Alfred Terry announces new additions to its team

Joining the team is Charlie Gumley, who has spent the last four years with Swarovski UK where he was instrumental indeveloping the independent retail distribution through new shop-in-shop concepts,jewellery-only boutiques and key account management. He brings to Alfred Terry anin-depth knowledge of the independent jewellery retail market in the UK, high energyand a reputation as an honest, hard-working and reliable multi-brand manager.Charlie will be focusing on developing new business partnerships and multi-channeldistribution for Alfred Terry’s brands and collections.

Shane Whitfield was divisional head of sales for the Fossil Group, managing a number of brandsthrough a multi-channel distribution network. He has a wealth of experience in the UK,having worked directly with most of the key retailers in the UK.Shane will be focusing on new distribution channels for brands and collections inAlfred Terry’s portfolio.

With over 20 years’ service within Alfred Terry, Stan Ashbolt (pictured) will continue to focus on the UK independent retailers.

Meanwhile, Jason Maughanis former national sales manager from Swarovski. He is now part of Alfred Terry’ssister company, Abbeycrest Thailand, and will be adding Alfred Terry’s collections tothe established Abbeycrest range.Jason will be focusing on bringing an Abbeycrest line back to the UK independentretailers, to be distributed through Alfred Terry. He is also responsible for the South African and Australian markets.

CEO Steve Wright said: “I am delighted to have such a wealth of experience in the Alfred Terry sales team. This will help us provide a first-class service and continue to build strong long-term business relationships with our retailers both in the UK and internationally. I am very proud that we have managed to attract best-in-class people who believe in my vision for Alfred Terry to join us and make that vision a reality.”