Board of Directors
Nigel Steljes - Owner
Innovation is at the core of Steljes and reflect the entrepreneurial character of Nigel Steljes, the founder and chairman of the company which he started in 1987. Nigel's knowledge of the AV/IT industry has enabled him to identify innovative technologies and successfully bring them to market before everyone else. This vision and focus led to the company being the first to market in the UK for the LCD panel, LCD projector & 42” plasma monitor.
Click here to read more...Success with the SMART Board interactive whiteboard has achieved sales of over 350,000 boards into the UK. Nigel’s hands-on approach spearheaded the company's phenomenal success, with the company being acknowledged in the Sunday Times fast track 100 companies for maintaining 100% growth for eight years in a row. Since that time, he has played a key role in securing exclusive distribution agreements that ensures Steljes is acknowledged as the true Value Added Distributor of choice for the vendor and reseller communities.
Martin Large - Group Chief Executive
A former banker in the 1980s, working in leverage fund management, Martin became disillusioned by the consolidation and culture within the industry. At around the time that he was considering his options, his old school friend Nigel Steljes got in touch to ask him to join the management team of his venture of the same name. Martin joined Steljes as Financial Director in June 1996, became Managing Director in March 2003 and Group Chief Executive when the company evolved in July 2005.
Click here to read more...Under Martin’s leadership the one-time projector distribution company has built its reputation and now stands firmly at the forefront of ICT in the education sector. It’s increasing its influence and is developing and adapting products for other markets including the military, corporate and public sectors.
Since his appointment, Martin has grown SMART Technologies’ total UK market share to a staggering 58 percent, shipping over 180,000 whiteboards to customers nationwide.
Martin’s main aim for Steljes has always been to grow as a successful and well-respected company that really makes a difference. His favourite part of the job, apart from the people, is being part of something successful - that matters.
Greg Tierney - Commercial Director
Greg joined Steljes in November 2007 as Market Development Manager for Ireland. Prior to joining Steljes Greg worked in a variety of senior sales and marketing roles with Dell Ireland. Greg was also part of the ICT Ireland group that wrote the “SMART Schools = SMART Economy” report that resulted in the recent €150 million investment in ICT in Schools. Greg has developed key partnerships for Steljes in Ireland and is concentrated on continuing to develop new partnerships, products and markets.
Click here to read more...Greg holds a Honours Degree in Marketing from the University of Glamorgan and is married with 2 children.
Conor McGrogan - Sales Director
Conor was the first employee in Ireland and joined Steljes in July 2007 as Channel Manager. During that time Conor has been responsible for identifying and building a nationwide partner base to sell our extensive portfolio of products and services. Prior to joining Steljes Conor worked in a variety of senior sales roles both in Ireland and internationally with Compaq and Hewlett Packard primarily looking after the Public and Financial Sectors.
Click here to read more...Conor will continue to work closely with our key partners and resellers to grow and drive revenue across our portfolio whilst at the same time identifying new opportunities and markets for Steljes Ireland Limited.
Shelley Sugden - Finance Director
In her role as Finance Director Shelley is responsible for the finance, purchasing and supply chain functions for Steljes. She joined Steljes in 2008 as Head of Finance and was instrumental in setting up a partnership with Syscap to launch flexible leasing options under the brand name of Steljes Choices. Her strong leadership skills and business acumen led to her promotion to the Board of Steljes as Finance Director in 2011.
{showhide title="Click here to read more..." template="normal" changetitle="Click here to close..." mousetitleistitle=true closeonclick=true titleasspan=true}Prior to working for Steljes, Shelley held a number of key leadership positions at J Sainsbury’s plc and Borders (UK) Ltd. She is a graduate of the University of Birmingham and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
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