Martin Wilde is Managing Director of Martin Wilde Associates Ltd and has been researching the office products industry for over 25 years. He also is the Contributing Editor for BOSS Today - the Federation's quarterly magazine.

After taking a career break to raise four children, Kelly returned to work in 2011. Following a successful stint managing a large portfolio of schools for a UK firm specialising in catering for the education sector, Kelly joined OPI as the company's finance manager. Four years on, that role has expanded to cover HR, H&S and Operations.

Mike has spent over 60 years in our industry, starting out from school with WH Smith then Straker's and Ryman in London and also with manufacturers such as Faber Castell, Eldon Rubbermaid, Geographics and Smead.

He has been a trustee of the Charity for more than 25 years!

Graeme joined the Industry in 1967...

He has been a Director with Acco and  Kingfield Heath and Chairman of Office Friendly .

He became a Trustee 12 years ago and became the Chairman in 2012. 

Edward has worked in the office supplies industry for 30 years in companies that include Helix, Rexel and Acco, as well as in buying and sales groups. 

He has been a Trustee for over 25 years and is still going strong.

Frances has been involved in the Business Supplies industry for many years, having grown up with parents running a stationery company. Later, after spending 5 years working for BT , she carried out a management buy-out of Springfield Business Supplies in 1997. Having completed the acquisition of two other companies since then, the original company is still Bedford based.

She has been a trustee of the Boss Business Supplies Charity since 2010 and carries out an active fund raising and marketing role alongside her usual trustee position.

She became a non-executive director of the Boss board in 2019.

Sara's connection with the business supplies industry spans over 30 years. With a background in PR and marketing, including working in the not-for-profit sector, Sara is director of office products distributor OPN. Sara is also a member of the BOSS Business Supplies Charity marketing sub-committee helping to spread the word about the work of the charity and encourage fundraising.