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Lesley Welsh
Iona Pub Partnership is headed up by Lesley Welsh who has a vast
experience within the industry. Lesley first started working in the
hospitality industry when she was studying for her Law Degree at Aberdeen
University. Since then she has never looked back and has worked for
Whitbread doing various roles from general manager to project manager.
From there it was off to Punch Taverns for more than 5 years working
both in England and Scotland and she now finds herself here at Iona.
e: lesley.welsh@g1group.co.uk 07989
601 663 |
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Sarah Lowry
Sarah Lowry, Business Projects Manager, a role which supports the
operators in identifying key areas to drive the business forward,
both through marketing and training development. With 7 years of experience
working with both managed house and tenanted pub companies as a design,
marketing and training consultant she is able to offer advice and
direction to the businesses and help drive the business forward. With
a graphic design degree and marketing consultancy background as well
as developing a range of training tools for tenanted pubs she is well
equipped to help you identify your strengths and weaknesses and assist
with your business. With an added career in property development,
interior design and running a pub and hotel she understands the frustrations
and needs from both sides of the bar.
e: sarah.lowry@g1group.co.uk 07989
146 602 |
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Alan Dunn
Alan has been involved with the licensed trade for almost 20 years,
starting out as projects manager on refurbishments of many (too
many) pubs, restaurants and hotels. He then joined Punch Taverns
where he worked for more than 7 years, in both in England and Scotland,
in property and operations roles. Alan joined the G1 Group on the
property side of the business in 2007 and recently joined the Iona
team, back working directly with tenants to create and grow successful
businesses.
e: alandunn@g1group.co.uk 07875
365 381 |
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Patrick Canavan
Having worked in the Licensed Trade for 14 years with Scottish & Newcastle
and during these years I
spent 7 years as a Sales
Manager looking after the
Regional Free Trade across
various parts of Scotland,
spent 2 years in a Customer
Marketing role and 6 months
as a Retail Sales Manager for a managed pub division. I then moved
on to work on a major Sales Project, developing new ways of working
for the regional free trade side of the business. My most recent
position within S&N was
Operations & Sales
Manager for the leased pub
division. I get a real buzz
out of the trade and I’m really
looking forward to working with
the Iona team.
e: patrickcanavan@g1group.co.uk 07817
647 794 |
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Paul Wishart
Paul Wishart, Business Development Manager started in the trade
as a glass collector and worked his way up to Manager of a nightclub
on the East coast owned by an independent operator. After seven
years with them he moved to Belhaven for five years
in various roles in Dundee
and Stirling as pub Manager. His career developed and he progressed
to area controller then area manager for two years covering east
and central Scotland
e: paul.wishart@g1group.co.uk 07870
266 545 |
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Gary Patterson
Gary Paterson joins Iona after 19 years within the industry. As a
chef he worked his way through the ranks and departments to manage
hotels, restaurants and bars. After spending some time in France cooking,
Gary returned to Scotland and found himself selling cars for a living
(sales training which he said was invaluable). Gary then joined Carlsberg
UK and again worked his way up various roles in sales, training, national
accounts to be regional sales manager for the company. Gary is looking
forward to his role within Iona and sees them as a forward thinking
progressive company.
e: gary.paterson@g1group.co.uk 07971
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