Meet the team

Doug Cumming

Head of Pre-Construction and Innovation

Year joined: 2024

Doug Cumming joined us as the new Head of Pre-construction and Innovation, bringing a wealth of industry knowledge and experience. With a proven track record in sales and leadership, Doug is eager to help our customers worldwide streamline their balcony journey by introducing new, innovative solutions.

Elston Gurr

Business Development 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 process with the management of the early pipeline stages as they build lasting relationships with our customers.

Emmanuel Linardatos

IT Project Manager

Year joined: 2020

Emmanuel joined the Sapphire family as IT Project Manager in 2020. His role involves the delivery of digital solutions that aim to optimise corporate processes and promote efficiency throughout the organisation. In the past, he has delivered digital solutions for tech startups, family businesses and for large enterprises such as JLR, Shell, Huawei, Novartis and Center Parcs.

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

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.

Gary Fisher

R&D Project Lead

Year joined: 2010

Gary initially joined Sapphire in 2010 and is currently enjoying his second spell with us! Originally a project manager, Gary now works on the Research & Development side of Sapphire’s business, running the department.

Glen Pritchard

Preconstruction Manager

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.

Glen Smith

Strategic Procurement Officer

Year joined: 2020

Graham Maydell

Logistics Assistant

Year joined: 2017

Graham joined the Sapphire team in 2017 and currently works within as a Logistics Assistant. 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.