Natural Balance Foods

Normally heard saying . . . 'Great news guys', 'so what's the plan team?' and 'and another good month!'

Often seen . . . On the phone talking to our lovely customers and running off to meetings with a car load of goodies!

Blasts from the past . . . Grew up in Nigeria and Australia and after Uni hitchhiked round South Africa and Namibia.  Loves running and completed half marathons and triathlons and one day plans to swim the channel!

Favourite Animal . . . 4 legs, mane and a tail . . . say no more!

Often heard saying . . . 'What would captain simple do?', 'How can I be helpful?', 'Getting better all the time!', 'Nobody get healthy eating processed food' and 'Imagine that!'

Finds Joy In . . . Simplicity, helpfulness, learning, teaching, fitness, the great outdoors, random silliness, log cabins, vagabonding, my wonderful family and oddball assortment of friends

Best advice ever received . . . Be part of the solution

Favourite Animal . . . All the clever ones!

Often heard saying . . . 'hold on I'll just transfer you' and 'Yeah in a minute!'

Often seen . . . Under a pile of invoices, answering the phone and drinking lots and lots of sparkling water

Blast from the past . . . born in South Africa and lived on the island of Sardinia in Italy for most of my teenage years

Normally heard saying . . . 'Where are Jamie and Greg?', 'Do you know anything about . . ?' and 'I've already done that'

Often seen . . . holding things together, cheerfully chatting with customers, playing with her post it notes, making problems disappear, owning the tidiest desk on earth

Finds Joy In . . . my cat, Arsenal FC and horse riding

Blasts from the Past . . . History and Politics degree at University

Often seen . . . debuting her latest charity shop or Ebay bargain, and carrying soup very carefully across the office

Finds Joy In . . . spinning and cycling, exploring with her Jack Russells, teaching others how to think and talk 'Dog' as a trainer at 'Dog School' on the weekends.  Extracting payment on overdue invoices!

Blasts from the Past . . . Jumped out of a plan above Las Vegas with the Flying Elvis', they asked me to stay and be their Flying Priscilla!  Has a degree in metalwork.

Often seen . . . Answering the phone, being cheerful to customers, making cups of coffee and munching on Nakd Raisins - Cherry are the best!

Blasts from the past . . . Teaching degree from the University of East Anglia, then living in 12 different houses in 16 years before settling nicle in Thame, Oxfordshire.

Described as . . . Happy, friendly, helpful, always sees the positive in things AND a Michael Buble groupie

Normally heard saying . . . 'Result', as another customer comes aboard the Nakd wholefood revolution.

Often seen . . . Munching Nakd treats, staring at the laptop and rubbing his hands together in gleeful anticipation of the next 'big win'

Described as . . . 'Spaniel Boy', hyperactive, easily excitable with a lot more still to learn and a whole lotta love to share!

Blasts from the past . . . travelled around the world at 18, before gaining a degree in Geography

Often heard saying . . . 'when we going to pay this?' and 'anyone seen that invoice from?'

Finds Joy In . . . order, organisation, schedules, forward planning and not being surprised!

Blasts from the Past . . . grew up in Slovakia, trained as a nurse in the Czech Republic, now nearly at the point where have been in the UK longer than anywhere else!

Favourite Animals . . . love them all, but have a soft spot for German Shepherds

Often heard saying: ‘I’ll put a brief together for that’, ‘nice piece of activity, 'you know what we could do' and ‘cuppa tea would be great’.

Blasts from the past: Originally from north of the border, but lured down south by the bright lights of London and the inference that London life might be slightly more exciting than a wee small town. They weren’t far wrong.

Finds joy in: Good comedy, dining out, dining in, traveling, log fires and mugs of tea on a freezing cold day. Simple, really.

Favourite animals: Cats – I have two called Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia. Oh and giraffes and bearded dragons are pretty cool too. I’d love a micro pig. Oh yeah.

Often Seen . . . smiling, getting jobs done and eating sushi

Finds Joy In . . . gym, playing football and squash, watching teams like Liverpool and Tottenham fail

Blasts from the Past . . . mountain biking through the Australian outback fire trails in the height of summer!

Favourite Animal . . . the Slow Loris

Normally heard saying . . . 'I've found a great distributer for our bars!', 'Can we exhibit at this show?' and 'Did you watch the match last night?'

Often seen . . . with headphones on lost in a spread sheet, loading the car with customer samples and loading his pockets with TREK Flapjacks

Finds Joy In . . . Family, friends, T.V. Box Sets, playing golf and Tottenham Hotspur FC

Favourite Animals . . . Our 2 cats, Fenton & Molly and our future puppy . . . once my wife relents and lets us have one!

Often seen . . . singing very loudly (and without tune) to the radio - especially Bowie, The Clash and Hendrix

Finds joy in . . . Music Festivals, Fulham FC, British Cinema, My Beautiful Wife and our dog Seven

Favourite Animal . . . Dogs

Blasts from the Past . . . Wrote and produced my bands album and played all over the country with the likes of Billy Bragg and UK Subs until a hand injury ended my rock star lifestyle.  I'm now quite content watching my son's band.

Often heard saying . . . 'Berry Delight bar for me please!' and 'lovely!'

Finds joy in . . . My lovely son who now towers over me and enjoys patting me on the head, good design, beautiful little packages, the simplicity of all things Apple related, funny things that tickle me and make me laugh out loud, making things . . . Anything!

Often seen . . . sat in the corner mumbling to myself (a product of being freelance for so long and having no one to talk to!)  Everyone ignores me now!

Favourite Animals . . . My son's two Goldfish - Usher and Beyonce (RIP . . . unfortunately Beyonce ate Usher . . . females can be ruthless!)

Blasts from the past . . . travelling around Australia, people watching for 6 months after my degree - fabulous!

Normally heard saying . . . 'Fab' or 'What's next on the list?'

Find Joy In . . . My wonderful husband and 2 daughters, holidays - definitely hot ones, dining out with friends and family, keeping fit, watching beautiful sunsets and sitting by the river watching the world go by

Blasts from the Past . . . I spent over 20 years selling biscuits, crisps and cakes - I'm now on the right track to eating healthy!

Favourite Animal . . . our west highland terrier; Bruno

Often seen . . . running after a cute but very cheeky toddler

Finds joy in . . . swimming, cooking, art and drawing and my family

Blast from the past . . . born and bred in South Africa until meeting my husband in Cape Town and now living in Buckinghamshire

Favourite Animal . . . Pugs!

Often seen . . . running back and forth to the warehouse, and being told off for not wearing my hi-vis!

Finds joy in . . . Formula 1 - especially Sebastian Vettel, running/going to the gym, music and soaps - mostly Home & Away!

Blast from the past . . . Working at a Cattle Market for 8 years so know all the different breeds of cattle and sheep, know how much they weigh on average, how much they are worth and can speak Farmer fluently!

Favourite Animal . . . would have to say Tigers . . . but would love a Micro Pig

Often heard saying . . . 'I'll fix that!' or 'is it 11 o'clock yet?'

Finds Joy In . . . Xbox, watching movies and woodwork

Blasts from the past . . . Crayfishing with my mates and canoeing the rivers of Oxford

Favourite Animal . . . The Bearded Dragon

Often seen . . . in a vest, chopping up wood to make useful things

Often seen . . . Showing up early, wearing shorts.

Finds Joy In . . . Exploring, camper vans, apple gadgets, running, swimming, sunshine and campfires, his wonderful wife and three rapidly growing kids.

Blasts from the past . . . Helped set up businesses on every continent on Earth except Antartica . . . yet!

Often described as . . .Mr International, energetic, mischievous, the guys that gets stuff done.

Often seen . . . eating bars at great speed

Finds joy in . . . travel, trying new foods, silence and spending time with my wife and kids

Blast from the past . . . I used to have long hair down to my waist! 

Favourite Animal . . . I love cats!

Normally Heard Saying . . .  Does anyone want a water? Did you see the football at the weekend?  

Often Seen . . . Studying a sales report, looking for Nakd bars in the supermarkets, in the gym, on the football pitch, or playing with my son!

Finds Joy In . . . My amazing wife, being a Dad, spending time with family and friends, exercising, Liverpool FC and going to the Safari Park!

Favourite Animals . . . Dolphins – they seem to have a joy for life!

Normally heard saying . . . that spreadsheet would work better with a V Lookup or we need a process to improve this!

Finds joy in . . . Family, new gadgets, playing golf, going out with friends

Favourite Animals . . . Dogs

Normally heard saying….”Top of the morning”, (I’m Irish after all!)

Described as …the professor, I studied for a PhD and there isn’t much I don’t know about food science

Favourite animal…Batoidea (more commonly known as rays) and sea turtles, my second home is under the water scuba diving

Often seen.. chasing around international airports 

Finds joy in..Rugby, Golf and having the 'Craic'

Blast from the pastŠ Spending a few years in the good old US of A, enjoying (surviving) the experience of LA & NY living !