McMullen Draymen

Head Office Family

Our Head Office, based in Hertford, serves our managed and tenanted pubs. We trade in a relatively tight geographical area which enables our support functions to provide prompt assistance to pubs.

Hertford is also our Production and Distribution Centre. We are proud to maintain the tradition of in-house dray delivery and cellar services. Below are some of our Head Office team.

Alison Penfold

Company Secretary & Financial Controller

Alison was once told that the aim in life is “to work with nice people, for nice people” and feels that this is the case at McMullen’s....

Amanda Walden

Head of People Development

Amanda started working in hotels part time at an early age which gave her an interest in the hospitality industry. Amanda went on to do a Degree in Hospitality Management working in bars and catering jobs whilst at University.

Angie Cook

Operations Manager

Angie is part of McMullen's Operations team, overlooking 15 of our wet-let and community houses. For Angie, it’s all about the people....

Charles Brims

The experience Charles has in the brewing and pub industry dates back to 1972, when he joined Courage, he had a number of roles before specialising in managed houses and becoming Retail Director.

Chris Evans

In 1989 Chris graduated from Heriot-Watt University with an honours degree in Brewing and Microbiology. During this time he gained some work experience with Guinness at their Park Royal Brewery.

Diane Creasy

Cash & Credit Controller

For Diane, what makes McMullen’s the ideal place to work is that it isn’t a faceless corporation where you become a number but rather it is still a family orientated business where you are made to feel like a valued member of the team....

Ed Bunnett

Operations Manager

After several years gaining experience in hotel kitchens, Ed started in the pub trade taking a small tenancy. After five good years and the birth of his daughter, Ed decided to further his career and train with Punch/Spirit Pub Company.

Emma Taylor

After graduating from Lancaster University, Emma worked at Tesco for 12 years. She became a Training Manager in Stores and then took a role managing Graduate Recruitment nationwide, before jumping ship to work in the Commercial...

Heydon Mizon

Joint Managing Director

Having grown up living and working in pubs, Heydon paid for his college and University studies in Law working in a wine shop chain.

James Hulston

Tenancy Operations Manager

James has worked for over a decade in the hospitality industry from sales at Molson Coors to overseeing a team of account managers then moving to an Operations Manager role at Star Pubs and Bars for 5 years

Jennie Golding

Operations Manager

Jennie has worked in hospitality for most of my life starting off as a “Saturday girl” in a local tea shop when I was 14 years old. I took a brief break after college and spent a few years as an accountant but missed the buzz of...

Jenny Strathern

Property Director

Jenny leads a highly experienced property team at Head Office and is also responsible for acquiring new pubs and managing investments to help secure the future of the Company.

Katherine Tasker

Head of Marketing

Katherine achieved a BA (Hons) in Business Management from the University of Nottingham, after which she joined the John Lewis Partnership working in various people management roles. In 2015 Katherine joined Stonegate pub company where...

Lee Brooks

Lee began his career at his mum & dad’s tea room at the young age of 12, making cakes and sandwiches and from that point he knew what he wanted to become, a chef.

Matt Cotter

Head of Operations

The career of Matt Cotter in the hospitality industry has spanned over 20 years and many contrasting styles of business. From northern ‘boozers’ to 5 star hotels and from luxury cruise liners to late night high street bars.

Neil Meiners

Head of Compliance & Audit

Taking what was the old Stocktaking Managers role forward. That will involve introducing new Ways of Working, which will include reviewing Compliance of Process’s...

Robert Stimpson

Head of Development, Compliance and Maintenance

Robert worked at British Gas for 10 years prior to starting at McMullen’s and attended the Hertfordshire College of building where he studied Architecture and Building Surveying.

Sandra Sheahan

Sandra began shaping her professional career on her 16th birthday, at what is now Glaxo Smith Kline – as a trainee secretary.

Steve Walsh

Operations Manager

Steve has 15 years of experience in hospitality including clubs, cocktail bars and running events.

Simon Gifford

Operations Manager

Simon leads a team of talented managers both in Central London and the High Street.

Tim Lightfoot

Operations Manager

Tim has previously worked at M&B where he has had experience as an Area Manager and General Manager. He has run his own multisite pub business locally in Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire so understands the trade in the area. Tim also...

The McMullen family believes passionately in showing their unwavering commitment to the business. Suitably qualified and experienced family members have the opportunity to work in the business and have done so for six generations.

Fergus McMullen

Production & Sales Director

Fergus worked for four years in London in the commercial and domestic property markets, before joining H.P. Bulmer's Sales and Marketing Department in 1982.

Tom McMullen

Joint Managing Director

Tom is proud to be part of the family’s commitment to the day-to-day management of a business which has supported and invested in people and pubs for nearly 200 years.

Alex McMullen

Finance Director

Alex is part of the sixth generation of McMullens. He feels very fortunate to be able to work in a family company that is focused on the long term and is passionate about the beers it brews and providing the best possible offering to...