The team
Whether you’re a customer or a partner, the people at Bramble Hub are here to help.
Geoff Couling
Commercial Director
Geoff Couling
Commercial Director
As Commercial Director, Geoff manages the commercial team, and is responsible for contracting new opportunities. His significant experience of commercial contracting in the public sector enables us to contract quickly and efficiently with customers for the benefit of our partners.
Matt Bell
Strategic Alliances Director
Matt Bell
Strategic Alliances Director
Matt is our Strategic Alliances Director, leading on growth and expansion into new markets. He works with both customers and partners and supports bids on new frameworks.
Shanice Rostampour
Head of Partner Management
Shanice Rostampour
Head of Partner Management
Shanice is the Head of Partner Management. She is responsible for qualifying & approving new partners for onboarding, as well as collaborating with partners and guiding them through the UK public sector frameworks to secure their sales pipelines.
Richard Archer
Owner and Director
Richard Archer
Owner and Director
Richard is Owner and Director of Bramble. He has over 20 years' experience in government procurement frameworks, and is a passionate advocate of getting locally-based SMEs involved in public sector contracts. He is also non-executive director of OpenForum Europe, promoting the use of Open Standards and a level playing field for Open Source Software.
Ian Budden
Finance Director
Ian Budden
Finance Director
Finance Director Ian has worked with the Bramble group of companies since 2012. He uses his performance and leadership management skills to ensure that the finance team operates effectively and provides Bramble's customers and partners with the level of service and accuracy they need and expect.
Mahri Gulberdiyeva
Tendering Team Manager
Mahri Gulberdiyeva
Tendering Team Manager
Mahri heads the Openings & Opportunities Team, having joined Bramble in August 2015. Her drive, leadership, and dedication to precision ensures her team and our partners consistently meet bidding deadlines with high-quality submissions.
Jerry Barnett
Digital Marketing Manager
Jerry Barnett
Digital Marketing Manager
Jerry is the Digital Marketing Manager, responsible for developing Bramble Hub's online presence and communications and for helping to promote our partners. He has over 30 years of experience in the digital world, with a background in technology and business management.
Peter Duschinsky
Framework and Compliance Manager
Peter Duschinsky
Framework and Compliance Manager
Peter is Bramble Hub’s Framework and Compliance Manager. He writes and manages the bids that get us onto government procurement frameworks and is responsible for running our ISO accredited systems, ensuring we are following standards across the business.
Shilpa Daraji
Senior Accountant
Shilpa Daraji
Senior Accountant
Shilpa is Bramble Hub’s Senior Accountant. With a degree in accounting and finance and a long standing accounts background, Shilpa is our main liaison for both partner and customer finance teams whilst managing internal processes and supporting the Finance Director.
Jenna Evans
Member of the Partner Team
Jenna Evans
Member of the Partner Team
Jenna is Bramble Hub’s Partner Support, responsible for supporting Shanice, logging prospect leads for partners, and managing the Partner mailbox. Jenna is also responsible for ensuring our systems are kept up to date with key information to support partner selection for ITTs.
Oliver Morton
Financial Controller
Oliver Morton
Financial Controller
Oli is Bramble Hub's Financial Controller. With over 20 years of experience in accounting and finance, Oli works closely with the management team to manage the company’s operational finance function and ensure that customers and partners receive the highest levels of service.
Vili Karatanova
Accounts Assistant
Vili Karatanova
Accounts Assistant
Vili is Bramble Hub's Accounts Assistant, and the first point of contact for accounts queries from partners and customers. With several years of accounts experience, she is responsible for credit control and manages the processing of bills and invoices.
Rozan Ahmed
Senior Tender Administrator
Rozan Ahmed
Senior Tender Administrator
Rose is a senior member of the Openings & Opportunities team and has over a decade of experience in customer satisfaction, data analysis and quality assurance. She ensures that partners and customers receive support throughout the bidding process. She studied forensic science at London South Bank University.
Paul Speers
Sales operations
Paul Speers
Sales operations
Paul has worked closely with the Bramble Hub board for over 10 years with particular responsibility for special projects and sales operations.
Neil Simpson
Customer, contracts and tendering teams manager
Neil Simpson
Customer, contracts and tendering teams manager
Neil managed our customer, contracts and tendering teams for several years. He is now a non-executive director. Richard, our MD, worked for Neil when he first left university - and later returned the favour.
Paul Wyatt-Pike
Framework procurement specialist
Paul Wyatt-Pike
Framework procurement specialist
Paul is a framework procurement specialist. He has over 30 years in IT projects procurement and new business development, and was the co-founder of an IT procurement framework which was designed to make procurement easier, more dynamic and responsive to customer requirements.