Vic Gazis

Head of business development

Vic originally worked in warehouse team at Mallory International whilst completing his PhD in sociology at Exeter University. He went on to work for Mallory in Malawi for two months in 2013, after which he became a permanent member of the team, looking after schools customers in Malawi, Rwanda and Ghana.  Vic later took on responsibility for managing Mallory’s accounts in Southeast Asia, a new market at the time. Vic now oversees the business development strategy for the business.

Sophie Hardinge

Managing director

Sophie brings hands-on experience from across Africa, having worked as a director and project manager for an NGO in southeast Madagascar. Back in the UK, she’s led a range of projects in the charity sector, focusing on homelessness and disability support. At Mallory, Sophie shapes and steers strategy, keeping one eye on the big picture and the other on getting things done. She spent her 20s travelling the globe in search of adventure. These days, she’s happiest walking the coastal path or hanging out with her two boys.

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.

Margaret Nyambura

Representative

Margaret Nyambura from Corporate Campus is our local contact, and is developing our Mallory business in Kenya. She has been working energetically to supply educational DVDs to academic institutions and is already known to many of our customers.

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.

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.

Antoine Donnet-Roche

International account manager

Antoine works with customers from all over Africa, particularly in Southern Africa and francophone countries. Originally from France, where he worked as a music journalist among many other things, he likes to spend his free time cooking, travelling and gaming.

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.

Misozi Zondi

Representative

Misozi Zondi joined her father Fidelis Katongo to share the representation for Mallory in Zambia. Their family have been well known in the book trade in Zambia for a number of years. Their family have been well known in the book trade in Zambia for a number of years.

Magali Savoye

Director

Magali joined Mallory in September 2013 as a sales coordinator after completing her business enterprise degree from Plymouth University and is now heading Mallory’s School’s team. In addition, Magali looks after customers in both anglophone and francophone countries such as : Zambia, Burundi and Switzerland.

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.

Louis Wenley

Senior business development manager

Louis joined Mallory after a year of travelling through various countries in South America, Asia, and Europe. He looks after our customers in Kenya and Tanzania, amongst many others. In 2016, Louis graduated from the University of Reading with a degree in politics and international relations, leading to a keen interest in current affairs. In his spare time, he enjoys travelling, trips to the local national park and making the most of his season ticket at Exeter City FC.

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.

Tafesse Solomon

Representative

Tafesse Solomon represents Mallory International in Ethiopia. We have been successful in a number of tertiary level projects over the years, and have achieved consistently high supply rates on contracts awarded. We have recently renewed a three year contract with Addis Ababa University for supply of both books and journals.