Jim Nania – Managing Director

Jim Nania has been working in the interior fit-out and partitioning industry since 1971. He established Stortford Interiors in 1991, with the clear vision to concentrate on and target the UK interior fit-out market.

He recruited experienced personnel, who together with him, brought specialist technical knowledge, problem solving and value engineering to the business. Together, they have successfully positioned the company as one of the leading UK specialist contractors, and the company continues to grow year on year, whilst remaining financially profitable.

Jim is a former President of The Association of Interior Specialists.

Andrew Foy – Operations Director

By his own admission, Andrew “stumbled” into the industry in 1985 after completing a BA Honours Degree in Economics and Politics! He has done almost every job involved in an Interiors Company – Site Manager, Contract Manager, Commercial Manager – and values the all-round experience that it has brought.

After a two year spell with Jim Nania in the early ‘90’s Andrew spent eleven years with another leading Interiors sub-contractor, establishing a London office and making it to Board Director in 2001. In that time he also furthered his education with a BSc Honours in Law and Management and undertook professional studies culminating in Membership of the Chartered Institute of Building in January 2001.

Andrew rejoined Jim in November 2003 as Operations Director for Stortford Interiors.

Ian Collingridge – Estimating Director

Ian Collingridge is a board member of Stortford Interiors and has responsibility as Estimating Director for the day to day running of the Estimating Department, pricing commercial ‘contract’ projects. He joined Stortford Interiors at its conception back in 1991.

Ian first started his career job estimating for Ruberoid, pricing commercial roofing and patent glazing systems. He later moved into the world of office interiors in 1976, joining Office & Storage Techniques in Harlow, where he gained a wealth of specialist knowledge and experience within the Industry.

Emma Hills BSc (Hons) ACCA – Finance Director

Emma joined Stortford Interiors in 1998 as a trainee accountant. Over the years she has trained as a book-keeper, Accounts Technician and is now a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and has a First Class Honors degree in Applied Accounting.  Emma is currently working towards her Masters in Business Administration.

Emma heads up the Finance Department and also has responsibility for Human Resources and Facilities, assisted by a dedicated team. Through her years of working with Stortford Interiors, she has gained valuable experience and an in-depth understanding of the Industry which is essential to her role.

Scott Shearing - Business Development Manager

Scott joined Stortford Interiors in 2002, and as Business Development Manager is now responsible for creating and developing opportunities for the Company with new and existing clients.

He joined the Company as a Quantity Surveyor, progressed to Surveying Manager and then went on to gain his PGDipQS qualitification in 2006.  Working in conjunction with our Pre-Contracts team, Scott has also been involved in project management and delivered a multitude of projects from inception to completion for key clients.

Prior to joining Stortford Interiors, Scott was involved in the interiors sector for a number of years.  He gained his BSc Honours and Masters Degree at Loughborough, and is currently working towards his full membership into the CIOB.  He has an in-depth understanding of the industry and sector demands, together with a keen eye for product, price, programme and customer satisfaction.

Steve Abbey – Contract Manager, Direct Sales

Steve Abbey has 20 years experience within the industry, having started his career at 16 with a well established Partition & Ceiling Fitter. After a few years Steve broke away from his mentor and set up on his own working on a Sub-Contract basis for Keysan Ltd., where he worked all over the country, with a couple of short stints in Germany.

In 1995 Steve, aided by his increasing team of fitters, sub-contracted to Stortford Interiors Ltd., and continued to complete a large amount of contracts on their behalf right up until 2001, when he joined the company as Installation Manager working specifically on the Direct side of the business. He has since been promoted to Contracts Manager and has passed an SMSTS five day course, and holds various CSCS cards.

Steve's forte within the company is his knowledge of the systems available and their components.