Meet The Team
Richard Stoker
Founder / Managing Director
Richard, a Father of 3 founded the business in 1998. He lives in Exeter close to the factory and enjoys various interests outside of working hours; sailing, motorbikes, skiing, tennis and golf to name but a few.
Karl Lloyd
Chief Engineer
Chief engineer since 2010 Karl and his team keep the factory in shape and ensure we don’t let our customers down.
Clare Hunter
Office Manager
Alex Rostron
Technical Manager
Relatively new to the world of Technical, but achieving an AA+ grade in his first solo audit. Alex is using his experience in working as deputy TM with a number of predecessors alongside an extensive Engineering background to ensure our production complies with all necessary regulations and procedures.
Leigh-Anne Cudmore
Sales Administration
Pete Collier
Finance Director
Pete is also a tennis star on the local circuit as well as being a keen shot. Coming from the gastronomy and aviation industry Pete has been the FD at Western Commodities for almost 10 years.
Matt Buckley
Finance Manager
The beating heart of the finance department. Matt manages all aspects of the day to day, week to week, month to month finances.
Graham Davenport
Trade & Business Development
Graham is the only member of the Western Commodities team with more years in this area of trade than Richard. His considerable experience and industry knowledge are second to none.