Meet the Team
Who are we?
Approachable and technical. Our Team can offer you the best of both worlds. You may deal with an individual but we’re all on the same page, when it comes to the benefits Spitfire can offer.
Directors
Harry Bowlby
Managing Director
Qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1990 while working in the Private Business Department of BDO Binder Hamlyn.
Joined Spitfire in 1993 as Finance Director. Appointed Joint Managing Director in 2000. Appointed Managing Director in December 2018.
Dominic Norton
Sales Director
BSc from Leeds University in Geological Sciences Joined Spitfire in 1998, having previously worked at Racal Telecom and BT Syntegra. Moved to Sydney, Australia in 2003 and after a stint at Commander Telecom returned to Spitfire at the end of 2004. Focused on delivering Spitfire’s IP engineering solutions, Dominic is CCNA qualified and responsible for Sales.
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Samantha Emmerson
Recruitment, Office & Marketing Manager
Samantha wears many hats at Spitfire as the Recruitment, Office and Marketing Manager. Her expertise and strength in those areas come from previously working in a variety of roles at Marketing Agencies as their Recruitment and Facilities manager as well as Account Director roles managing six figure accounts. Samantha’s door is always open and can be a nice place to stop to say hello..
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Michael Jones
General Manager
Support & Customer Engineering
After working in various IT roles Mikey joined Spitfire in 2010. With a keen interest in problem-solving and a passion to deliver the best possible customer experience, he believes our support team has Technicians and Engineers that are among the best in the industry. “By having extremely high expectations of ourselves we believe we can only get better and better at what we do.”
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Laura Hall
Billing & Provisioning Department Manager
(MSc from University of the West of England in Psychology. Laura joined the Spitfire Provisioning Team in 2011, after taking on most roles in the department over the past 10 years, she now manages the team dealing with suppliers and customers ensuring products and services are delivered efficiently.
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Gary Cooper
Head of Direct Sales
With a BSc from the University of Bath in Sport & Exercise Science, Gary joined Spitfire in 2012. Gary is CCNA qualified and has a wealth of sales experience, responsible for our London based Direct Sales Team.
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Peter Oosthuizen
Head of Partner Service
BSc from Exeter University in Business Economics. Joined Spitfire’s Partner Service Team in 2011. Pete is CCNA qualified and now oversees our Partner Service Team ensuring our Partners receive the best commercial support and unrivalled technical knowledge.
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James Davis
Sales Manager, Birmingham
BaHons in Sociology with a special interest in the effect of global connectivity on society. Joined Spitfire in 2009, and since moving to Central Birmingham has enjoyed watching the Team grow rapidly, both in size and skill.
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Lynsey Davies
Sales Support Manager
With a BA from the University of Sheffield, Lynsey joined Spitfire in 2015 and manages the Sales Support team. Lynsey is responsible for many of the back-end sales functions including sales reporting and digital marketing.
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Peter Goddard
Partner Manager, Birmingham
Educated at The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Peter first joined Spitfire in 1994 and in 2006 set up the regional office in the Midlands. Peter is the Birmingham Partner Manager, where he uses his technical skills to support the sales team.
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Simone Kemp
Mobile Product Manager
Joined Spitfire in early 2001, having previously worked at Canon South Africa.
Moved to Ruse, Bulgaria in 2007 and after a stint at Renovate Bulgaria returned to Spitfire in the Summer of 2009.
Simone is responsible for Spitfires mobile offering.
Sales Management Team
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Gary Cooper
Head of Direct Sales
With a BSc from the University of Bath in Sport & Exercise Science, Gary joined Spitfire in 2012. Gary is CCNA qualified and has a wealth of sales experience, responsible for one our London based Direct Sales Teams.
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James Davis
Sales Manager, Birmingham
BaHons in Sociology with a special interest in the effect of global connectivity on society. Joined Spitfire in 2009, and since moving to Central Birmingham has enjoyed watching the Team grow rapidly, both in size and skill.
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Peter Goddard
Partner Manager, Birmingham
Educated at The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Peter first joined Spitfire in 1994 and in 2006 set up the regional office in the Midlands. Peter is the Birmingham Partner Manager, where he uses his technical skills to support the sales team.
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Peter Oosthuizen
Head of Partner Service
BSc from Exeter University in Business Economics. Joined Spitfire’s Partner Service Team in 2011. Pete is CCNA qualified and now oversees our Partner Service Team ensuring our Partners receive the best commercial support and unrivalled technical knowledge.
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Simone Kemp
Mobile Product Manager
Joined Spitfire in early 2001, having previously worked at Canon South Africa.
Moved to Ruse, Bulgaria in 2007 and after a stint at Renovate Bulgaria returned to Spitfire in the Summer of 2009.
Simone is responsible for Spitfires mobile offering.
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Lynsey Davies
Sales Support Manager
With a BA from the University of Sheffield, Lynsey joined Spitfire in 2015 and manages the Sales Support team. Lynsey is responsible for many of the back-end sales functions including sales reporting and digital marketing.
Spitfire Management Team
Samantha Emmerson
Recruitment, Office & Marketing Manager
Samantha wears many hats at Spitfire as the Recruitment, Office and Marketing Manager. Her expertise and strength in those areas come from previously working in a variety of roles at Marketing Agencies as their Recruitment and Facilities manager as well as Account Director roles managing six figure accounts. Samantha’s door is always open and can be a nice place to stop to say hello..
Laura Hall
Billing & Provisioning Department Manager
(MSc from University of the West of England in Psychology. Laura joined the Spitfire Provisioning Team in 2011, after taking on most roles in the department over the past 10 years, she now manages the team dealing with suppliers and customers ensuring products and services are delivered efficiently.
Michael Jones
General Manager
Support & Customer Engineering
After working in various IT roles Mikey joined Spitfire in 2010. With a keen interest in problem-solving and a passion to deliver the best possible customer experience, he believes our support team has Technicians and Engineers that are among the best in the industry. “By having extremely high expectations of ourselves we believe we can only get better and better at what we do.”
Sales Management Team
Gary Cooper
Head of Direct Sales
With a BSc from the University of Bath in Sport & Exercise Science, Gary joined Spitfire in 2012. Gary is CCNA qualified and has a wealth of sales experience, responsible for one our London based Direct Sales Teams.
Peter Goddard
Partner Manager, Birmingham
Educated at The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Peter first joined Spitfire in 1994 and in 2006 set up the regional office in the Midlands. Peter is the Birmingham Partner Manager, where he uses his technical skills to support the sales team.
James Davis
Sales Manager, Birmingham
BaHons in Sociology with a special interest in the effect of global connectivity on society. Joined Spitfire in 2009, and since moving to Central Birmingham has enjoyed watching the Team grow rapidly, both in size and skill.
Peter Oosthuizen
Head of Partner Service
BSc from Exeter University in Business Economics. Joined Spitfire’s Partner Service Team in 2011. Pete is CCNA qualified and now oversees our Partner Service Team ensuring our Partners receive the best commercial support and unrivalled technical knowledge.
Simone Kemp
Mobile Product Manager
Joined Spitfire in early 2001, having previously worked at Canon South Africa. Moved to Ruse, Bulgaria in 2007 and after a stint at Renovate Bulgaria returned to Spitfire in the Summer of 2009. Simone is responsible for Spitfire’s mobile offering.
Lynsey Davies
Sales Support Manager
With a BA from the University of Sheffield, Lynsey joined Spitfire in 2015 and manages the Sales Support team. Lynsey is responsible for many of the back-end sales functions including sales reporting and digital marketing.