New Staff

Lusi Mala - joined KI in July as a Sales Co-ordinator. Lusi comes to us having worked at the Law Society of England and Wales in London. Lusi developed skills in customer relations and managing incoming enquires as well as providing support to wider team members and the executive committee. Lusi will report to Maria David - Operations Manager.




John Vere - has recently been appointed Sales Manager - UK Northern Regions and will be responsible for growing our sales from the Midlands up to Scotland. John has considerable experience within the furniture industry having previously worked with dealers including Blueprint, Workplace By Design and Portfolio. During this time John regularly teamed up with KI on key projects and has a good understanding of our business and how we go to market. John is married and lives in Chesterfield. His interests include cycling, photography and he is also very accomplished in the sport of clay shooting. John will report to Sales Director David Venables.

Steve Vellozzo - joined KI in August as Regional Sales Manager - Middle East. Steve began his "furniture" career working as the District Manager for Steelcase in Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and Israel. After 5 years in that role, he left to pursue opportunities as an Export Manager in the UK, a Sales Manager role for Haworth, and then returned to Steelcase as Market Manager for Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in 2004. His most recent role was as General Manager for Premier Office, a Steelcase authorized dealership in Saudi Arabia. Steve and his wife, have three sons (with another child on the way), and have relocated to Bahrain from where he will run the Middle East operations for KI and will report directly to Jonathan Hindle, Managing Director, E.M.E.A.