Dan Travis
Managing Director
07713 566013
Dan joined Long Rake Spar in April 2007 after previously working in a Sales role. Over the preceding years Dan worked hard to climb the career ladder within Long Rake Spar, becoming a Director before he pursued new avenues in 2020. Dan recently rejoined the company in 2023 as Managing Director for Grantex and Industrial Minerals, bringing with him a wealth of experience.
Dan is father to two beautiful daughters and his favourite hobbies are running and golf.
Area covered – UK and Overseas.
Wendy Pearson
Internal Sales Manager
Wendy joined Long Rake Spar in January 2019. Prior to joining she worked part time as a Team Leader for Waitrose (John Lewis Partnership) while her son was young. Her main career has been in finance, where she worked as an Independent Financial Adviser and a Bank Manager.
Her hobbies are playing Hockey for Buxton Ladies 2nd Team and Dog walking. Wendy loves going on holidays abroad, recently enjoying the Dominican Republic and Turkey with her family.
Sammy Bright
SENIOR SALES COORDINATOR
Sammy has worked at Long Rake since March 2017. In her role prior to joining Long Rake Spar Sammy was an Assistant Manager at Old Original Bakewell Pudding Shop.
Sammy’s favourite hobby is walking. She also enjoys watching documentaries and listening to podcasts about true crime.
KELISE HARDING
SALES COORDINATOR
Kelise joined Long Rake Spar in May 2024. Prior to working for Long Rake, Kelise worked for another company in the aggregates business, so has extensive knowledge about the business and our customers needs. Kelise has worked in sales since she left college.
In her free time Kelise likes to go out for food and drinks with her partner and friends – especially in the sunshine! If and when she can, Kelise and her partner like to have weekends away around the UK.
Emma Sheldon
SALES Coordinator
Emma joined Long Rake Spar in 2019. She has worked in customer facing jobs since she left school at 16.
Emma has a two year old daughter and a three year old cocker spaniel to keep her busy when she’s not at work!
Jessica Mallinson
SALES COORDINATOR
Jessica joined us in January 2022 and has hit the ground running, helping our customers schedule their deliveries and answering any queries. Previous to working for Long Rake, Jess was a care assistant in a residential home and also worked at the Old Original Pudding Shop in Bakewell as a waitress.
When she is not at work, Jess spends time with her 5-year-old son who keeps her very busy! She also loves a good Netflix series.
DAWN CURRINGTON
SALES COORDINATOR
Dawn joined Long Rake Spar in February 2024. Dawn has over 25 years of hospitality and sales experience including over a decade in the aviation industry as cabin crew. After hanging up her wings she then became a wedding events manager for many years, then more recently an assistant manager in a busy coffer house.
Out of work Dawn loves “family time”, holidays, dog walking, and helping on the farm with sheep, cows and three pigmy goats. Music is her downtime though, all genres! Fun fact about Dawn is that she is learning to play the piano and she is also a biker chick!
Richard Whitehurst
Brand Manager
Richard has worked in Marketing for over 20 years and in the last 3 years has been in Business Development and Sales roles. He has worked for businesses such as Co-op Bank, M6toll, Hillrom and Croner. Richard is responsible for the Grantex brand, coordinating marketing activity and brand development.
Richard has a daughter and enjoys coaching her football team in the Derbyshire Girls and Ladies League.