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The Team
Managing Director: Nick Hopkins
Nick has been with Andover Norton International Ltd
since it was founded in the summer of 1977. He has seen exciting times,
with changing ownerships, from Manganese Bronze to Mike Jackson, then Mike
Jackson and William Colquhoun, then the BSA Regal Group, and now Norton
Motors; the Norton Commando spares being transferred to Norton Motors Ltd
in Shenstone in the early 1980s, then a period in which ANIL was a
wholesaler of general motorcycle accessories until 1991, then the
re-aquisition of the Norton Commando Spares operation due to the financial
disaster in Shenstone.
Nick is a Norton owner, riding a Commando amongst other Nortons, and knows
his parts, as all Norton Parts Dealers can tell you.
His attitude towards his co-workers and customers is demonstrated by the
picture above.
Chief Buyer: Peter Morris
Peter Morris succeeded Robert M. Reynolds
on 3rd March, 2008. He is an engineer currently employed at
Norton Motors Ltd, and was involved in the development and production of
the Norton Rotary models in Shenstone. Apart from knowing his motorcycles
from the engineering point of view, on the drawingboard as well as
hands-on in the workshop, Peter is an all-weather motorcyclist, currently
riding a Ducati Monster as well as testing everything going through the
Norton Motors workshop in Rugeley including Norton Commandos.
In the true Norton Chief Buyer tradition, Pete is hard to photograph, but
not being as experienced as his teacher his picture could be taken from
a distance of less than 3 miles.
Company Secretary: Phil Albutt
Phil Albutt came to Andover Norton through the
joining of BSA in Blockley under William Colquhoun and Andover Norton
International Ltd under Mike Jackson in the early 1990s. Phil started
managing MZ UK, but, with the diminishing importance
of that operation over the years, has gradually taken on responsability in
the Commando Spares Operation, and with the sale of Andover Norton from
BSA Regal to Norton Motors Group he is now a Norton only man.
The only non-motorcyclist on the team, but
knowledgeable nonetheless, we will try to make him see the light!
Picture was taken just after Phil fired his personal stylist.
The Whole Package
All Team Members were herded into one
corner by Mick Duckworth recently, so here you have them all, including
the less important members.
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