Olivia Foulkes

International account manager

Olivia looks after customers in Senegal, Rwanda, France, Madagascar, Switzerland, Tunisia and many more. She graduated from the University of Exeter in 2021 with a degree in sociology and modern languages. Olivia loves to travel and spent a year in Guadeloupe teaching English.

Thomas Cakpo

Representative

Thomas Cakpo joined Mallory as our Côte d’Ivoire representative in May 2016. He has a Master’s degree in Business and Hotel Management. His experience and network are very useful for the development of our activity in the country.

Irene Inan

Representative

Irene Inan has assisted and coordinated our South African activities for Malawi tenders since 2012. She has further been involved in growing Mallory’s footprint in Lesotho and Swaziland. This lead to our formalisation of the partnership to work with her in 2018.

Gervas Ifunya

Representative

Gervas Ifunya has been handling the operations for Mallory in Tanzania for many years and was appointed representative in April 2016.

Renata Lantos

International account manager

Olivia Perkins

Senior regional manager – Europe

Olivia joined the Mallory Schools team after many years working as an educator in secondary MFL and ESL. She initially worked with schools in Cameroon, Rwanda and Eastern Europe. Since Brexit she has been more involved in Europe strategy. Olivia speaks French, Spanish and Italian and is learning Japanese. She loves to travel and learn about other cultures and has spent time living in Italy, France, Japan and Australia.

Hussein Wazni

Representative

Hussein Wazni has been the director of Librairie Sésame in Dakar since 2005. We started working with him in 2014 and have since won significant tenders for the supply of books and journal subscriptions.

Jamie Wood

Warehouse operative

Jamie joined Mallory in 2022 as a warehouse operative then left in 2025 to travel around Australia. After Jamie’s time in Australia, he re-joined Mallory in 2026.

Jamie enjoys supporting his football team Manchester United and loves to play darts

Julio Ruiz

Accounts assistant

Julio is based in Mexico and joined Mallory’s Accounts team in 2024, bringing prior experience supporting American Homeowners Association management companies remotely. He holds degrees in Accounting, Emergency Medical Technician, and Culinary Arts. At Mallory, Julio is responsible for preparing financial statements for MIE customers, processing payments to select suppliers, and customers. Outside of work, Julio enjoys painting and building miniatures, playing board games and video games, and cooking for friends and family.

Martin Mellish

Head of warehousing

Martin joined Mallory in November 2022, and is responsible for the warehouse operations for orders of educational resources and furniture.

Mahne Kruger

Representative

Mahne has been Mallory’s representative in Namibia since June 2014. He has worked with us on several large projects for the Millenium Challenge Account Namibia (MCA), helping with the supply and distribution of books and learning materials to schools across Namibia.

Robyn Bennett

International account manager

Robyn joined Mallory shortly after relocating from London to Devon, and is originally from South Africa. She mainly looks after our school customers in Zambia and Ghana. Robyn has a BComm degree in politics, philosophy and economics and has mainly worked in retail in finance and marketing. Robyn has recently gone back to ballet dancing and is keen on yoga and pilates. Robyn also enjoys exploring the coastlines of Southwest England and loves to travel.

Haydn Mullineux

Head of sales - Academic

Haydn worked first within the tenders team and now heads the academic sales division. Prior to that he spent several years living in Berlin working within publishing and is fluent in German.

Noelia Garcia

Regional manager - East Africa and South America

Noelia has a degree in international trade and worked in a customs office in Argentina, her country of origin. She mainly looks after our school customers in Uganda and Latin America. In Noelia’s spare time she enjoys traveling and getting to know different places and cultures.

Beryl Stanley-Marbell

Representative

In August 2013 we established a new partnership in Ghana with Beryl Stanley-Marbell of SyTris. SyTris is a major bookseller in Ghana, with four shops, and the two businesses have complementary skills.