* Job title: trading controller
* Date you joined the company: 13th September 2007
* Previous employers/roles: I moved from working on the retail side of Landmark Wholesale's Hot House programme as retail operations manager to join the trading team. Previous to Hot House I was operations director at AF Blakemore's Wholesale division.
* Responsible for: beverages, biscuits, sugar, bread & cakes, petfoods
* Senior School attended: Ysgol David Hughes, Menai Bridge, Anglesey
* Married/single/family: married to Linda with two daughters, Jessica and Rebecca
* How is your leisure time spent: relaxing with my family, playing and watching rugby
* Offer one piece of advice to help suppliers succeed with you: just to be honest and manage a working relationship for the long term
* The best promotion currently running with our customers is: My Shop Is Your Shop campaign, National Independents' Week and the money-off voucher promotional activity in the Daily Mirror & Daily Record, helping to support independent retailers and drive footfall into their stores
* My vote for the best current/recent TV/press advertising is: as a biscuit's buyer it has to be the McVitie's Chocolate Digestive advertisement
* The best new product launch in the past year is: Oatibix, a great innovative product which builds on the success of the Weetabix brand
* Gripe of the month: suppliers who fail to use the business planning process or develop strong joint working relationships
Will Government proposals to ban the display of tobacco in retail premises damage the wholesale sector?
