Gawith's is a very small team consisting of just 30 people in total and many of us wear several hats as well as work across various departments. Below you will find an over-view of our tight-knit ‘family’. 

Managing Director

Rachel is Managing Director, but also Export Account Manager and involved in production planning as well as over-seeing HR and H&S requirements and taking the lead on any contractual or legal matters and over-seeing graphic design and marketing materials as well as content for the website and social media accounts. 

Business Operations and Development Officer

Claire joined the company in 2020, being thrown into the deep end as the global pandemic gripped the world. Initially National Sales Manager and heading up the UK sales force, over the last couple of years she has taken on more of an overall management role and is heavily involved in production planning for both the UK and export, over-seeing the packing department and the office. But is still a main part of the UK sales team, along with Callum. 

Office Team (Including Export department & UK Sales)

Behind the scenes is a close-knit and experienced team who take care of everything from UK sales orders and exports to purchasing, logistics, design and finance. Working closely together, we make sure our customers receive the same high level of service every day.

• Magda – Business Development & Sales Support
  Magda looks after our UK customer accounts and key relationships, ensuring everything runs smoothly from order to delivery.
• Pam – UK Accounts & Credit Controller
  Pam manages UK customer accounts and payments, working closely with customers to keep accounts up to date.
• Inna – UK Order Processing & Export Support Coordinator
  Inna handles the day-to-day processing of UK orders and provides essential support to our export team.
• Wendy – Purchasing & Inventory Manager
  Wendy is responsible for purchasing, stock control and stock movements, as well as overseeing daily dispatch.
• Andrew – Finance Manager
  Andrew looks after all aspects of the company’s financial management and accounting.
• Teresa – Logistics & Supply Chain Manager
  Teresa organises all export shipments and imports, managing documentation and ensuring everything arrives where it should, on time.
• Callum - UK National Sales Account Manager  
  Callum work closely with our specialist tobacconists, retailers and wholesalers across the UK, building strong relationships, supporting customers and representing us at industry events. He is also a main part of the Export team, helping distributors across the globe increase their range of Gawith tobacco. 

General Production Team (including Snuff)

Our production team steam all our raw leaf, and then it is processed into either ribbon cut (both pipe and hand rolling) or into cakes for flake production. 

The team consists of Lee, Martin, Jon, Leon, Tom and Gary who steam, cut and produce our wide range of ribbon cut pipe tobacco, our Auld Kendal RYO range, hot pressed and cold pressed flakes. 

Martin and Lee are two of our longest serving staff members having been with Gawith's for over 40 years, starting off at the Lowther Street factory and over-see quality control and also develop new blends. 

Twist Team

There are a team of four constantly spinning our twist. Julie heads up the department and initially came to work for Gawiths when she was just out of school, spinning twist at the old Lowther Street factory. She then left to raise her family, re-joining us in 2022. Her sister Linda has been working for Gawiths in the twist department for over 35 years. 

Our two newest spinners are Lisa and Kelsey. Both started off in the packing department before learning to pad and spin twist. 

Greg came to Gawith's from Samuel Gawiths, initially as part of the production team, then moved into packing and now looks after the steaming of leaf for twist, as well as  creating the snuff scents, blending the snuff, packing and labelling it. 

Packing Team

We currently have a team of 4, (sometimes 5 packers), headed up by Miguel who came to us in 2025. Carol has been with the company since 1989 and Glenis since 2010. We then have Jack who joined us this year (2026) and Stephen who moved over from the dispatch department.  And then Greg helps out when not busy with steaming leaf for Twist or producing snuff. 

Track & Trace/Labelling

With the introduction of track and trace and more and more regulations with regard to packaging and traceability, it has been necessary to create a whole new department. This is now headed up by Conor, who ensures all labels are printed correctly and when needed for the packing department and also looks after the track and trace equipment and systems (as well as our general IT systems). He is aided by Tracy and Ian. And Kelsey pops in to lend a hand whenever required. 

Conor also creates all our labels so that our packaging is compliant with health warning requirements for each country we sell to and helps Rachel and Claire create catalogues, price lists etc. 

Ian also palletises all our export orders and ensures that everything is ready to ship around the world and is a key member of the export team. 

Dispatch

We have just two guys ensuring that all orders are packed and sent out to all UK retailers and wholesale. Owen and Luke ensure that the UK warehouse runs smoothly and orders get out the door.