Company Directors

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Jim W Panton
Chairman and Chief Executive

Jim W Panton joined the company as Chairman in 2010. His background includes a career in the Armed Forces and more recently as a Senior Executive in organisations including Erskine and Poppyscotland.

 

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Jim R Panton
Company Founder / Owner / Retired

Jim is an influential and inspirational water industry figure with almost 40 years experience in the trade all over the world, including the UK , USA and South Africa .

He studied Civil Engineering at Wits. University in Johannesburg in the 1960s and is now one of the word's foremost experts in the business of water quality engineering.

He pioneered specialised water quality engineering techniques both at home and abroad and after a five-year joint venture, founded Panton McLeod in 1994.

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Iain Weir
Chief Operating Officer

Iain is regarded as one of Panton McLeod's biggest success stories having started in a hands-on role at grass roots level in 1996 before proceeding to the post of Managing Director just five years later and then Chief Operating officer in 2011.

Having graduated from Paisley University with a BSc Honours in Chemistry, Iain put his engineering skills, learned in previous years in the building industry, to good use at Panton McLeod and so began a meteoric rise through the ranks. His broad range of skills and calm and calculating nature saw him progress quickly to join the board.

Under his guidance the company has gone from strength to strength. Now, with over 15 years experience in the water industry, Iain is well regarded as an expert in his field.

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Paul Henderson
Sales & Marketing Director

Paul is another success story who has worked his way through the ranks and into a senior position through a combination of hard graft and talent. He joined the company in 1998 after graduating from Liverpool University with a B. Eng. in Civil Engineering and like Iain, started out at grass roots level.

The company wasn't slow to spot his management potential and he was quickly elevated to the position of Operations Manager.

Having been involved fully at board level for some time Paul was officially appointed to the board as Sales and Operations Director in June 2005, bringing his engineering, client and business talents to the upper echelons of the company. In 2011 the re-structuring brought on by the growth of the business saw him move to focus his attention on Sales and Marketing.


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Shelagh Briggs
Finance Director

Shelagh set up her own private accountancy practice after graduating from Borders College in Galashiels and earned her spurs in the cut throat numbers game.

After being contracted to Panton McLeod on a short-term assignment in 1995 the company soon realised her capabilities. Shelagh revolutionised the company's financial, administrative and personnel affairs at the time and has overseen the development and growth of these functions ever since as a critical member of the board.

 

 

 

 

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Panton McLeod Ltd · 1 Waverley Place · Newton St Boswells · Melrose · Roxburghshire · TD6 0RS · Tel 01835 822 835 · Email info@pantonmcleod.co.uk