Who's whoWho's who
Graham Clements
Managing Director
Graham joined Ishida Europe Ltd in January 1989 and was appointed managing director in January 1990. Graham has extensive experience in developing operations. He has formerly held management roles at GEC Telecommunications Ltd, Tangye Ltd and Wright Machinery Ltd.
Paul Griffin
Marketing Director
Paul joined Ishida in 1994 and held the position of Marketing Director until 2000 when he was appointed Business Development Director. In 2004 Paul returned to the position of Marketing Director to focus Ishida's Strategy in the quest for £100 million turnover. Paul is a Chartered engineer, Chartered Marketer and has an MBA from Manchester Business School.
Adrian Sunter
Technical Director
Adrian joined Ishida in 1990 after a number of design positions in the packaging industry. Adrian has an honours degree in electronic engineering and began his career training with Marconi.
Iain Sale
Group Finance Director
Iain joined Ishida in 2001. He has held a variety of senior positions for McKechnie Plc and Arthur Anderson. Iain has a Masters Degree in Civil Engineering and French.
Thierry Girard
Commercial Director
Thierry joined Ishida in March 2004 and was appointed Sales Director. Thierry has extensive experience in Sales and Marketing, most recently 6 years with Mars in their International vending machine business where he was European Sales Director. Thierry has a degree in electronics gained at INSA Lyon and an MBA from Manchester Business School. He speaks French, English and German.
John Priest
Operations Director
John joined Ishida in April 1999 and was appointed to Operations Director in July 2006. Previous to this he spent 16 years in Canada where he owned his own manufacturing business. John has an honours degree in manufacturing systems engineering and began his career with GKN.
