Meet the Team

GO-PAK UK

Adam Anderson

Group Managing Director

Joined Go-Pak in 2019 after 10+ years in the packaging industry.

Experience:

2016-19: Managing Director UK, Nordics and South Africa for Sun Chemical, supplying packaging sectors in these regions.
2007-16: Managing Director DS Smith Cartons and subsequently Managing Director of DS Smith’s UK Heavy Packaging Division.
Ex-Army Major; MBA qualified.

Claire Lawley

Operations Director

Joined the company when it was founded in 2009. Claire manages Go-Pak’s global supply chain and UK operations.

Previously Claire worked for Agility working in freight forwarding.

Mike Bristow

Sales and Marketing Director

Joined Go-Pak in 2012 having previously worked in the property industry.

Key player in driving Go-Pak’s growth strategy and winning some key strategic customers and brands.

Michael Marchand

Senior National Account Manager (UK Sales Manager)

Joined Go-Pak in 2018. Michael has been in the packaging industry for over 20 years. He worked for Huhtamaki for 19 years and before that Tetra Pak so brings a wealth of experience in the food service packaging sector.

Michael has been key in bringing strength to National accounts in the UK and supporting the UK regional sales team in driving growth.

Louise Connolly

European Sales Manager

Louise worked for Go-Pak as a regional account manager for 2 years 2014-16, joined Coveris as a National Account manager and then moved back to Go-Pak in 2018 as a European Sales Manager.

Louise has helped develop and drive sales in Ireland and mainland Europe and has played a key role in supporting other areas of international growth.

Sam Potter

Regional Sales Manager (Southern UK)

Sam joined Go-Pak in 2015 as a sales support administrator and has grown with the company taking an external sales role in 2019.

Sam has built some very strong relationships with all customers across the UK business and that has gone a long way in taking his enthusiasm to the customer’s doorstep. Sam’s great product knowledge and customer support has really contributed to Go-Pak’s high customer retention rates.

Faye Blunkett

Regional Sales Manager (North UK)

Faye recently joined Go-Pak in December 2019 from I Grunwerg Ltd who sell catering equipment into the retail and foodservice channels. Prior to this Faye worked for Bidfood as a Business Development Manager within the food service sector.

In a very short period of time Faye has delivered some great results for Go-Pak through her knowledge, experience and professionalism.

Brittany Thomas

Sales Support / Office Manager

Brittany joined Go-Pak in 2014 as a sales order processor. Brittany has progressed through the company and now supports the external sales team by way of sales support and manages the internal sales support function.

Brittany’s attention to detail coupled with excellent product and customer knowledge ensure very high levels of customer sales support are maintained.

Regional Sales Order processors:

Becky Smith
South

Leah
North

European Sales Order processor:

Urszula Bressington
Customer Service Representative and Samples

Kai Harding

Group Financial Controller

Kai joined Go-Pak in 2017 and is responsible for the finance function.

Experience:

25 years’ experience in finance roles, including packaging business Sharpak (part of the Guillun packaging Group).

FCMA qualified (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants).

Lee Watts

Marketing Executive and Graphic Designer

Lee joined Go-Pak in 2017 as a graphics designer and has progressed into a marketing support role.

Lee’s experience in graphic design and meticulous attention to detail has been crucial in Go-Pak developing and delivering creative and technical design solutions. Lee is supported by 2 graphic designers based in Vietnam.

Lee also oversees the content management of the website, brochures and marketing material for campaigns.

GO-PAK VIETNAM

Morten Mender

Operations Director – Go-Pak Vietnam

Morten joined Go-Pak in 2013 and has been key in establishing Go-Pak Vietnam, the first Go-Pak factory in Vietnam specialising in manufacturing injection moulded products.

Experience:

20+ years working experience on outsourcing projects in Asia.

Karl Smith

Operations Director – Go-Pak Paper Products Vietnam

Karl joined Go-Pak in 2020 and is responsible for the Go-Pak Paper Products facility in Vietnam.

Experience:

30 years’ experience in factory operations management in UK, Far East and Middle East specialising in solid board conversion and print excellence businesses for the packaging industry.
Cranfield University Fellow of Manufacturing Management.