Nick Hamblin
Chief Executive Officer
Bringing a wealth of knowledge from his previous role as Retail Director within Cotton Traders, Nick has overall responsibility for the business as Chief Executive Officer and has led the company for nearly ten years.
Leading the company from the top, Nick ensures that our values are brought to life through what we do and drives our success through our strategy. Nick is accountable for Cotton Traders’ overall performance, ensuring that we deliver the best as a business.
As Nick says, the best thing about Cotton Traders is the people – it’s fantastic to lead and be a part of such a wonderful team who live our values through their work and beyond. It’s an exciting time to join the company.
Mark Howlings
Chief Finance Officer
Mark is the person behind Cotton Traders’ figures and finances. Having worked at Cotton Traders within the accounts team for over 20 years and becoming a board member in 2004, Mark brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and financial expertise to the table as our Chief Finance Officer. In addition to the finance team, Mark’s responsibilities have grown in strength to include the addition of IT and heath & safety.
Over the past 20 years, Mark has seen the Cotton Traders team grow from around 80 employees to 1000 employees; more importantly, Mark has seen those from both his immediate team and the wider Cotton Traders team develop their skills and capability, boosting our performance and driving our success.
Shona Jameson
Chief Marketing Officer
With more than 20 years’ experience, Shona leads the way in all aspects of marketing from strategic development, performance marketing, data and analytics, customer segmentation, digital marketing and optimisation UX.
Shona joined the board of directors in 2014 following her success in her previous role within Cotton Traders as Head of Marketing & Ecommerce to amplify performance through direct and omnichannel marketing.
Shona is energetic with a natural drive to innovate, deliver and enthuse. Her determination doesn’t stop at the end of the working day either, when she more often than not sets off on another adventure, whether it’s to the Australian outback, the Philippines or the Namibian desert.