Director's Profiles
John Barker
Managing Director
A Sales & Purchasing Professional with a proven track record in consistently meeting targets, revenue and distribution levels. Excellent negotiation skills with the ability to build and sustain business relationships with key accounts, developing a real understanding of the clients needs and requirements.
- Full understanding of ISO 9002 Accreditation
- Full range of Sales Techniques and business diploma's
- Foundation Course for Overseas Trade - Merton College, London
- Fully complacent with sage Accounts system
- Fully computer literate and a competent business user
Maccaferri Limited, Oxford Business Park, Oxford
After 27 years I have decided to use my vast experience and knowledge of the industry to start Gabions Solutions in January 2006.My team have all spent over 20 years in their respective field and will be a major addition to the company.
Bill Barker
Director
Graduate in Business Studies and Institute of Marketing.
Bill has 21 years experience in marketing and Advertising.
He started his career working for a local advertising agency on accounts such as Beechams, B&I Ferries, and Mapping & Webb.
Two years later he was headhunted to work at an international advertising agency Bates where he looked after a number of fast moving consumer goods accounts.
The next time he was headhunted Bill moved to an agency that was commonly known as the "University of advertising" J. Walter Thompson (an agency that is part of the largest marketing and communications group in the world: WPP).
During his time there he was promoted the board of directors.
The range of accounts Bill worked on consisted of Kelloggs, Nestle, Rowntree, Natwest Bank, Debeers, Invensys, Boots retail, and Jaguar cars.
Bill spent 15 years there before helping to set up a media communications agency within WPP called MindShare. In the five years he was there he help to grow the company from billing £300m in advertising revenue to £450m.
Over the last two years Bill as establish a growing marketing and media consultancy focus on delivering clients greater media value and advertising standout.
Bill is now a director of Gabions Solutions.
Bill Lewis
Bill Lewis is an experienced manager at board level with a background in finance, systems and operations. With extensive international experience, he worked at senior level in a wide range of sectors including metal and glass processing/fabrication and construction. For the last 15 years he has run a tax and accounting practice with base business as part time Financial Controller for 10 SME's in the United Kingdom and USA.
Born in Birmingham he lived and worked for many years in Canada and US before returning to UK in 1995.
