Company directors

Tony Ratcliffe

Chairman

Tony is the founder and owner of Paxton Access Ltd.

Since the beginning, he has been involved with product innovation and design. He brings considerable business experience to the company and has played a vital part in its success to date.

Drew Hoggatt

Managing Director

Drew is responsible for running Paxton Access, ensuring that it functions properly as a company, providing an optimum profit whilst maintaining optimum growth and ensuring a high standard in every company activity.

As well as company direction, Drew takes part in detailed work for the company in sales and marketing, operations and new products & engineering.

Adam Stroud

Sales and Marketing Director

Adam has responsibility for all of our Sales and Marketing activities. Together with his sales management team, he ensures that we increase our sales at the optimum rate both in the UK and overseas.

Adam ensures that our internal and external sales teams are operating properly and he makes sure that our marketing department has the direction and support that it requires.

Paul Rawlinson

Operations Director

There are many complex problems to solve in order to manufacture, sell and support goods. From organising the buildings in which we work to running the factory and its procedures, Paul is responsible for making sure that everything runs smoothly.

In a competitive world, the buying of raw materials is a vital task for Paxton Access and Paul and his team work hard to achieve best prices from the UK or overseas.

Mark Thompson

Managing Director Gendis

Mark runs Gendis which undertakes research work for Paxton and OEM/ODM design and development work for Paxton and others.

Mark's responsibilities include setting the direction of the company, ensuring it meets its financial targets, seeking out customers, writing proposals and selecting products for development.

Paul Bannister

Director Gendis

Paul is responsible for research undertaken by Gendis for Paxton and other customers. He and his team investigate and evaluate new technologies with a careful view to their suitability for inclusion into our products now and into the future. He and his team also provide consultancy to the Net2 development team and will provide advice and guidence on all new system architectures.

Jan Dartnell

Finance Director

Jan has kept the company's finances in order for many years. She is responsible for the independent financial audit carried out every year and for returning the results to Companies House. She ensures that there is sufficient money available to pay the bills and keeps track of past present and future spending

Jan is also responsible for the company payroll.