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Meet our worldwide team
Our hard-working head office staff and international representatives are available to help you with any enquiry about books or other educational resources. Please get in touch.
Click the photos below to find out more about our team members.
David Johnson
International account manager
Team: AcademicDavid handles the orders for home-schooling company Wolsey Hall as well as managing the journal and magazine subscriptions for various Mallory customers. David graduated from the University of Exeter with a degree in drama, and co-manages his own independent theatre company ‘Sun & Moon Theatre’ who specialise in Shakespeare’s plays.
Gary Davies
Head of accounts
Team: FinanceGary 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.
Martin Mellish
Warehouse manager (resources)
Team: WarehouseMartin joined Mallory in November 2022, and is responsible for the warehouse operations for orders of educational resources and furniture.
Misozi Zondi
Representative
Location: ZambiaMisozi 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.
Haydn Mullineux
Head of sales - Academic
Team: AcademicHaydn 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.
Mahne Kruger
Representative
Location: NamibiaMahne 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.
Magali Savoye
Head of sales - Schools
Team: SchoolsMagali 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
Location: GhanaIn 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.
Margaret Nyambura
Representative
Location: KenyaMargaret 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.
Noelia Garcia
Regional manager - East Africa and South America
Team: SchoolsNoelia 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.
Fidelis Katongo
Representative
Location: ZambiaFidelis Katongo has been Mallory’s representative since 2006. His daughter, Misozi Zondi, has just joined him to share the representation. Their family have been well known in the book trade in Zambia for a number of years.
Jim Bicknell
Warehouse operative
Team: WarehouseJim joined Mallory in 2021 and subsequently became the assistant warehouse manager for the academic warehouse in 2022. An avid music fan, Jim also follows Liverpool football club.
Robert Baxter
Warehouse operative
Team: WarehouseRob has over 25 years experience of warehouse related work, including working for a company supplying medical equipment. He is experienced in all aspects of our warehouse operations, especially dealing with consolidations. Rob is trilingual, speaking English, Dutch and German, having attended a lyceum in the Netherlands. He was a qualified yacht-master, and he enjoys angling, fly fishing in particular, fly tying, macro photography and looking after his six-acre garden when time permits.
Tafesse Solomon
Representative
Location: EthiopiaTafesse 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.
Dipika Kulkarni
Digital sales and support manager
Team: AcademicDipika handles the digital sales for all the Mallory customers globally. Dipika received her MBA from Anglia Ruskin University, UK. Prior to joining Mallory, she worked in digital sales and marketing for over four years. On a personal side, Dipika is a cooking enthusiast, loves crafting and travelling.
Olivia Perkins
Senior regional manager – Europe
Team: SchoolsOlivia 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.
Moses Mutumba
Representative
Location: UgandaMoses Mutumba represents Mallory in Uganda with a precision and efficiency all his own. Both he and Sarah Nassuna 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.
Jamie Wood
Warehouse operative
Team: WarehouseJamie mainly concentrates on processing goods coming into the warehouse. In his spare time Jamie enjoys following Manchester United and has recently taken up playing darts.
Henry Manning
International account manager
Team: SchoolsHenry 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.
Dianne Nolan
Sales support coordinator
Team: AcademicDianne graduated from Ollscoil na Gaillimhe with a B.A. in geography and archaeology, followed by an M.Sc. in local and regional development from DTU. Afterwards working in the Irish national heritage services for more than 17 years. She is an avid reader, especially of art, history and politics, and also loves being outdoors in the rugged South West.
Alisa Ruiz
International account manager
Team: SchoolsAlisa 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.
Kirsten Dolby
Administrative manager
Team: FinanceKirsten plays a significant role in the accounts and admin department. Born and raised in Oxford, she now lives in the seaside resort that is Teignmouth where she enjoys up-cycling furniture and running competitively in her spare time.
Thomas Cakpo
Representative
Location: Côte d’IvoireThomas 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.
Conor Cottrell
Warehouse operative
Team: WarehouseConor joined Mallory in April 2011, and after a break doing other things, has once again become an integral part of the warehouse team. Conor previously travelled to Ethiopia for Mallory to help oversee the unloading and supply of a tender award. In his spare time Conor likes to play darts, go to the gym and follow his beloved Chelsea whenever possible.
Antoine Donnet-Roche
International account manager
Team: AcademicAntoine 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.
Louis Wenley
Senior business development manager
Team: SchoolsLouis 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.
Caroline Mangan
Admin and accounts assistant
Team: FinanceCaroline has extensive experience of working in accounts. Having studied business at the Institute of Technology at Munster Technological University, Caroline is now working towards a major in business management. Caroline enjoys reading, walking and spending time with her family.
Gaulphine Nyirenda
Representative
Location: MalawiGaulphine has represented Mallory in Malawi since 1989, making her our longest serving partner. She also represents leading publishers, and owns the best bookshop in Lilongwe. Over the years we have been consistently successful in Malawi, with both projects and regular business.
Sophie Hardinge-Walsh
Managing director
Team: LeadershipSophie has substantial experience of Africa, including four years as both a director and project manager for an NGO in southeast Madagascar. She has also managed various projects within the UK charity sector, primarily with homeless and disability organisations. Sophie develops and oversees strategies to achieve short- and long-term goals for Mallory. Sophie travelled all over the world in her 20’s. These days she loves walking for miles along the coastal path and hanging out with her two boys.
Christian Hardinge-Walsh
Head of warehouse operations
Team: WarehouseChristian oversees the operations in both Mallory warehouses. The ever-changing business and growth provide a constant challenge whereby every day is different. In his spare time Christian likes to collect vinyl records and go fishing with his two youngest sons. He is also a keen darts player and Tottenham fan.
Gerry Slessenger
Representative
Location: New ZealandGerry brings to Mallory over 40 years’ experience in educational procurement and logistics. He has managed two supply companies in the UK and Africa (one a charity helping missions and aid agencies with all their needs especially in emergency relief situations) and has also worked for the USA’s largest educational corporation in international sales. He has lived in Africa for many years and has travelled to 94 countries worldwide and out of his top five countries worldwide, New Zealand remains No.1.
His passions are history (military), golf, easy reading (William Boyd, Ken Follett, Jeffrey Archer) and Christian apologetics. He has 9 grandchildren all scattered around the globe. Oh, and by the way he has a mini zoo of various animals including a possum!
Jan Langmaier
Regional manager – Europe (Czech office)
Team: SchoolsJan 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.
Gervas Ifunya
Representative
Location: TanzaniaGervas Ifunya has been handling the operations for Mallory in Tanzania for many years and was appointed representative in April 2016.
Zuriana Van Rijswijk
Education consultant
Location: MalaysiaZuri Van Rijswijk is part of our SE Asian team with responsibility for Malaysia. Zuri was born in Malaysia and has been immersed in the educational world, having worked alongside Gerry Slessenger in North Africa for the world’s largest educational corporate group. She is married to an outstanding educator, Martin, who has had headships in Egypt, Germany, Thailand, New Zealand and now Malaysia.
Zuri can speak Malay, Arabic and Tamil with English of course and will be responsible for bringing Mallory for Schools leading services to international schools, colleges and universities in Malaysia. She is based in Kuala Lumpur (which she knows very well) visiting new and potential customers.
Sarah Sassuna
Representative
Location: UgandaSarah 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.
Sancha Rees
Director
Team: LeadershipSancha 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
Location: TogoEvariste 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.
Paulo Guerreiro
Representative
Location: MozambiquePaulo Guerreiro has been appointed Mallory International’s representative. He has been a bookseller for 24 years, and for the last 20 in Mozambique. Since 2011, he has been the managing Partner of Livrarias Conhecimento, one of the 3 major bookshops in Mozambique, which supplies schools and universities all over the country.
Daniel McCarthy
Sales support coordinator
Team: SchoolsDaniel helps with order processing and liaises with the warehouse and schools team. He is also studying graduate entry medicine, and in his spare time enjoys martial arts. Having competed many times with boxing, he plans to compete with Brazilian jiu-jitsu in the near future.
Joshua Hockings
Warehouse operative
Team: WarehouseJosh focuses mainly on packing educational supplies for Mallory’s schools customers. In his spare time Josh follows Liverpool football club, and is a gamer. Josh is also a bit of a car fanatic and can often be found detailing his current vehicle.
Ivelina Manolova
Assistant head of sales - Academic
Team: AcademicIvelina 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.
Irene Inan
Representative
Location: South Africa, Lesotho, SwazilandIrene 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.
Jacky Beauchamp
IT manager
Team: SystemsJacky joined Mallory in the journals department and has since segued into the information and communications technology aspect of the company as well as dealing with the US import shipments.
Robyn Bennett
International account manager
Team: SchoolsRobyn 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.
Vic Gazis
Head of business development
Team: SchoolsVic 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.
Alice Kanyamuneza
Representative
Location: BurundiAlice has represented Mallory International in Burundi since May 2021.
Zara Dosanjh
Digital Communications Specialist
Team: AcademicZara joined the Mallory team in August 2023. As our Digital Communications Specialist, she creates engaging, strategised content for our newsletters and social media. As an English BA student, Zara is also an avid music and film enthusiast.
Hussein Wazni
Representative
Location: SenegalHussein 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.
Olivia Foulkes
International account manager
Team: AcademicOlivia 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.
Dyana Greenaway
Warehouse manager (books)
Team: WarehouseDyana takes a lead on packing large contracts for our customers. Dyana is also one of our qualified forklift drivers, first aiders and fire wardens. Dyana likes to socialise and spend time with her family in her spare time.
Julian Hardinge
Chairman
Team: LeadershipJulian 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.
Anthony Faison
Representative
Location: CameroonTony 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.
Rachel Dickson
Director
Team: LeadershipRachel joined Mallory after graduating from Sheffield University with a degree in Hispanic studies. After a break in Mexico, volunteering in marine conservation, she re-joined us in 2009 to develop the international schools business. She now specialises in the systems side of the business, including the Mallory Online Portal. She is one of our fluent Spanish speakers. Now the mum of a cracking little girl, Rachel enjoys nothing more than a kick around and a BBQ on one of our beautiful East Devon beaches.
Arthur Barigye Mugunga
Representative
Location: RwandaArthur is the Mallory representative in Rwanda. He has helped us tender for a number of tertiary projects, with significant success.
Meet our worldwide team
Our hard-working head office staff and international representatives are available to help you with any enquiry about books or other educational resources. Please get in touch.
Click the photos below to find out more about our team members.
Margaret Nyambura
Representative
Location: KenyaMargaret 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.
Vic Gazis
Head of business development
Team: SchoolsVic 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.
Julian Hardinge
Chairman
Team: LeadershipJulian 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.
Moses Mutumba
Representative
Location: UgandaMoses Mutumba represents Mallory in Uganda with a precision and efficiency all his own. Both he and Sarah Nassuna 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.
Caroline Mangan
Admin and accounts assistant
Team: FinanceCaroline has extensive experience of working in accounts. Having studied business at the Institute of Technology at Munster Technological University, Caroline is now working towards a major in business management. Caroline enjoys reading, walking and spending time with her family.
Anthony Faison
Representative
Location: CameroonTony 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.
Jan Langmaier
Regional manager – Europe (Czech office)
Team: SchoolsJan 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.
Rachel Dickson
Director
Team: LeadershipRachel joined Mallory after graduating from Sheffield University with a degree in Hispanic studies. After a break in Mexico, volunteering in marine conservation, she re-joined us in 2009 to develop the international schools business. She now specialises in the systems side of the business, including the Mallory Online Portal. She is one of our fluent Spanish speakers. Now the mum of a cracking little girl, Rachel enjoys nothing more than a kick around and a BBQ on one of our beautiful East Devon beaches.
Gerry Slessenger
Representative
Location: New ZealandGerry brings to Mallory over 40 years’ experience in educational procurement and logistics. He has managed two supply companies in the UK and Africa (one a charity helping missions and aid agencies with all their needs especially in emergency relief situations) and has also worked for the USA’s largest educational corporation in international sales. He has lived in Africa for many years and has travelled to 94 countries worldwide and out of his top five countries worldwide, New Zealand remains No.1.
His passions are history (military), golf, easy reading (William Boyd, Ken Follett, Jeffrey Archer) and Christian apologetics. He has 9 grandchildren all scattered around the globe. Oh, and by the way he has a mini zoo of various animals including a possum!
Gaulphine Nyirenda
Representative
Location: MalawiGaulphine has represented Mallory in Malawi since 1989, making her our longest serving partner. She also represents leading publishers, and owns the best bookshop in Lilongwe. Over the years we have been consistently successful in Malawi, with both projects and regular business.
Haydn Mullineux
Head of sales - Academic
Team: AcademicHaydn 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.
David Johnson
International account manager
Team: AcademicDavid handles the orders for home-schooling company Wolsey Hall as well as managing the journal and magazine subscriptions for various Mallory customers. David graduated from the University of Exeter with a degree in drama, and co-manages his own independent theatre company ‘Sun & Moon Theatre’ who specialise in Shakespeare’s plays.
Jacky Beauchamp
IT manager
Team: SystemsJacky joined Mallory in the journals department and has since segued into the information and communications technology aspect of the company as well as dealing with the US import shipments.
Jamie Wood
Warehouse operative
Team: WarehouseJamie mainly concentrates on processing goods coming into the warehouse. In his spare time Jamie enjoys following Manchester United and has recently taken up playing darts.
Sophie Hardinge-Walsh
Managing director
Team: LeadershipSophie has substantial experience of Africa, including four years as both a director and project manager for an NGO in southeast Madagascar. She has also managed various projects within the UK charity sector, primarily with homeless and disability organisations. Sophie develops and oversees strategies to achieve short- and long-term goals for Mallory. Sophie travelled all over the world in her 20’s. These days she loves walking for miles along the coastal path and hanging out with her two boys.
Beryl Stanley-Marbell
Representative
Location: GhanaIn 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.
Martin Mellish
Warehouse manager (resources)
Team: WarehouseMartin joined Mallory in November 2022, and is responsible for the warehouse operations for orders of educational resources and furniture.
Fidelis Katongo
Representative
Location: ZambiaFidelis Katongo has been Mallory’s representative since 2006. His daughter, Misozi Zondi, has just joined him to share the representation. Their family have been well known in the book trade in Zambia for a number of years.
Christian Hardinge-Walsh
Head of warehouse operations
Team: WarehouseChristian oversees the operations in both Mallory warehouses. The ever-changing business and growth provide a constant challenge whereby every day is different. In his spare time Christian likes to collect vinyl records and go fishing with his two youngest sons. He is also a keen darts player and Tottenham fan.
Sancha Rees
Director
Team: LeadershipSancha 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
Location: TogoEvariste 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.
Alice Kanyamuneza
Representative
Location: BurundiAlice has represented Mallory International in Burundi since May 2021.
Louis Wenley
Senior business development manager
Team: SchoolsLouis 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.
Gervas Ifunya
Representative
Location: TanzaniaGervas Ifunya has been handling the operations for Mallory in Tanzania for many years and was appointed representative in April 2016.
Zara Dosanjh
Digital Communications Specialist
Team: AcademicZara joined the Mallory team in August 2023. As our Digital Communications Specialist, she creates engaging, strategised content for our newsletters and social media. As an English BA student, Zara is also an avid music and film enthusiast.
Conor Cottrell
Warehouse operative
Team: WarehouseConor joined Mallory in April 2011, and after a break doing other things, has once again become an integral part of the warehouse team. Conor previously travelled to Ethiopia for Mallory to help oversee the unloading and supply of a tender award. In his spare time Conor likes to play darts, go to the gym and follow his beloved Chelsea whenever possible.
Robert Baxter
Warehouse operative
Team: WarehouseRob has over 25 years experience of warehouse related work, including working for a company supplying medical equipment. He is experienced in all aspects of our warehouse operations, especially dealing with consolidations. Rob is trilingual, speaking English, Dutch and German, having attended a lyceum in the Netherlands. He was a qualified yacht-master, and he enjoys angling, fly fishing in particular, fly tying, macro photography and looking after his six-acre garden when time permits.
Sarah Sassuna
Representative
Location: UgandaSarah 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.
Kirsten Dolby
Administrative manager
Team: FinanceKirsten plays a significant role in the accounts and admin department. Born and raised in Oxford, she now lives in the seaside resort that is Teignmouth where she enjoys up-cycling furniture and running competitively in her spare time.
Mahne Kruger
Representative
Location: NamibiaMahne 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.
Dipika Kulkarni
Digital sales and support manager
Team: AcademicDipika handles the digital sales for all the Mallory customers globally. Dipika received her MBA from Anglia Ruskin University, UK. Prior to joining Mallory, she worked in digital sales and marketing for over four years. On a personal side, Dipika is a cooking enthusiast, loves crafting and travelling.
Dianne Nolan
Sales support coordinator
Team: AcademicDianne graduated from Ollscoil na Gaillimhe with a B.A. in geography and archaeology, followed by an M.Sc. in local and regional development from DTU. Afterwards working in the Irish national heritage services for more than 17 years. She is an avid reader, especially of art, history and politics, and also loves being outdoors in the rugged South West.
Irene Inan
Representative
Location: South Africa, Lesotho, SwazilandIrene 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.
Jim Bicknell
Warehouse operative
Team: WarehouseJim joined Mallory in 2021 and subsequently became the assistant warehouse manager for the academic warehouse in 2022. An avid music fan, Jim also follows Liverpool football club.
Thomas Cakpo
Representative
Location: Côte d’IvoireThomas 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.
Henry Manning
International account manager
Team: SchoolsHenry 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.
Ivelina Manolova
Assistant head of sales - Academic
Team: AcademicIvelina 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.
Noelia Garcia
Regional manager - East Africa and South America
Team: SchoolsNoelia 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.
Dyana Greenaway
Warehouse manager (books)
Team: WarehouseDyana takes a lead on packing large contracts for our customers. Dyana is also one of our qualified forklift drivers, first aiders and fire wardens. Dyana likes to socialise and spend time with her family in her spare time.
Paulo Guerreiro
Representative
Location: MozambiquePaulo Guerreiro has been appointed Mallory International’s representative. He has been a bookseller for 24 years, and for the last 20 in Mozambique. Since 2011, he has been the managing Partner of Livrarias Conhecimento, one of the 3 major bookshops in Mozambique, which supplies schools and universities all over the country.
Arthur Barigye Mugunga
Representative
Location: RwandaArthur is the Mallory representative in Rwanda. He has helped us tender for a number of tertiary projects, with significant success.
Tafesse Solomon
Representative
Location: EthiopiaTafesse 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.
Zuriana Van Rijswijk
Education consultant
Location: MalaysiaZuri Van Rijswijk is part of our SE Asian team with responsibility for Malaysia. Zuri was born in Malaysia and has been immersed in the educational world, having worked alongside Gerry Slessenger in North Africa for the world’s largest educational corporate group. She is married to an outstanding educator, Martin, who has had headships in Egypt, Germany, Thailand, New Zealand and now Malaysia.
Zuri can speak Malay, Arabic and Tamil with English of course and will be responsible for bringing Mallory for Schools leading services to international schools, colleges and universities in Malaysia. She is based in Kuala Lumpur (which she knows very well) visiting new and potential customers.
Daniel McCarthy
Sales support coordinator
Team: SchoolsDaniel helps with order processing and liaises with the warehouse and schools team. He is also studying graduate entry medicine, and in his spare time enjoys martial arts. Having competed many times with boxing, he plans to compete with Brazilian jiu-jitsu in the near future.
Olivia Perkins
Senior regional manager – Europe
Team: SchoolsOlivia 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.
Robyn Bennett
International account manager
Team: SchoolsRobyn 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.
Antoine Donnet-Roche
International account manager
Team: AcademicAntoine 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.
Joshua Hockings
Warehouse operative
Team: WarehouseJosh focuses mainly on packing educational supplies for Mallory’s schools customers. In his spare time Josh follows Liverpool football club, and is a gamer. Josh is also a bit of a car fanatic and can often be found detailing his current vehicle.
Magali Savoye
Head of sales - Schools
Team: SchoolsMagali 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.
Gary Davies
Head of accounts
Team: FinanceGary 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.
Olivia Foulkes
International account manager
Team: AcademicOlivia 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.
Alisa Ruiz
International account manager
Team: SchoolsAlisa 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.
Hussein Wazni
Representative
Location: SenegalHussein 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.
Misozi Zondi
Representative
Location: ZambiaMisozi 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.
Meet our worldwide team
Our hard-working head office staff and international representatives are available to help you with any enquiry about books or other educational resources. Please get in touch.
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Zara Dosanjh
Digital Communications Specialist
Team: AcademicZara joined the Mallory team in August 2023. As our Digital Communications Specialist, she creates engaging, strategised content for our newsletters and social media. As an English BA student, Zara is also an avid music and film enthusiast.
Gary Davies
Head of accounts
Team: FinanceGary 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.
Evariste Adjaho
Representative
Location: TogoEvariste 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.
Sancha Rees
Director
Team: LeadershipSancha 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.
Robert Baxter
Warehouse operative
Team: WarehouseRob has over 25 years experience of warehouse related work, including working for a company supplying medical equipment. He is experienced in all aspects of our warehouse operations, especially dealing with consolidations. Rob is trilingual, speaking English, Dutch and German, having attended a lyceum in the Netherlands. He was a qualified yacht-master, and he enjoys angling, fly fishing in particular, fly tying, macro photography and looking after his six-acre garden when time permits.
Julian Hardinge
Chairman
Team: LeadershipJulian 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.
David Johnson
International account manager
Team: AcademicDavid handles the orders for home-schooling company Wolsey Hall as well as managing the journal and magazine subscriptions for various Mallory customers. David graduated from the University of Exeter with a degree in drama, and co-manages his own independent theatre company ‘Sun & Moon Theatre’ who specialise in Shakespeare’s plays.
Robyn Bennett
International account manager
Team: SchoolsRobyn 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.
Olivia Perkins
Senior regional manager – Europe
Team: SchoolsOlivia 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.
Antoine Donnet-Roche
International account manager
Team: AcademicAntoine 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.
Caroline Mangan
Admin and accounts assistant
Team: FinanceCaroline has extensive experience of working in accounts. Having studied business at the Institute of Technology at Munster Technological University, Caroline is now working towards a major in business management. Caroline enjoys reading, walking and spending time with her family.
Paulo Guerreiro
Representative
Location: MozambiquePaulo Guerreiro has been appointed Mallory International’s representative. He has been a bookseller for 24 years, and for the last 20 in Mozambique. Since 2011, he has been the managing Partner of Livrarias Conhecimento, one of the 3 major bookshops in Mozambique, which supplies schools and universities all over the country.
Mahne Kruger
Representative
Location: NamibiaMahne 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.
Dianne Nolan
Sales support coordinator
Team: AcademicDianne graduated from Ollscoil na Gaillimhe with a B.A. in geography and archaeology, followed by an M.Sc. in local and regional development from DTU. Afterwards working in the Irish national heritage services for more than 17 years. She is an avid reader, especially of art, history and politics, and also loves being outdoors in the rugged South West.
Gaulphine Nyirenda
Representative
Location: MalawiGaulphine has represented Mallory in Malawi since 1989, making her our longest serving partner. She also represents leading publishers, and owns the best bookshop in Lilongwe. Over the years we have been consistently successful in Malawi, with both projects and regular business.
Henry Manning
International account manager
Team: SchoolsHenry 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.
Moses Mutumba
Representative
Location: UgandaMoses Mutumba represents Mallory in Uganda with a precision and efficiency all his own. Both he and Sarah Nassuna 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.
Conor Cottrell
Warehouse operative
Team: WarehouseConor joined Mallory in April 2011, and after a break doing other things, has once again become an integral part of the warehouse team. Conor previously travelled to Ethiopia for Mallory to help oversee the unloading and supply of a tender award. In his spare time Conor likes to play darts, go to the gym and follow his beloved Chelsea whenever possible.
Kirsten Dolby
Administrative manager
Team: FinanceKirsten plays a significant role in the accounts and admin department. Born and raised in Oxford, she now lives in the seaside resort that is Teignmouth where she enjoys up-cycling furniture and running competitively in her spare time.
Gervas Ifunya
Representative
Location: TanzaniaGervas Ifunya has been handling the operations for Mallory in Tanzania for many years and was appointed representative in April 2016.
Rachel Dickson
Director
Team: LeadershipRachel joined Mallory after graduating from Sheffield University with a degree in Hispanic studies. After a break in Mexico, volunteering in marine conservation, she re-joined us in 2009 to develop the international schools business. She now specialises in the systems side of the business, including the Mallory Online Portal. She is one of our fluent Spanish speakers. Now the mum of a cracking little girl, Rachel enjoys nothing more than a kick around and a BBQ on one of our beautiful East Devon beaches.
Margaret Nyambura
Representative
Location: KenyaMargaret 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.
Vic Gazis
Head of business development
Team: SchoolsVic 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.
Haydn Mullineux
Head of sales - Academic
Team: AcademicHaydn 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.
Misozi Zondi
Representative
Location: ZambiaMisozi 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.
Olivia Foulkes
International account manager
Team: AcademicOlivia 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.
Dipika Kulkarni
Digital sales and support manager
Team: AcademicDipika handles the digital sales for all the Mallory customers globally. Dipika received her MBA from Anglia Ruskin University, UK. Prior to joining Mallory, she worked in digital sales and marketing for over four years. On a personal side, Dipika is a cooking enthusiast, loves crafting and travelling.
Gerry Slessenger
Representative
Location: New ZealandGerry brings to Mallory over 40 years’ experience in educational procurement and logistics. He has managed two supply companies in the UK and Africa (one a charity helping missions and aid agencies with all their needs especially in emergency relief situations) and has also worked for the USA’s largest educational corporation in international sales. He has lived in Africa for many years and has travelled to 94 countries worldwide and out of his top five countries worldwide, New Zealand remains No.1.
His passions are history (military), golf, easy reading (William Boyd, Ken Follett, Jeffrey Archer) and Christian apologetics. He has 9 grandchildren all scattered around the globe. Oh, and by the way he has a mini zoo of various animals including a possum!
Joshua Hockings
Warehouse operative
Team: WarehouseJosh focuses mainly on packing educational supplies for Mallory’s schools customers. In his spare time Josh follows Liverpool football club, and is a gamer. Josh is also a bit of a car fanatic and can often be found detailing his current vehicle.
Jan Langmaier
Regional manager – Europe (Czech office)
Team: SchoolsJan 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.
Thomas Cakpo
Representative
Location: Côte d’IvoireThomas 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.
Sophie Hardinge-Walsh
Managing director
Team: LeadershipSophie has substantial experience of Africa, including four years as both a director and project manager for an NGO in southeast Madagascar. She has also managed various projects within the UK charity sector, primarily with homeless and disability organisations. Sophie develops and oversees strategies to achieve short- and long-term goals for Mallory. Sophie travelled all over the world in her 20’s. These days she loves walking for miles along the coastal path and hanging out with her two boys.
Ivelina Manolova
Assistant head of sales - Academic
Team: AcademicIvelina 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.
Jim Bicknell
Warehouse operative
Team: WarehouseJim joined Mallory in 2021 and subsequently became the assistant warehouse manager for the academic warehouse in 2022. An avid music fan, Jim also follows Liverpool football club.
Hussein Wazni
Representative
Location: SenegalHussein 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.
Noelia Garcia
Regional manager - East Africa and South America
Team: SchoolsNoelia 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.
Arthur Barigye Mugunga
Representative
Location: RwandaArthur is the Mallory representative in Rwanda. He has helped us tender for a number of tertiary projects, with significant success.
Fidelis Katongo
Representative
Location: ZambiaFidelis Katongo has been Mallory’s representative since 2006. His daughter, Misozi Zondi, has just joined him to share the representation. Their family have been well known in the book trade in Zambia for a number of years.
Louis Wenley
Senior business development manager
Team: SchoolsLouis 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.
Dyana Greenaway
Warehouse manager (books)
Team: WarehouseDyana takes a lead on packing large contracts for our customers. Dyana is also one of our qualified forklift drivers, first aiders and fire wardens. Dyana likes to socialise and spend time with her family in her spare time.
Tafesse Solomon
Representative
Location: EthiopiaTafesse 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.
Anthony Faison
Representative
Location: CameroonTony 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.
Irene Inan
Representative
Location: South Africa, Lesotho, SwazilandIrene 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.
Jacky Beauchamp
IT manager
Team: SystemsJacky joined Mallory in the journals department and has since segued into the information and communications technology aspect of the company as well as dealing with the US import shipments.
Daniel McCarthy
Sales support coordinator
Team: SchoolsDaniel helps with order processing and liaises with the warehouse and schools team. He is also studying graduate entry medicine, and in his spare time enjoys martial arts. Having competed many times with boxing, he plans to compete with Brazilian jiu-jitsu in the near future.
Christian Hardinge-Walsh
Head of warehouse operations
Team: WarehouseChristian oversees the operations in both Mallory warehouses. The ever-changing business and growth provide a constant challenge whereby every day is different. In his spare time Christian likes to collect vinyl records and go fishing with his two youngest sons. He is also a keen darts player and Tottenham fan.
Jamie Wood
Warehouse operative
Team: WarehouseJamie mainly concentrates on processing goods coming into the warehouse. In his spare time Jamie enjoys following Manchester United and has recently taken up playing darts.
Alisa Ruiz
International account manager
Team: SchoolsAlisa 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.
Alice Kanyamuneza
Representative
Location: BurundiAlice has represented Mallory International in Burundi since May 2021.
Sarah Sassuna
Representative
Location: UgandaSarah 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.
Martin Mellish
Warehouse manager (resources)
Team: WarehouseMartin joined Mallory in November 2022, and is responsible for the warehouse operations for orders of educational resources and furniture.
Beryl Stanley-Marbell
Representative
Location: GhanaIn 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.
Zuriana Van Rijswijk
Education consultant
Location: MalaysiaZuri Van Rijswijk is part of our SE Asian team with responsibility for Malaysia. Zuri was born in Malaysia and has been immersed in the educational world, having worked alongside Gerry Slessenger in North Africa for the world’s largest educational corporate group. She is married to an outstanding educator, Martin, who has had headships in Egypt, Germany, Thailand, New Zealand and now Malaysia.
Zuri can speak Malay, Arabic and Tamil with English of course and will be responsible for bringing Mallory for Schools leading services to international schools, colleges and universities in Malaysia. She is based in Kuala Lumpur (which she knows very well) visiting new and potential customers.
Magali Savoye
Head of sales - Schools
Team: SchoolsMagali 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.