Harry Backway

Warehouse operative

Harry works as a warehouse operative, specialising in the process of incoming and outgoing goods. In his free time, he enjoys both playing and watching rugby.

Jordan Hockings

Warehouse operative

Jordan is a warehouse operative who processes goods into the warehouse and prepares the goods to be shipped. In his spare time, Jordan follows Manchester United FC and enjoys watching Formula 1.

Henry Manning

International account manager

Henry first joined Mallory as a warehouse temp for 18 months until he went to university, returning to the warehouse every summer holiday. Having now graduated with a degree in maths and philosophy he has joined our schools team where he predominantly manages our Spanish customers.

Alisa Ruiz

International account manager

Alisa is working with Spanish schools customers. She lives in Mexico where previously she worked as an English teacher. She has also worked as a maintenance coordinator for an American company among many other things. She enjoys travelling, cycling, and crafting.

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.

Jan Langmaier

Regional manager – Europe (Czech office)

Jan joined us in April 2017 when we acquired the educational side of ADC Blackfire, Prague. He has years of experience in international trade and now as a regional manager for Europe he is involved in developing Mallory’s Europe strategy. Jan attended Ghent University in Belgium and then graduated with a master’s degree in economics and rural development at the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague. In Jan’s spare time he enjoys travelling with his partner and long walks in mountains with their dogs.

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.

Anthony Faison

Representative

Tony Faison represents Pearson in various West African countries, and we are delighted to have established a partnership with his organisation. He began representing Mallory in Cameroon in November 2010.

Sarah Sassuna

Representative

Sarah Nassuna and Moses Mutumba have helped us to develop the Ugandan market into one of our best. The range of customers is very wide, from leading tertiary institutions to specialist and educational projects.

Ivelina Manolova

Assistant head of sales - Academic

Ivelina takes care of customers in Tanzania, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Malawi and Mauritius. She graduated with an MA in english literature and history from the University of Dundee in Scotland before relocating back to Exeter, England. Ultimately, Ivelina would describe herself as a citizen of the world, and most enjoys spending her time reading, travelling, and exploring new crafts.

Alice Kanyamuneza

Representative

Alice has represented Mallory International in Burundi since May 2021.

Gary Davies

Head of accounts

Gary joined the company in 2011 as a part of the warehouse team. With a degree in accounting and finance, Mallory thought his skills would be more useful in the accounts team where he started as a clerk before moving on to become the accounts manager. He has a keen interest in international relations and enjoys listening to and playing music in his free time.

Julian Hardinge

Chairman

Julian has been involved in export bookselling and educational supply for over 40 years, and has chaired both the export and the college and university groups of the Booksellers Association. He has been chairman of Batch.co.uk, the UK book trade’s payment allocation and clearing system. He has sat on the knowledge and information advisory committee of the British Council, was a director of Book Tokens Ltd for 20 years, and was for some years the bookselling representative on the international board of the UK Publishers Association. He is honorary vice-president for life of the Booksellers Association.

Sancha Rees

Director

Sancha joined Mallory’s tenders team in 2003. Her role evolved to the point where she sits on the Mallory board, and oversees the finance and warehouse operations.

Evariste Adjaho

Representative

Evariste Adjaho recently became our representantive in Togo. Passionate about books, he and his wife opened a bookshop in Lomé in 2020, which, amongst other things, promotes local culture.