Big Yellow Group
#4143
Rank
$2.54B
Marketcap
United Kingdom
Country
Mr. James E. Gibson (Co-Founder, CEO & Exec. Director)
Mr. John Trotman (CFO & Exec. Director)
Mr. Adrian F. Lee (Operations Director)
Summary
History
Founded in 1998 by Nicholas Vetch, Philip Burks and James Gibson, the company has, as of 2021, 104 storage sites in UK, 19 of which operate under the name Armadillo Self Storage. Philip Burks served as the property director of the company from 1998 to 2007.In 2007, the company was converted into a real estate investment trust and later that year entered into a partnership with funds managed by Pramerica Real Estates Investors to develop another 25 stores in the Midlands, the North of England and Scotland.Big Yellow support the charitable sector and have a related charitable foundation, the Big Yellow Foundation.In 2003, Graham Coutts sexually assaulted and murdered Jane Longhurst. Initially he kept the body in his flat in Hove, but then moved it in to a storage unit at Big Yellow in Brighton. He visited the storage unit 11 times while the body was there. After he removed the body from the unit, Big Yellow staff noticed the smell and alerted police. Big Yellow permanently sealed unit C50 as a mark of respect to Jane Longhurst.
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Key Team
Mr. Anthony Chenery (Head of Marketing & E-Commerce)
Ms. Cheryl Hathaway (Head of HR)
Mr. Simon Allen (Head of Devel.)
Celia Login (Head of Customer Services)
Mr. Stuart Grinnall (Head of IT, Digital Security & Telephony)
Ms. Julie Fawcett (Head of Estates & Facilities)
Ms. Rachael Wheeler (Head of Sustainability)
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Mr. James E. Gibson (Co-Founder, CEO & Exec. Director)
Mr. John Trotman (CFO & Exec. Director)
Mr. Adrian F. Lee (Operations Director)