People

Elston Gurr

Sales Manager

Year Joined: 2017

Elston joined our team in 2017 moving into our sales team from a past career in finance. From a background of hospitality supply and refurbishment, Elston has quickly become a key cog in our sales team managing them as they build lasting relationships with our customers.

Evan Lindsell

Joint Managing Director

Year Joined: 2006

Having originally started in the factory at Barnet, Evan became factory manager at the Reading balustrade factory until 2009 when he became a contract manager. Evan became operation director in 2016 and leads the team delivering our balconies in line with our Rigid.Ready.Right. brand guarantee.

Garry Whitington

Assistant Estimator

Year Joined: 2018

Garry began his construction career in 2004 working for Carillion as an Apprentice Bricklayer. He was then a self-employed builder for 12 years before joining the sapphire team in 2018. He is responsible for estimating project enquiries received from clients and working with the sales team to ensure client needs are met.

Glen Pritchard

Pre-Construction

Year Joined: 2019

Glen Joined our team in 2019 from one of the smaller balcony and steelwork manufacturers, also having worked previously for a specialist balustrade supplier to the retail sector. Glen joined our team and realised the benefits of Glide-On balconies rather than traditional bolt-on. Glen manages projects similar to his previous experience, making sure that he understands what project requirements are and delivers the personal service and the quality standards Sapphire reputation has grown on.

Glenn Watson

Supplier Quality Engineer

Year Joined: 2017

Glenn joined our Quality and ESH team in 2017 as a quality engineer. Glenn’s career has been mainly focused around quality and has included working in sheet metal fabrication companies supplying the aerospace industry. Glenn spends much of his time auditing the quality of products and finished balconies at the 3PL storage locations and our three balcony production facilities, ensuring balconies are Rigid.Ready.Right.

Graham Maydell

Purchasing Assistant

Year Joined: 2017

Graham joined the Sapphire team in 2017 and works within the purchasing team as a Purchasing Assistant. It is his responsibility to turn requests for goods and materials into orders with suppliers, with the aim of getting the best price possible so that we as a company are competitive in the market place. He also monitors and tracks those orders from their inception right through to their delivery and completion, ensuring that we deliver what is needed on time and of the right quality.

Grant Oliver

Project Coordinator

Year Joined: 2017

Grant moved his career to Sapphire, joining us from the packaging industry. Grant started working in telemarketing where he followed up the early stage schemes and coordinated early stage design meetings. Grant is now a project lead working within the sales team where he meets with customers to understand their needs, solve their challenges and build lasting relationships.

Greg Bodman

Contracts Manager

Year Joined: 2017

Greg is responsible for the design and project management of balcony projects we win in the UK and Globally. He works to understand project requirements and design balconies to suit customer needs and manages the manufacture and installation deadlines.

Hannah Mumford

Office Support Assistant

Year Joined: 2018