Who We Are
Andy Duckworth
Founder & CEO
Andrew is the former CEO of Myprotein between 2012 and 2018, and Board Director at The Hut Group. At Myprotein Andrew oversaw the brand become the global leader online in the wellness space, driven by extensive range expansion, and aggressive globalisation.
He also managed and drove the build of a BRC A Grade state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.
Prior Head of Business Planning at Matalan and Pets At Home. Andrew is also CIMA qualified.
Paul Finnegan
Founder & Product Director
Paul has worked on the business strategy and supply chain for several years, spending a large amount of time in the US sourcing the best quality CBD raw materials.
Paul has also managed the Novel Food process with the Regulation team and the ACI.
Previous success in the drinks industry working with ALDI, Asda, TJ Morris, Lidl and many more.
Christoforos Pelivanidis
Head of Trading
Masters graduate specialising in developing E-commerce strategies to meet business challenges.
Multi-lingual, fluent in English, Russian, Greek and German.
Christoforos has international experience dealing with clients in Germany, Greece, Cyprus and Russia.
Jenny Stiff
Social Media Manager
Jenny has spent the past five years working in social media, marketing and PR helping brands grow.
Previous to this Jenny worked as a reporter for Trinity Mirror newspapers in both Liverpool and Newcastle, as well as writing for monthly columns in magazines, newspapers and radio presenting.
She has a passion for healthy living, yoga and all things social media.
Arran Barnes
Finance Director
Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, specialising in E-commerce within the Retail and Fashion industries.
Extensive experience in Commercial Finance, Management Accounting and Business Intelligence including Customer Behavioural Analysis, Digital Marketing Analytics and optimisation.
A passionate advocate of CBD, well-being and fitness.
Tom Saleh
Creative Content Lead
For over a decade, Tom's produced creative content, campaigns and insights for global names across nutrition, sport, food and healthcare. Brands include Myprotein, Men’s Health, Co-op Food and Change4Life.
Dedicated to living a natural, active life, he loves to share his knowledge of eating right and training smart to help others make their own wellbeing choices.
Simon Owen
IT Director
Simon is an award winning developer with over 15 years' industry experience.
His career has ranged from being a University lecturer, a web developer for various charities and E-commerce businesses, a meetup and conference founder (McrFRED, UpFrontConf) and a Front-End Consultant for N Brown Group and the BBC.
He once appeared on National TV in Alex Polizzi's 'The Fixer' wearing a GitHub hoodie and Star Wars trainers!
Moyra Cosgrove
Head of Nutrition and External Affairs
Moyra Cosgrove has worked in the nutrition, health and pharmaceutical industries for all of her professional life.
She holds a BSc Hons in Human Nutrition from the University of Greenwich and completed MSc in Sport Nutrition in 2016 at Liverpool John Moore’s University.
Moyra’s experience spans the Nutritional Supplement Industry, the Medical Nutrition Industry and she has appeared on BBC and Sky News on many occasions.
Alexander Rinn Ortiz
Trading Director Europe
Half-German half-Mexican who is passionate for football, fitness and to help people to live a healthier and happier life.
Background in International Sports Management and a Masters Degree in Management & Digital Business. Previously in charge of the Spanish and German Market for Myprotein, The Hut Group.
Expanding Naturecan to Germany mostly through E-Commerce, Digital Marketing and B2B.
Blake Turner
US Operations
Blake brings a decade of experience in regulatory compliance and supply chain management with major international e-commerce retailers including Bodybuilding.com. He is dedicated to rigorous, science-based quality standards to ensure that consumer needs are safely met.
Born and raised in the northwestern United States, Blake is passionate about strength sports and competes in strongman and powerlifting. He holds degrees in English Literature and Foreign Languages as well as language certifications in Spanish and German.
Sean Addison-Abe
Trading Director UK/Japan
One half of the “Addison Bros”, Sean was born in Tokyo and lived there for 7 years before moving to the UK. A Chinese and Management BA graduate, he is multilingual and loves Asia.
Prior experience growing Myprotein’s Asian market working as Ecommerce Manager for Japan and Hong Kong, as well as founding a Japanese fitness clothing and supplement company. More recently worked as a consultant for FitFlop specialising in Digital Trade, Insight and Optimisation.
Passionate about football, health and food.
Rebeca García
Country Manager Spain
Passionate about health and all things fitness, Rebeca combines her digital marketing expertise and strategic management with her experience as a strategy analyst in the financial sector in Manchester.
Rebeca is fluent in Spanish, English, Italian and French and is determined to bring the best of Naturecan to the Spanish people.
Kenji Addison
Marketing Manager Japan
Kenji is half English, half Japanese, and speaks fluent Japanese.
Driving Naturecan's global expansion into the Japanese market. Using social media marketing, PR and improving client relations with Japanese businesses.
Passionate about football and all things health and wellness. Always looking for ways to live a more active, healthy lifestyle. An avid user of CBD for its physical and mental benefits that have been experienced first-hand.
Fred Costa
Country Manager Brasil & Portugal
Fred has worked for Myprotein for 5 years, launching over several new websites.
From Country Manager in Portugal to International Trading Manager, Fred worked closely with the operations team ensuring excellence when applying localization internationally.
Fred has also worked for Prozis helping entering the brazilian market and co-managing the transition from central to multiple urban warehouses.
Fred joined Naturecan pursuing a 3rd entry in Brazil and expanding the business in Portugal.
Eric Perret
Country Manager France
Eric is French and was the first Native country manager in Myprotein.
Over 4 years, Eric grew the French website focusing on new customer acquisition via Social Media: he used his french flair to build a strong team of talents, to develop brand awareness and bring trust in the company to the customers.
Saint Etienne football fan, green again, Eric is also co-founder of a football freestyle brand: he knows how important a healthy lifestyle is, from everyday individuals to professional athletes.
Eric is 100% convinced he will bring the French People as close as Nature that he can!
Valeria Briancesco
Head of Content
Valeria hails from the beautiful Costa Rica and has dual nationality being bilingual in English and Spanish. Valeria is passionate about travel and fitness, an advocate for a healthy living and has been vegan since 2017.
Valeria's background is in industrial engineering and neuromarketing, with more than 10 years of experience combined.
Previously, she was a SEO & YouTube consultant for MyProtein, growing the company’s Spanish YouTube channel to +700k subscribers and managing the South Europe’s YouTube strategy.
Aaron Hood
Logistics and Commercial Manager
Aaron brings an authentic and analytical approach, with a wealth of experience working across the Supply Chain for global FMCG, Health and Beauty and Sports Merchandising retailers.
An eagerness to develop and improve the direct to consumer experience, with a successful track record of implementing large scale projects and operational enhancements from fulfilment to delivery.
Passionate about food and the outdoors, with a keen interest in football.
Aaron Albinson
Developer
Aaron has been working in the digital sector for the past 7 years on a wide range of projects as an in-house developer and alongside some of the top digital and creative agencies in Manchester.
Aaron has a passion for web and social technologies and how they can be used to shape our future. Constantly striving to create rich, user friendly experiences bringing skills in design, development, testing and maintenance of web systems.
When he’s not behind his computer you’ll find him out on his bike, walking the dog or playing the saxophone.
Kyle Hogg
SEO
Ex professional cricketer of 14 years with Lancashire county cricket club.
Spent 6 years in the live music industry working for SJM Concerts on the logistics of live shows with artists such as Foo Fighters, Coldplay and Billie Eilish to name a few.
Keen golfer, cyclist and general sport and music fan.
Matt Oakley
Logistics Compliance Manager
With over 4 years experience in domestic and international logistics operations for FMCG, Matt will bring his expertise to the table assisting Naturecan to expand further than ever before.
Taking pride in his attention to detail he is a firm believer that if something is worth doing it is worth getting it right the first time, which has helped Matt to take part in several projects implementing logistical processes for new international markets.
Rebecca Reischle
E-Commerce Manager DACH
Rebecca has spent the last three years working in Digital Marketing across France, Canada and England.
She has a proven record of E-commerce and Media Planning to drive traffic and increase brand awareness.
Rebecca speaks fluently German, English, French and Spanish and holds a BA in International Business and an MBA in Brand Management.
Recently she oversaw the websites and E-commerce solutions of a portfolio of the world's largest automotive groups as well as founding a fitness and lifestyle E-commerce brand.
Passionate about healthy living Rebecca is determined to help Naturecan become the market leader for CBD in the DACH region.
Eika Sada
Japan Marketing Executive
A native Japanese based in Japan, who loves Japanese manga and anime, as well as fashion and travelling.
Eika has 3 year experience working in fashion retail as a sales assistant and as one of the brand's sustainability leaders representing Japan.
She holds a BA in Economics from Oita University and is starting a MA in Fashion Design Management at London College of Fashion in autumn 2021.
Through her marketing role, she seeks to increase the awareness of CBD in Japan, where stress and mental health have been challenging issues.
Andy Tighe
Graphic Designer
Andy has over 15 years agency experience with numerous top design agencies, he brings a wealth of knowledge and
skills to the NC team. He is an all rounder and a fantastic addition to Naturecan.
He is a self acclaimed fitness and health enthusiast who lives an active lifestyle to keep in shape and has a passion for healthy food and a good diet.
Sachiko D'avignon
Japanese E-commerce Manager
Sachiko is native Japanese. She has been working in the B2C ecommerce over 10 years in both Japan and U.K. She ended the hectic life in Tokyo, then moved to UK to study MSc international marketing degree in University of Sussex.
Prior working experience is growing UK based sport site Wiggle and Chain Reaction Cycles for Asia and EU as a online marketing manager.
Passionate for environmental and healthy lifestyle.
Lewis Stenson
Assistant Management Accountant Passionate about sport and the outdoors, strongly valuing the importance of exercise towards maintaining both physical and mental health. Keen Rugby player, Golfer and Snowboarder. Lewis is excited to explore the properties CBD products contain aiding faster recovery in exercise.
Since graduating in 2017 with a First in Accounting & Finance from Leeds Metropolitan University, Lewis has spent time working in London and Barcelona in Finance roles. But more recently, Lewis lived out a lifelong dream of completing a Ski Season in Italy, combining his passion for skiing with his career, taking care of Finance Admin for the Italian resorts in his previous company’s portfolio.
Josh Peachey
Developer Whilst covering the Tech, Marketing and E-commerce sectors for Prolific North, he grew ever-more interested in the power of technology to build digital solutions and online experiences. Not long after, he completed the 13-week Northcoders’ Development Pathway bootcamp where he was exposed to the latest industry standards and new technologies at every turn. He joins Naturecan to help continuously improve the company’s digital presence.
Josh is a former Journalist who has swapped writing stories for writing code.
Iva Karaivanska
Developer Iva is native Bulgarian and she has been working in the IT sector for the past few years. She is passionate about fixing software issues, football and healthy lifestyle. Iva likes spending time in the nature, travelling and reading about british history.
Iva graduated law but she found out the software technologies are her true love.
