Jo Bird & Co Ltd was founded by Jo Bird in 1986 and he was the Managing Director from 1986-2005. A spell of about 19 years. Guy Atkins started as the then new MD on the 1st of January 2006, nearly 19 years ago. Guy has now decided to take a step back and fill the vacant position of Chairman, a role with less day to day and strategic responsibilities. He will continue with the finance role for the near future. There has been no change in the ownership of the company. Over the last three weeks a thorough process has been conducted to find a new Managing Director to write the next chapter in the JoBird story.
We are delighted to announce this has been a successful search and found someone who has the vision, ambition, determination and ability to carry people with him. As of the 1st of November, our new Managing Director will be Dr Laxman Sivanathan CEng MIMechE, MBA. Laxman had been the Research and Development manager for several years now and during that time, overseen the introduction of new production processes aimed at raising the bar on product quality, reducing waste and the improving the sustainability of the business. He will be reporting to Guy Atkins in his new role as Chairman.
We look forward to working with Laxman to ensure his vision for the continued success and evolution of JoBird and Co, is realised.