THE BIGVITS TEAM

Bigvits is a UK-based, family-owned-and-operated business. We’re committed to providing the vitamins and supplements that keep you and your family healthy. It’s what we do, every day. Our team is here to help, If you have any questions, please get in touch.

Will

What is your background?
Will has a background in finance and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

What do you do out of work?
Out of work, Will keeps busy with his young family and any sport related activities.

What is your top tip for staying healthy?

Will goes to the gym as often as time will allow him and is a big advocate of vitamin D3!

Will

Joint Managing Director

Charles

What is your background?
Charles’s background is procurement, he has spent a lot of his time travelling the world for business and speaks French and Arabic.

What do you do out of work?
He likes spending time with his young family and socializing with friends.

What is your top tip for staying healthy?

Charles likes to play sport with his children in the garden and finds that Red Yeast Rice keeps his cholesterol in check.

Charles

Joint Managing Director

Cat

What is your background?
Catherine is an Occupational Therapist and has worked within the NHS for 19 years. Catherine has a special interest in Palliative Care and is registered with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

What do you do out of work?
She likes spending time with her young family and socializing with friends.

What is your top tip for staying healthy?
Catherine likes to do yoga, mindfulness and highly values Vitamin B12 to keep her in the necessary energy to run around after her family and ensure our team and customers are always happy!

Random fact

Catherine is married to Charles

Catherine

Happiness Director

Andrew

What is your background?

Andrew's background is in finance and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

What do you do out of work?

Outside of work, Andrew enjoys spending time with family, walking and live music.

What is your top tip for staying healthy?

Get plenty of exercise outside and green tea.

Andrew

Group Finance Director

Laura

What is your background?

Laura has a background in export and has spent many years travelling to various overseas markets, visiting customers and attending trade shows. She also speaks French & German.

What do you do out of work?

She enjoys cycling the Yorkshire Wolds and has an ambition to complete her first triathlon.

What is your top tip for staying healthy?

Laura is very goal-oriented and likes to sign up for various sporting events, so she has something to work towards. Her favourite sportive would have to be the Yorkshire Lass!

Laura

Head of Commercial

Jane

What is your background?

Jane has worked in marketing roles for legal services, corporate events and baby products. Before that she worked overseas doing summer jobs and ski seasons.

What do you do out of work?

She looks after her young children and enjoys days out with friends and family.

What is your top tip for staying healthy?

Lemon water, Bodypump and Vitamin D!

Jane

Head of Marketing

Jodie

What is your background?

Jodie’s background for the past 12 years has been in the customer service sector, she likes to ensure all customers receive the best possible service.

What do you do out of work?

Out of work Jodie enjoys socialising with friends and family. She likes going to restaurants in her local area to try out new foods.

What is your top tip for staying healthy?

A good nights sleep is essential along with a Vitamin E supplement as a powerful antioxidant

Jodie

Product and Operations Manager

Ian

What is your background?
Ian has over 12 years’ ecommerce experience in growing consumer brands in the FMCG and Luxury sector across Europe and the US

What do you do out of work?
I enjoy spending time with my young family and travelling the world

My top tips for staying healthy:
Plenty of exercise, Sleep and Vitamin D

Ian

Head of Ecommerce

Kieran

What is your background?

I have a degree and master’s degree in history from Hull University. After graduation, I came to work at Bigvits !

What do you do out of work?

I'm a big gamer, football fan, and I love a pub quiz.

What is your top tip for staying healthy?

Try to get your 10,000 daily steps in, look after yourself mentally, and of course, take your vits!

Kieran

Ecommerce Executive

Hilary

What is your background?

Hilary has had a varied career from working for the NHS to working with animals to now working full time in warehouse operations.

What do you do out of work?

Out of work Hilary enjoys spending time with her family, walking and cycling and is currently busy with a barn conversion.

What is your top tip for staying healthy?

Key to staying healthy is a balanced diet, exercise and vitamin D3!

Hilary

Warehouse Manager

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What is your background?

Sue has worked in warehousing and operations for a variety of businesses.

What do you do out of work?

When not telling jokes at Bigvits, Sue enjoys horse riding.

What is your top tip for staying healthy?

Love, laughter and taking vitamins!

Sue

Warehouse Operative

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What is your background?

I worked as a service advisor in a garage for 18 years and I have always had customer facing roles in the past even at the East Riding Crematorium!

What do you do out of work?

I like time with family and friends, days out, walking and martial arts.

What is your top tip for staying healthy?

Good healthy food and exercise!

Sue

Office Administrator

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What is your background?

Kate’s background for the past 6 years is in the Health Food Supplement industry. She has worked in a wide range of project management areas to improve accuracy and efficiency within businesses.

What do you do out of work?

Out of work, Kate enjoys spending time with her two children. They keep her busy when she isn’t working.

What is your top tip for staying healthy?

Kate’s top tip for staying healthy is to keep hydrated. Her favourite vitamin is an all-round multivitamin to maintain her vitamin and mineral levels up.

Kate

Procurement Manager

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Neha specialises in identifying and understanding the causes of each client’s health concerns, then helps to address these naturally by providing the body with the right nutrients.

Qualified in Nutrition with CNM and now studying Herbal Medicine, Neha has also completed AFMCP-UK with The Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM).

She aims to bridge the gap between holistic and western medicine while providing a safe and nurturing atmosphere to support her clients.

Neha Deol

Nutritional Therapist

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Katherine is a Registered Dietitian having graduated from Kings College London.

She spent the earlier part of her career practising in the NHS before moving into private practice.

She is a member of the British Dietetic Association and is professionally registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

www.nudenutritionrd.com

Katherine Kimber

Consultant Dietitian

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What is your background?

Dr Shane has an extensive background in nutrition and physical activity, holding many qualifications including a PhD in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology. He has paid his knowledge forward to elite and youth sports teams, mums, dads, and families.

What do you do out of work?

Dr Shane is never far from the gym nor the Yorkshire Wolds. He loves enjoying the best local, healthy food and coffee.

What is your top tip for staying healthy?

Getting more quality sleep is a very undervalued (free) thing that can improve everyone's health. Small, continuous nudges like this towards health will see compounding benefits.

Dr Shane Thurlow

Consultant Nutritionist

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What is your background?

I am a Labrador and have been all my life.

What do you do out of work?

I enjoy walks, eating bones, chewing slippers and keeping everyone company.

What is your top tip for staying healthy?

Walkies, walkies and more walkies in the great outdoors with a regular dose of the NOW Foods Immune Support Chewables!

Bella the Dog