Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Marketors, Sales Director, Marketing Director, Managing Director of leading brand names in the building product supply industry including Tarmac, CRH. Owner of J SME’s operating internationally areas of speciality Business Growth, Marketing, Strategy & Sales.
Starting out his career in sales and marketing Glyn quickly progressed to Marketing Director.
With rapid progression through a number of organisations taking roles as Sales Director, Marketing Director, Managing Director and ultimately Chief Executive across a number of blue chip businesses in the building industry including CRH and Tarmac.
He now runs his own small group of companies operating in over 30 countries globally. Following completion of his MBA in 1993 with the Open University Glyn was invited to become a tutor of Strategy for the University where he continues to run courses annually, as well as supervising MBA and MSc students for the University of Sheffield.
In 2002 he was awarded a Fellowship of the Charted Institute of Marketers in recognition of his contribution to the field. In 2014 Glyn became a Liveryman with the Worshipful Company of Marketors and a Freeman of the City of London. In 2023 Glyn was Master of the Worshipful Company of Marketors.
Author of an on-line business assessment programme which was featured on BBC 2 “Working Lunch”, Glyn’s most recent venture involves him operating as a business trouble shooter within SMEs along with running senior level strategy workshops both within the UK and across Europe. He is also co-author of the European Erasmus funded European Business Growth Catalyst Programme, in partnership with The University of Sheffield, ESADE Business School in Spain and Alba University in Greece, which has been cited as a “success story” because of the impact it has had on SMEs. Glyn completed a Doctorate about the development of sustainable SMEs at Sheffield Hallam University in January 2022. Since 2017 he has been a mentor with the European Regional Development Fund sponsored Launchpad Mentoring Scheme.
