Bob Edwards, General Manager – Retail

Bob's career in the oil industry spans in excess of 35 years. During this time he has been associated predominantly with the independent dealer market, having worked for Burmah Oil for some 20 years in various roles, finishing his time there as Investment Manager.

He joined GB Oils as part of the acquisition of Carlton Fuels, and is now responsible for overseeing the integration and strategic expansion of the company's Retail Division.

Away from his professional life, Bob is married to Sue and has two sons. His hobbies include funding the family, watching football and perfecting his game on the golfing greens.

Keith Jewers, Director, Gulf Retail

Keith's move to Gulf saw him return to the brand that introduced him to the oil industry in 1988, when he joined Gulf Oil (Great Britain) Limited.

Keith was an integral part of the organisation's forecourt activity, which saw Gulf double its market share and increase its UK service station network from around 200 to more than 550 sites.

Since then Keith has held senior management positions with Chevron (managing the Gulf brand), Total and latterly as the MD of a large fuels distributor. He re-joined Gulf in 2005 and is now also responsible for Gulf's lubricant business.

Keith is married with four children and enjoys all sports in particular sailing. Family holidays are spent in Brittany. Keith and his family are originally from Northumberland.

Richard Edmondson, Regional Manager - Scotland & North

Richard lives just outside Bolton with his partner Anna. He has worked in the petrol and motor retail industry most of his working life, running sites and car showrooms, before going into field sales.

Before joining Gulf in September 2005, Richard worked for Cookes for eight years in both the lubricants and retail divisions. 

When away from the hurly-burly of Gulf Retail, Richard like to relax with a few hours coarse fishing, or rebuilding and tinkering with his old cars.

Mark Brown, Regional Manager - Midlands

Mark has a wealth of experience in the fuel industry, having been part of it for over 25 years.

Initially joining Burmah Fuels in the 1980's, he went on to link up with Keith Jewers at Gulf and was responsible for the development of the Gulf Brand in the North West of England. His role with Gulf Retail now extends as far afield as the Midlands and South Wales.

Mark is currently based in Chester and is married with two daughters. He is a keen supporter of Tranmere Rovers, while he and his family also enjoy skiing holidays together.

Steve White, Regional Manager - South

Steve has 30 years of experience working in the independent sector of retail garage fuel supplies. His portfolio includes time working for Anglo, Repsol, UK and Gulf.

At various times throughout his career he has been responsible for garages in the south of England, London and the whole of eastern England, from the south coast to the Scottish border.

Steve and his team of four area managers currently look after the interests of 236 sites across the region.

In his free time, he enjoys reading and gardening, while he is also a keen collector of World War Two memorabilia.

David Hobson, Commercial Manager

David, 42, is married with two children and has worked for Gulf Retail since the Head Office moved to West Yorkshire just over three years ago.

He has more than 20 years' experience in the oil Industry, predominately within the transport sector.

As Gulf's Commercial Manager David is responsible for the welfare of the staff, negotiating and contract managing the haulage, pump maintenance and all the Gulf forecourt imagery within the service level agreement.

Greg Edwards, Retail Lubricants Manager

Greg recently took responsibility for the sale of Gulf lubricants and ancillary products, combining technical knowledge with an understanding of the automotive lubricants and after care markets including motor factors. He joined in 2006 and a year later assumed a specialist lubricants role across the GB Oils network of retail forecourts; the business has increased threefold.

His extensive knowledge provides Gulf's team of retail field managers with the necessary tools to maximise promotion and profitability.

"There is nothing that a motor factor can offer that we can't," explains Greg. "We actually supply to some of the UK's largest motor factors which gives us a very good understanding of the market place, product trends and the needs of the forecourt operator."

Greg is also responsible for developing Gulf's retail lubricants packages to ensure they at least match the best available from the competition in terms of quality, performance, range and margins.