Biggleswade
 
International Traders
 
Simon Woolf Name: Simon Woolf
Job title: Commercial Director
Profile: Simon joined Mountstar straight from college in 1988 as a trainee trader. Simon took responsibility for overseas sales and international trading, and was appointed Senior Trader in 1998. Simon has sat on the board of directors since 2001.
 
Stewart Armitage Name: Stewart Armitage
Job title: Senior Trader
Profile: Stewart joined Mountstar in 1993 as a trainee trader to work alongside Simon Woolf. Stewart was promoted to Senior Trader in 2001 and is responsible for export sales and domestic and overseas trading of metals and plastics.
 
Peter Charles Name: Zhenlei Yao (Lei)
Job title: Contract Controller / Trader
Profile: Lei joined Mountstar in 2006. Before joining Mountstar he had been studying for an MBA in the UK and previously worked for Glencore. He work with Simon Woolf and Stewart Armitage.
 
Peter Charles Name: Nicolas Xie (Xie Hui)
Job title: Trader
Profile: Nicolas joined Mountstar in 2005; he spent the first 3 months in several chinese trading company yards and manufacturers' yards learning all the non-ferrous scrap specifications.Nicolas works alongside Simon Woolf and Stewart Armitage. Nicolas is based at Mountstar's Shanghai office.
 
Domestic Traders
 
Peter Charles Name: Peter Charles
Job title: Area Director
Profile: Peter joined Mountstar in 1987. He has been in the scrap industry since the age if 16, and his vast knowledge and experience has developed through managing several of the depots within the Mountstar Group. Peter now looks after the domestic trading for the Biggleswade depot.
 
Andreww Weller Name: Andrew Weller
Job title: Trader
Profile: Andrew joined Mountstar in 2003 following 18 years experience in the industry, having extensive knowledge of aluminium scrap; aluminium alloys ingots, copper based ingots, phosphor copper and phosphor tin. Initially Andrew worked in the Factory Clearance Division of Mountstar, but has recently taken responsibility of Catalytic Converters.
 
Dean Carroll Name: Dean Carroll
Job title: Trader
Profile: Dean joined Mountstar in 2005 straight from college; he spent the first six months in the Biggleswade yard learning all the non-ferrous scrap specifications. Dean works alongside Peter Charles and Andrew Weller.
 
Dean Carroll Name: Paul Chamberlain
Job title: Buyer
Profile: Paul joined Mountstar at the beginning of 2000 as a Computer Analyst. After six years at Mountstar Paul's ambitions grew and he made the decision to move into the trading office. Paul continued by completing a three month period in the Biggleswade yard where he learnt more about the different grades of non-ferrous metals. He now works alongside Dean Carroll in the Biggleswade trading office.   
 
Summit Solder Products
 
Chris Burton Name: Chris Burton
Job title: Sales Manager
Profile: Chris has an extensive knowledge of solder products after working in the tin and lead alloy industry for the last 25 years. Chris joined Mountstar in 1992 as the Sales Manager for Summit Solder Products