History

Tony Shakespeare started Sharay Marketing in the autumn of 1976, acting as a commercial sales agent for bathroom and associated products. After many years working the South East of the country Tony employed Nathan Helms.

Nathan had been working in a busy showroom on the South Coast and had been there about three years when he joined Tony in the summer of 1990. Nathan’s enthusiastic approach led to excellent results and after many years of successful teamwork Nathan was appointed as a partner in April 1999.

In January of 2000 Mark Livesey joined the team. Mark had worked with Triton showers as an area sales manager and also for Dimplex heating as a Regional Sales Manager. Mark's professional sales training and similarly professional approach has lead to excellent results in the North London and Northern Home Counties area and as a result of his fine performance Mark was appointed as a partner in April 2002.

Working the competitive area of South London and the South East is Geoff Hogg. Geoff joined us in September 2002 after many years at Gummers. He had also worked in the Merchant and Retail sector and his experience there along with his tenacious approach has proved invaluable.

In February of 2005 Sharay expanded further by employing David Cheshire. David is working alongside Mark in Sharay North, covering East Anglia and surrounding area. David brings with him first class IT skills and a similarly structured approach to business development and despite not being involved in the industry until then has yielded excellent results.

Sharay Marketing Team

To further strengthen the depth of coverage in the Sharay area we have taken on Angela Boon. Angela had been working in the busy sales office at Crosswater when she expressed an interest in moving out to external sales. Angela's conscientious and thorough approach has helped her maintain and build the relationship with our customer base.

For some time Sharay had looked at the Merchant field as a way of increasing sales with particular brands. To that end we took on Daniel Webb in May2008. Daniel has worked for a top London showroom and for a large national Distributor of Bathroom Ware. Daniel primarily covers the National Merchant Groups along with a number of independents in Sharay South, effectively shadowing the same regions as Nathan & Geoff. This means that Nathan & Geoff can focus on the independent showrooms and strengthen the brands with them.

Most recently Sharay have decided to replicate this role in Sharay North. To that end we have recruited Angela Cryan. Angela has worked in a very busy North London showroom for 15 years. Her enthusiastic approach and great product knowledge will, we trust, ensure further growth in that area. Like Daniel, Angela will be shadowing the regions covered by Mark & David.

Sharay Marketing believes that with a team of 8 people covering this area will yield both excellent results and build a sound relationship with our customer base.