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Meet the Crufts team 2023

Meet the Crufts team 2023

Katrina Ashmore |

We have a long standing friendship with Crufts and 2023 will be our 50th year since we started exhibiting. We’re so excited to be back at the NEC this March, and will also be celebrating our 75th anniversary this year.

We thought this would be a good chance to introduce ourselves before we see you all in a few weeks!

Whether you’ve spoken to one of our Customer Advisers on the phones or are in contact with someone in the team via email, you can now put a name to the face. 

Name: Jo Boughton-White

Job role: Managing Director

Pets: 4 naughty whippets, Elsie (12), Hilda (10), Katniss (6) and Betsy (2)

Breed looking forward to seeing at Crufts: I am really looking forward to meeting a Bavarian Mountain Hound and also hoping for a cuddle with a Cardigan Corgi – after all, who doesn’t like a cuddly Cardi!

Name: Ben Boughton-White

Job role: Operations Director

Pets: 4 Whippets, Elsie, Hilda, Katniss and Betsy

Breed looking forward to seeing at Crufts: Borzoi! I love hounds and we’ve always had whippets so I’d love to meet a bigger, crazier, hairier hound – and Borzois look like a lot of fun, but probably too big for our current pack.

Name: Becky England

Job role: Customer Service Manager

Pets: Miniature Smooth Dachshund called Molly- May (aka Lady Tottington, Lillington Smyth, Snoot, Stinky Pete, stinky toes)

Breed most looking forward to seeing at Crufts: All the hounds, every shape, size & colour but especially the Dachshunds….mini’s & standards as they all hold a big place in my heart. Hopefully, we will have lots visiting our stand 😊

Name: Laura Motteram

Job role: Deputy Customer Service Manager

Pets: Rufus the cat, he is 13 years old!

Breed most looking forward to seeing at Crufts: I always look out for the Afghan Hounds! But I also have a soft spot for Great Danes.

Name: Emily Lewis         

Job role: Customer Service Administrator

Pets: Barney the French Bulldog

Breed most looking forward to seeing at Crufts: There’s so many I love! English Bulldogs – A close to my own French Bulldog, but I have always had a huge soft spot for English Bulldogs 😊 But I absolutely love large breeds like English Mastiffs and Newfoundland’s with their smooshy faces (please come say hello!!)

Name: Zoe Hales  

Job role: Customer Service Advisor

Pets: Huntley, Lurcher, 3 years old, & Pilau the hamster

Breed most looking forward to seeing at Crufts: I am looking forward to seeing all of the breeds but, if I had to choose one it would be the toy poodles. I cannot wait to see all of their wonderfully groomed hair styles!

Name: Hannah Roy

Job role: Product Development Manager

Pets: Loki – Staffordshire Bull Terrier x Bull Terrier, 11 years old
Merry and Pippin – Smooth and long-haired guinea pigs, 18 months
Xena and Murphy – 9- and 4-year-old horses

Breed most looking forward to seeing at Crufts: Bullmastiffs

Name: Steph Argent

Job role: Production Operative

Pets: Black cat called Audrey

Breed most looking forward to seeing at Crufts: German Shepherd – They are beautiful dogs in every way 😊

Name: James O’Brien

Job role: Production Operative

Pets: Collie called Zara

Breed most looking forward to seeing at Crufts: Puli – because they are amazing!

Name: Adam Hoskins

Job role: Production Operative

Pets: Goldfish called Jormungandr

Breed most looking forward to seeing at Crufts: Cocker Spaniel – my favourite dog breed

Name: Andrew Selway

Job role: Production Supervisor

Pets: Golden Labrador called Pip, 2 Border Terriers called Kenney & Stanley

Breed most looking forward to seeing at Crufts: Pomeranian – because they are cute & funny.

Name: Katrina Stanton

Job role: Marketing Manager

Pets: Japanese Spitz called Sumo (the Wrestler) and a long haired white and black cat called Monnie (Marilyn Monroe).

Breed most looking forward to seeing at Crufts: Skye Terriers… they look like magical creatures from the Never Ending Story! & Dalmatians are always beautiful.

Name: Nicole Venn

Job role: Digital Marketing Executive

Pets: Two cats called Balto & Leo

Breed most looking forward to seeing at Crufts: I'd love to meet a Swedish Vallhund! They're just a big dog in a small body with the cutest big ears.

Name: Ashley Nicholls

Job role: Dispatch & Production Manager

Pets: Two Jack Russell’s Terriers Spud and Jasper

Breed most looking forward to seeing at Crufts: Siberian Husky, I find them the most beautiful dog breed and remind me so much of a gentle wolf if there is a thing. One day I would love to own one to join my collection of Jack Russell’s.

Name: Samuel Cox

Job role: Deputy Dispatch Manager

Breed most looking forward to seeing at Crufts: Afghan Hound – My stepmom is a hairdresser, she used to have a beautiful Afghan Hound with an impeccable coat, I’d come home from school, and he’d be on the sofa getting a blow dry! Also, as a child I loved listening to Richard Briars on cassette tape narrate What A Mess.

Name: Jaime Davis

Job role: Dispatch Operative

Pets: Henry (Chocolate Labrador) Felix (Tabby cat) and Sammy (Guinea Pig)

Breed most looking forward to seeing at Crufts: I would quite like to meet a Leonberger - nice big fluffy dog!