Donaldson Group

Before Joining the Donaldson Group, Les spent 18 Years managing and transforming IT organisations in the FMCG world. Most recently 8 years with Devro food casings, as IT director bringing together 4 separate IT organisations in to one group wide function and overhauling the IT applications landscape including an ERP roll out. Before this he spent 10 years in Procter & Gamble in various IT management roles culminating in managing IT for the Central Europe, Middle East & Africa Baby Care business. Outside of work, Les is a director of a homeless charity, enjoys running 10K’s and half marathons to keep fit and spending time with his young family.

Steve joined Nu-Style Products in November 2018 as Commercial Director and became Managing Director in April 2019. Before joining the business, he worked for a multi-national distributor to the building industry for 20 years, starting as Internal Sales before enjoying his time in External Sales. In 2008 he moved into operational positions finishing with multi-site responsibility across the north of Scotland.

Away from work Steve likes to spend time with his young family! However, when time allows he likes to run (well jog!) to keep the weight off but, his real passion is for golf, which he recently returned to after several years in “semi-retirement” due to family commitments.

Iain is the Managing Director of James Donaldson Timber and has been working in the timber trade since the day of his 18th birthday back in 1984. His role is to develop the corporate strategy for JDT and ensure the organisational structure, health and safety procedures and finances are there to support it. Continuing his trend of making career decisions on big birthdays he started as MD of JDT on his 40th birthday in May 2006, and has therefore been with us for over 10 years. His professional accomplishments extend beyond the Donaldson Group, as he is currently President of the Scottish Timber Trade Association and past Chairman of the National Softwood Division of the TTF. And it seems work projects aren’t enough for Iain, as he’s currently working on a two storey extension to his house and a four car garage!

Luke has been with DTE since October 2007 and Business Development Director since 2017. With over 20 years of experience in the Timber industry and a strong emphasis on developing people, Luke was the natural choice to become DTE’s new Managing Director. Luke and his young family enjoy spending weekends walking in the Shropshire Hills close to their home. Luke and his wife also enjoy cooking for friends and family, it’s not uncommon to have 20 round for Sunday lunch!

Mark started at Donaldson Group in 1986 as a management trainee. Throughout his three decades with the Group, Mark has taken on a variety of roles, including production assistant, quality assurance representative, stock manager and mill foreman. He then moved into systems management firstly as integrated systems manager, and then Head of Occupational Risk and Compliance Management.

Taking on the role of Chief Risk Officer in October 2022, he will continue to support the expansion of the Group into a more diverse product range and service offering through the ongoing delivery of a risk management strategy, as well as continue to identify and mitigate risks to make the business more resilient and more secure for stakeholders, and especially for colleagues.

Mark has an MSc in Quality Assurance and throughout his time with the Group, has led many advancements and improvements.

In his spare time, he enjoys walking his rottweiler dogs and he even runs a Facebook group for rottweilers. He also enjoys spending time with his grandchildren, and wood turning as well as holidays in the UK with friends who also own rottweiler dogs.

Pamela is currently Global Operational Excellence Director at Diageo, having held several senior leadership positions across the global beverage alcohol organisation, including technical, innovation, packaging operations, HR and global transformation areas.

Pamela joined the Donaldson board in February 2019 and in addition to her current responsibilities at Diageo, Pamela brings extensive skills in leadership and strategic thinking from experience covering the end to end supply chain in a European and Global context.

Pamela is also on the Board of Directors of North British Distillery; a Non-Executive Director of Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association and a trustee for the Big Hearts Community Trust.

In her free time, Pamela loves to spend time with her family and enjoys music, outdoor life and travel.

Colin is Chairman or Non-Executive Director at a number of public and private companies in the UK and overseas. A chartered accountant, he holds positions in building products, education, healthcare, leisure, oil services, pharmaceuticals, property and retail. He founded RMD which was acquired by Deloitte in 1999, and was formerly Chairman of Eurosales Finance PLC and Midas Capital PLC. He joined the Donaldson Group as a Non-Executive Director over 25 years ago, bringing his years of insight and experience to the table.

Neil is one of the timber industry’s most experienced professionals. He is the fifth generation of the Donaldson family to be part of the business. For over 40 years he has been part of the success story of the Donaldson Group. Having held numerous high profile Directorships throughout his career, Neil is currently Chairman of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon. He also serves on the Committee at the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. A passionate salmon fisherman, Neil’s interests also include golf, skiing and his family.