In his role as Technical Director, Alastair examines and analyses projects as they progress from quotation to order. Overseeing the IT department and production administration, if you have a technical question regarding data or need advice on print or design give him a call. The ‘oracle’ of all things mailing, data, print and postage, if you need to enquire about something, Alastair usually has the answer. With a diverse background including sales, fulfilment, account management, web marketing, event management and print procurement Alastair has built up a wealth of knowledge that you can tap into.
With over 20 years of Direct Mail Industry experience Alastair should be your first point of call for guidance and support.
Simon’s 30 years of industry experience have equipped him with an impeccable eye for detail and an uncanny ability to solve challenges. Simon’s career has seen him working in both the design and print worlds, which means he has a great store of knowledge to draw upon.
Away from work he enjoys spending time with his family, including Max the eternally-cheerful Golden Retriever, and thinking about which new power tool he can add to his already-full shed wall. His claims that he invented Google Street View have been met with scepticism by anyone he tells. He also enjoys an occasional pub quiz and keeps a list of mildly humorous team names on standby just in case.
Adriana has a Graphic Design background with over 20 years’ experience in the print industry. She came to the UK from Romania in 2015 and in that time has managed to prove her skills by holding several designer and admin positions in Kent and Norfolk. Her attention to details comes in handy in her role, ensuring that our clients receive the best service possible.
In her spare time, she enjoys gardening, travelling and reading a good book. Baking bread is also a passion and her house smells like a bakery quite often.
Business Planning / Production / Deliveries / Scheduling
Our Managing Director, Paul Middleditch has been with the business for over 20 years and has overseen a number of important changes to the structure of the company and the mailing business as a whole. Joining the company after leaving the RAF, Paul’s organisational skills have helped build and develop the business.
Paul is responsible for running the production and overseeing all commercial activities. Ultimately it is his responsibility to get your job completed on time, even though, as is more often the case, with ever shrinking time-scales.
Nigel joined Cavalier Mailing in February 2001 as Finance Manager coming from a re-insurance and oil industry background. “I would like to think these industries have given me a very diverse outlook on business practices and strategic processes.”He enjoys all sports watching, especially football and cricket and participating in White Collar Boxing events training at Elvo’s White Collar Boxing Club. Married with three children Nigel is a well travelled individual and has spent time training in accounts and business administration in Austin, Texas.
Nigel is also responsible for keeping a tight grip on business overheads, maintaining our environmental and recycling policies and enforcing our health and safety regulations.
Alison joined Cavalier in 2015 and has 30 years of experience, mainly in the manufacturing industry. She spent a year travelling around Australia and worked for a time in Sydney.
Ali (as she likes to be called) has two cats (Holly and Sophie) who are all re-homed from Venture Farm Cat Rescue at Mattishall. In her spare time she enjoys planting and picking at her allotment but leaves all of the fun jobs (weeding and digging) to her husband. “New balls please”, a keen tennis fan, has been to Wimbledon several times.
Alison’s role, as her title might suggest, is assisting our Finance Director. This includes raising and sending invoices and of course responding to invoice and payment queries. Alison also works on a range of other tasks within the business.
Our Senior Data Controller, Greg Carkin, has been with Cavalier for 5 Years but comes with over 15 years of experience in the IT world. He brings a vast wealth of knowledge in all things programming, data analysis, software engineering, robotics and more. His schooling is in cyber security and computational mathematics so you know your data is safe with him. If anything needs to be done with your data, Greg is the person to go to.
Outside of work Greg is known as the ‘Tony Stark’ of his friend group constantly fiddling with gadgets and designing things to be used around the house. If something goes wrong odds are he’s either thought of a way to fix it, or has the exact item needed. He’s often reading through design documents or in the middle of one of his off the wall projects.
Emmanouil hails from Greece and brings a cosmopolitan air to Cavalier Mailing. After getting his diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering, he came to the UK to explore further the world of Data Science. While he helps Greg with all things data he is also studying for an MSc in AI. In the past he has worked as data engineer on research projects employing machine learning techniques to aid epidemiological studies and we can’t wait to see what he can bring to this role.
Emmanouil is responsible for processing, sorting and preparing your data to ensure that your projects are accurately delivered to the right places.
