Reporting directly to Octavian’s founder and chief executive, Sukhi Ghuman, Mellor moves to the post from palletised freight distribution network Pall-Ex, where he successfully carried out a similar role.
On the announcement, Ghuman told SMT Online: “Tony is a high calibre marketing and business development operator, and was therefore an ideal person to join a team of directors whose goal is to take the business to even greater heights.”
In his new role, Mellor will be a direct report for a number of disciplines, including facilities management, the International Development Team, IT and market research. That’s in addition to his responsibilities for marketing, PR and procurement.
Ideal opportunity to use skills
Speaking about his new role, Mellor commented: “This is an ideal opportunity for me to use my skills and experience in a professional organisation that really is changing the image of an industry.”
Mellor began his career as a clerk at an insurance company before eventually being part of a four-man team which launched an innovative firm of brokers. H helped grow that organisation into a nationwide concern with 76 branches. The company was eventually acquired by a major financial institution, at which point Mellor put his skills and experience to good use by joining a FTSE100 software plc to head up its marketing function.
In 2004, Mellor was recruited by Pall-Ex to control PR, marketing and the customer services, procurement and telesales teams, becoming integral to the company’s development as one of the leading businesses of its type.
