interest in your problem. Thank you for your call."

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Matt Woods

Project Consultant, FG Library & Learning

Favourite hobby? How much I love reading, I spend so much of my time reading books. I primarily read historical based fiction, war stories and spy novels but I also like the occasional satire book because my Grandad lends me them. 

Favourite quote/saying? “Remember why you started” This is such an easy thing to refer back to, for professional and personal goals.

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Jonathan Hawkins

Design Manager, FG Library & Learning

Favourite hobby? Love a good 80’s sci-fi film, you just can’t beat them! There maybe some sketchy special effects, but that’s just called character.

Favourite quote/saying? “Mama always said life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” - Forrest Gump

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Caroline De Frates

Creative Designer, FG Library & Learning

Favourite hobby? I am passionate about working with my daughter, supporting local charities and fundraising.

Favourite quote/saying? “Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m possible!”

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Iain Hazell

Creative Designer, FG Library & Learning

Favourite hobby? Bikes, coffee and cake

Favourite quote/saying? “Do it or don't. It's amazing how many things in life are that easy.”

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Julian Hamer

Chairplan

Favourite hobby? My passion is my family and Northampton saints the after 10 year of agony we won the premiership cup this year COYS.

Favourite quote/saying? You can never do enough for a good boss. 

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Sarah Kane

Operations Manager, Chairplan

Favourite hobby? I am an avid Arsenal supporter and enjoy going up when I can get a ticket! I like to go running and enjoy watching classic 80/90’s movies and tv shows.

 

Favourite quote/saying? Don’t follow your dreams, Chase them!

 

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Theresa Knight

Office Administrator, Chairplan

Favourite hobby? I enjoy reading, yoga, and spending time with my family.

 

Favourite quote? If you see someone without a smile. Give them one of yours.

 

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Brett Hammond

Upholsterer, Chairplan

Favourite hobby? I enjoy playing football and watching my team on TV, another favourite is eating good food.

 

Favourite quote/saying? I give 100%.

 

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Michelle Baverstock

Machinist, Chairplan

Favourite hobby? I enjoy swimming and reading, but most importantly spending time looking after my grandchildren.

 

Favourite quote/saying? Got no filter, say as it is.

 

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Miroslawa Jablonska

Machinist, Chairplan

Favourite hobby? Horse riding, going to the gym are some of my favourite hobbies, but nothing can compare to drinking lots of coffee.

 

Favourite quote/saying? Be Happy.

 

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Leigh Costin

Foreman, Chairplan

Favourite hobby? I enjoy spending time with family and friends, walking my dog and going on holidays. I am also passionate about Formula 1. 


Favourite quote/saying? Take time to enjoy the little things in your life and be yourself.


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Shaun Downes

Upholsterer, Chairplan

Favourite hobby? I enjoy watching Formula 1, getting Tattoos, and I am interested in Hot Rods, also a fan of drinking coffee.


Favourite quote/saying? It can’t rain all the time.


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Joshua Firth

Operations Manager, Furnitureplan

Favourite hobby? Climbing, specifically bouldering, something I spend about 20 hours a week of my time outside of work doing.

 

Favourite quote/saying? ‘There is always a man with a bigger boat.’ Something I have tattooed on my arm to represent.

 

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Michael Francis

Product Coordinator, Furnitureplan

Favourite hobby? My favourite hobby is climbing (quite often with Josh) and getting out walking in the local Peak District.

 

Favourite quote? "Be open to a world where you may not understand or agree with the person next to you, but have a drink with them anyways" - Anthony Bourdain

 

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