The team

Meet the Merry Men (and Women)

About 24 of us run the yard, the lines and the lab. These six keep the whole operation pointing the right way. Every person on this page is a fictional character with an illustrated portrait.

Chris
CEO
Founded Gundi in 2019 after fifteen years running sawmills and watching good sawdust go up in smoke — the wrong kind. Engineer by training, optimist by necessity, and the only person allowed to call the dryer 'the Sheriff' to its face. Believes every offcut deserves a second life and every meeting deserves an agenda.
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Margaret
Marketing Manager
Runs the blog, the newsletter and anything with the gundi mascot on it. Previously marketed garden furniture, which she says is 'basically wood, but sitting down'. Swears the 'Stock up before the frost' campaign is a public service, not a sales tactic. It is both.
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Phoebe
Finance Director
Keeps the purse strings of Sherwood tied in a very neat double knot. Ex-audit, and it shows: three-way match or it doesn't get paid. Owns the cash forecast, credit control and the R&D tax claim, and has a sixth sense for a supplier invoice that's 'just a little bit higher than last time'.
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Winston
Warehouse Assistant
Master of the weighbridge, keeper of the hold tags and the man who knows exactly which corner of the yard floods first. Can tell sawdust moisture by squeezing a handful (he also uses the probe, as the SOP requires). Guards the warehouse like Little John guards a bridge.
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Adam
IT Administrator
Looks after everything with a plug, a password or a prompt. Introduced the AI agents with a firm rule: trade secrets never leave the forest. Runs the model bake-offs, approves model promotions and has opinions about tokens per second.
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Sebastian
Sales Executive
Knows every garden centre, care-home boiler and farm shop within sixty miles, and most of their dogs. Handles trade accounts, tenders and RFQs, and has never met a delivery postcode he couldn't price. His motto: take orders from the rich, deliver to everyone.
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