Our Team

Gary joined Cefco in October 2006 as a BDM, representing 4 of the companies that fall under the Cefco Group , F4P, Deluce, MCG & Levante. His areas were for all CEF branches in Scotland and also the Newcastle group. In 2009, Garys area was extended and he gained a further 2 CEF groups, now looking after all branches within Durham and Nelson groups , along with the other groups mentioned above. In May 2015, Gary was promoted to the National Sales Manager for the Cefco Group and now manages our team of professional BDMs who cover, F4P, Fusion lamps, Fusion Luminaires, Levanté and MCG Industrial. At this point Gary was still looking after the branches within 4 CEF groups. In May 2016 to present, Gary no longer has any CEF groups which he solely look after. Gary has now employed a new BDM to take over the groups he was looking after and this now freely allows Gary the time to concentrate on his job role as a National Sales Manager and supporting my BDM team out on the field.

Rachel started her career within the Group in 1994 as an office Junior. Later that year in the month of May she was asked to move department and moved to the MCG facility on the Arksey Lane estate working in the offices there as an Internal Sales person. Rachel worked at the MCG side of the operation for a couple of years until moving back in to Cefco in 1996. After continuing to work for the Cefco Group in the offices at Arksey Lane, Bentley. Rachel then moved to our new facility on Ten pound walk site in 2005. She continues to be a valuable member of the F4P team always willing to get involved face to face with customers and utilising her many years of experience when dealing with customers enquiries.

Maurice started working in MCG the Motor Control Gear division on 5th January 1998 working in the sales office. Maurice showed an aptitude for motor control gear and quickly gained knowledge and confidence. After 1 year he was given the opportunity of looking after a number of groups in an external sales capacity . Maurice continued to take on more Groups and increase sales but also the profile of MCG in CEF. In 2001, Maurice was asked to join the team opening up the new MCG office in Edmonton, in North London as Office Manager. Following on from this, with a change in General Manager, it was decided that more focus should be put on the main distribution centre in Doncaster, which meant the closing of the external depots. It was decided that a presence was still required and so Maurice was asked to stay and become a full time sales engineer for the south of the UK. In 2006, Maurice was asked to consider moving to Ireland in an effort to help the growing CEF network which he accepted. As well as covering the 5 Cefco companies F4P , MCG , Levante , Fusion Lamps and Fusion Luminaires in North and Southern Ireland, Maurice took on the Isle of Man Branch, Jersey and Guernsey. Maurice continues to drive business forward and has proven to be a major asset to Cefco.

Paul started working for the company in July 2005. Paul started out his career in one of In-house Division within the Cefco Group companies called MCG , Motor Control Gear. Paul started his carrier within the factory picking and packing orders within the dispatch department and distributing stock nationwide. In 2006 Paul was asked to join the MCG internal sales team and took this opportunity over seeing six CEF groups which were key accounts at the time. In 2008 Paul was approached by the company to become the first full time MCG Area Sales Manager working in the field and working face to face with CEF and their customers throughout the entire UK. After the amalgamation in 2011 when MCG joined F4P , Levante and Deluce in their the new Cefco Group distribution facility Paul still worked as an Areas Sales Manager for the MCG group. In more recent years Pauls role changed as he was asked to become a Business Development Manager for F4P, Levante and MCG Industrial. Paul looks after 8 key accounts by driving business back through CEF dealing with many major blue chip company ie: BBC DIY SOS and ITV Productions. In return this has given Paul a great opportunity making TV appearances and meeting well known celebrity stars which is his claim to fame.

After studying for a BA (Hons) in Creative Writing at the University of Bedfordshire, Emily moved to Crawley to be closer to her family. The move happened to coincide with a new store opening within a toy company founded by her uncle and his business partner. Emily helped to develop the Croydon store from 2012 with a team of just four people. With only three existing stores at the time of opening, Emily played a crucial role in helping to develop the business as a whole. Within two years Emily took on the role of Assistant manager and then quickly stepped up as store Manager. After seven years the business is going strong with eight branches across multiple regions. The company has held “Independent retailer of the year” two years running and a special recognition award at the Toy industry awards. Emily had sole responsibility for complete store merchandising, stock ordering, staffing and event organising along with many other duties. In December 2018 Emily helped the branch set a new company record for highest sales achieved in one day, a record which was set the previous year in the same branch. It was with a heavy heart but with much excitement that Emily decided she needed a new challenge for her career and joined Cefco group in January 2019. She now covers the South East of England looking after the F4P, Levanté and MCG brands.

Jason’s background included over 10 years retail experience before he joined the company in November 2011. He began his journey in a newly created warehouse role within MCG Industrial, however this was short lived as a couple of months later he was drafted into the MCG sales office, where he spent three years gaining skills and knowledge of the Motor Control Business. In October 2014 Jason joined the Cefco stores team and was soon promoted to Assistant Despatch Manager. Jason was also a key member of a small team that introduced and implemented the scanner system into the warehouse and also took responsibility for the trade counter. In November 2017 Jason then took on the role of overseeing the debit department, updating and modernising procedures, spending a further two years with the stores team. Whilst working in debits Jason enrolled in the talent pool training scheme, which was developed and introduced into the CEFCO Group, as a result he is now a member of F4P sales team full time.