As the largest bespoke joinery manufacturer in the Southeast of England, K&D Joinery have multiple departments covering our commercial and residential projects. Our commercial expertise includes shopfronts, screens, internal/external doors, staircases and cabinetry. Your enquiry could be from a single window to a large-scale refurbishment programme. With in-house capabilities to provide an estimate, survey, detailed CAD drawings, manufacturing right through to the final installation.
Residential customer looking to refresh your property, you may have decided it is time to replace your front door, windows or staircase and balustrading. Maybe you want some alcove units or a complete dressing room – whether you’re an architect, main or sub-contractor or quantity surveyor; our teams can offer bespoke modern and traditional joinery to meet your requirements.
Paul joined us in 2018 giving him a combined total of 37 years’ experience within the furniture and joinery industries. His knowledge of Health and Safety and procedural understanding has allowed the business to set in place, several key changes in the way we operate. Paul is also responsible for health and safety and qualifications include – IOSH, Diploma in first line Management (level 4), CIPS & NEBOSH. Paul has now been promoted to Managing Director.
Adnrius joined K&D straight from college in 1998. His first role was a labourer and soon after, becoming a trainee joiner. Having gained experience across our various departments It is within the Staircase department where Andrius excelled and allowed K&D to offer the most complex of stair and balustrade designs. From initial survey to detailed design and production, Andrius and his team can handle the most challenging enquiries.
Alan is a qualified carpenter and Joiner with over 20 years’ experience in the joinery industry. He has enjoyed a variety of roles in hands-on manufacturing and has gained a thorough sense of business acumen. Since Joining K & D in 2014 he has continued to progress. Keen to promote within the organization, Alan was made our Sales and Estimating Director in 2017. He continues to use and share his knowledge and experience with his colleagues and encourages staff development at all levels.
Nick joined K&D in 2019 and has worked his way up to Commercial Director. A qualified bench joiner with 30 years' experience spanning both workshop and site carpentry, he brings a wealth of knowledge to the joinery industry. Nick splits his time between helping manage K&D and estimating larger, more complex projects across both cabinetry and traditional joinery.
Andrew has provided a consultancy service to K&D Joinery since 2012. With over 35 years’ experience in the Construction Industry, as one of his clients, he provides us with services that include Estimating, Surveying, Project Management and Business Development.
Jake has been with K & D Joinery for over 8 years and has a total of 15 years’ experience within the door and joinery manufacturing industries. Having a diploma in Carpentry and Joinery and hands on experience both in manufacturing and paint finishing, Jake can fully understand customer requirements, make recommendations, and estimate accordingly.
When James joined K&D 5 years ago, he already had 10 years previous estimating experience. In addition, he was able to bring a range of skills needed to carry out his current role using his vast array of knowledge. He has worked on site for 10 years as a Project Manager and as a qualified wood machinist.
Jamie has been involved in the door and joinery business since 2011. Having worked with us previously from 2014 – 2017. Jamie re-joined K & D Joinery in 2021 as one of our estimators. He is qualified to NVQ Level 2 Carpentry and uses this experience plus his knowledge when estimating our customers enquiries for doors and windows.
Having a diploma in Business & Finance has helped Ciro work through many industries during his career. His previous employment as financial controller for a start-up which now supplies vast industries in the city and beyond. He joined K&D for a new adventure and has now been here just over 3 years and has almost 30 years’ experience in finance.
Since joining the business in 2001, Jacqui has seen many changes. Starting out as an office administrator at our previous premises in Stratford. Jacqui has progressed to become our much loved and respected Payroll and Office Manager. Jacqui is also our qualified mental health first-aider.
Derek has decades of experience in the bespoke joinery industry and provides an invaluable service to both our clients and his colleagues in the K&D team with his wealth of knowledge covering so many aspects of the industry. Now working part-time, Derek oversees our commitments for material compliance to British & European standards.
Knarik graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Business Management and then went on to complete her Master's in Marketing and Finance at the Unversity of Exeter.
Knarik joined the K&D team with the aim of gaining experience within a workplace, answering phones and helping around within the office. She has become a permanent member of the K&D team as a Marketing Assistant where she is able to express her passion for marketing with the different skills she has gained while studying.
Having over 35 years within the joinery industry, Chris has gained wide experience as a surveyor and joined K&D in 2014. He has worked across the various functionalities of our industry including over 10 years as Joinery shop foreman and similarly as general manager. His knowledge and experience allow us to handle the most complex of joinery projects.
Having 35 years’ experience as a time served joiner producing both traditional and bespoke joinery, Wayne has a very keen eye to detail and uses his knowledge and previous site management skills when surveying projects and understanding of customer requirements
Anthony has joinery industry experience spanning 20+ years. After 12 years as a bench Joiner and installer he Joined K&D in 2017 as a CAD draftsman. Anthony has a proven track record in delivering complex projects and now Project manages K&D’s larger packages. Anthony continues to be a passionate K&D ambassador and ensures craftsmanship and attention to detail are at the forefront of every project.
Craig started his apprenticeship in 2005, becoming a fully qualified bench joiner (NVQ Level 3) at Building Crafts College. He proceeded to join K&D Joinery in 2010 progressing in the company from a stair manufacturer to CNC operator and then onto the design side as a CAD draughtsman. Craig left K&D Joinery Implementing new ideas and improvements he was made CAD manager in 2020 and has continued to provide solutions to continually develop the standard and quality of drawings alongside providing training to new employees.
With more than 30 years’ experience, Svajunas has superb understanding and knowledge in creating and revising working drawings from the specifications of the client through to creating 3D solid modelling with physically based rendering and automated CNC programming.
Joining us in 2015, Zoltan adds experience to our team having previously gained a master’s degree in Timber Engineering together with his knowledge of 2D and 3D Auto CAD. His experience also extends from previous roles both in structural timber and windows and door manufacturing.
Since Frank joined us in 2019, he has become a valuable member of our CAD team. An experienced bench joiner, both in traditional joinery and cabinetry. He is constantly using his 40 years’ knowledge and experience to produce detailed drawings for client approval and manufacture
After completing her college courses in Latvia, Olga went into civil engineering for her first job, using traditional hand drawings and training up in knowledge and experience in this field for 10 years. Olga then went into designing bridges and roads in Latvia for 7 years.
After moving to the UK and starting a family Olga worked from home selling goods online and looking after her young children. Olga has been at K&D Joinery now for a year and is in our CAD drawing department and has put all her previous experience to good use in a new area of the construction industry.
Callum completed his degree in Media production at De Montfort University in 2018. He studied, photography, film, animation, modelling and editing. After University Callum joined the K&D Joinery team, starting as a labourer in the workshop, then joining the marketing team, Callum then became the buyer for K&D Joinery for 4 years until recently joining the CAD team. He has completed his CAD software training at night school and is growing with experience and skills at K&D.
Dave joined K&D in 2022, originally as a cabinet maker. He has since moved into our in-house CAD team, providing additional support as demand for cabinetry continues to grow. Drawing on his hands-on experience as a cabinet maker, Dave brings valuable practical knowledge to the drawings he produces
With 25 years continuous service, we are grateful of Micks commitment and dedication to K and D Joinery. He completed a 4-year apprenticeship in wood machining resulting in an advanced City and Guilds qualification. He then continued in the timber trade to gain a further 9 years production experience before joining us in 1997. His current role as production manager oversees workshop health and safety matters and ensures our own quality and customers high expectations are met. Mick holds a NEBOSH qualification in occupational Health and Safety.
With over 30 years’ experience in bespoke joinery manufacturing, including 20 years as a Joinery Shop Manager. Gary joined us in 2019. He is qualified to NVQ Diploma in joinery Level 3 and has gained and continues to use a great knowledge of timber and related products within our manufacturing process.
