Northern ACE
The Northern ACE committee comprises of a number of members and continues to the fly the flag for the industry in the North.
The north and Manchester in particular has seen a steady withdrawal of publishing and circulation teams since the early 1990’s, this has put a lot of pressure on the northern committee. However, Northern ACE remains very active and continues to focus on the aims of ACE overall. Northern Ace continues to host the Summer Pie and Christmas lunch events.
Currently sitting on the Northern ACE committee are:
Northern Chairman - Mark Sheridan | Northern Secretary - Brian Kean | Chris Carden | Keith Doney | Colin Duke | Lynn Henshaw |
Mark Sheridan
Director of Sales at WWMD
Northern ACE Chairman
Mark Sheridan is Director of Sales at WWMD joining the business from niche and specialist joint venture company Focus Magazine Distribution (FMD) in 1999. With 34 years experience of the newstrade Mark started his career with WHSmith Retail in 1976 before joining Smiths News shortly afterwards. Through his time with Smiths News Mark worked as News Manager and then Manager at a number of wholesale house locations before moving to Retail Account Management within the head office team in 1997. It was during 1998 that plans for Focus Magazine Distribution were developed between Smiths News, Menzies Distribution and Dawson News and Mark supported the business upto the acquisition of Worldwide Magazine Distribution Ltd in 1999 and made Director of Sales in 2005.
Brian Kean
Northern Secretary
Retired
No biography supplied.
Chris Carden
UK & Ireland Sales Manager
Financial Times
No biography supplied.
Keith Doney
National Wholesale Manager
Mail Newspapers
I began my working life in September 1964 at the Daily Mail in Manchester and have bee
Keith Doneyn working in this great industry ever since. I remember when I started my late father saying I was very lucky as “you had to be in the union or have a relative in the trade to get in “ – I was employed because the then Circulation Manager, Jack Collins, disliked long hair (this was the swinging 60’s) and I was straight from Grammar school with a crew cut! After seven years at the Mail I left and worked at Natsopa the Trade Union until I returned to the Mail in 1977. My earliest recollections of ACE were the functions my bosses would go to and sometimes appear not to come back for several days! I remember helping to take hundreds of raffle prizes up to the Grand Hotel in Manchester for the famous Northern Ace Xmas lunch and wishing one day I could actually see what went on. Manchester until the early 90’s was a major Publishing centre and had its own NPA and Northern Ace was extremely active with regular lunches and the famous Summer Pie and Xmas lunch. As my career progressed I was thrilled to become a member of ACE and in 1997 I was honoured to be made Chairman of Northern Ace. As the industry has changed, ACE has had to adapt and the Northern section has faced challenging times. ACE remains however an integral part of the industry and I value highly its social aspect and the contacts with friends and colleagues. Long may it prosper.
Colin Duke
Supply Chain Manager
Mail Newspapers
No biography supplied.
Lynn Henshaw
Manchester House Manager
Smiths News
Lynn joined Smiths News 14 years ago starting her career in Customer Services. She then moved into magazine marketing at Manchester depot, before deciding to join the distribution support team. Lynne supported various London depots for a year and then took on her first distribution manager role in Stoke, she was promoted to Stockport as distribution manager in 2005. In 2008 Lynn became Manager of the Company’s Manchester depot.
