Barry Willmore - Committee Member

Managing Director of BW ASSOCIATES, Barry Willmore, entered the consumer electronics industry in 1978 after spending the first six years of his career in FMCG with two blue chip companies, Beechams and Smith & Nephew.

His early years in electronics were with Sony, and he also held senior sales and marketing roles with Toshiba and Aiwa.

He joined LG Electronics in 1992, was appointed Managing Director in 1995 and was responsible for a major sales growth from £26 million in 1992 to £317 million in 2002. In 1998 he was appointed Vice President of LG Electronics Inc. in Korea.

LG's wide field has also given him experience in IT, Telecoms and AirCon markets.

Barry was Chairman of the Television and Radio Industries Club (TRIC) in 2001 and 2002 and sat on the executive committee of the British Radio and Electronics Association (BREMA) from 1988 to 2002. He was also a board member of the Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Electrical Appliances (AMDEA) and is a member of the Institute of Directors and the Marketing Society.

Barry says, "the 25 years that I have worked within the electronics industry have provided me with a wealth of experience at all levels of business and across all disciplines. My Associates and I can add genuine value to businesses of any size".

Barry is married with three grown up "children", and amongst his other loves are Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club and Soul music.