Having decided to work full time in third-party audit activities he became a Regional Manager for an accredited certification body before joining with George Maxwell to conceive ISOQAR in 1990.

David has seen his baby (ISOQAR) grow continually over the past decade and still takes a very much "hands on" approach in the company, as does his partner George.

Outside work David’s first love is his beloved Wigan Rugby club. He also enjoys golf, cycling and walking.

George is a lapsed Scotsman who has been in England too long!  He is the other half of the two founders, with a background in electro-mechanical engineering.  Like most people during the seventies and eighties, he moved companies every 4 or 5 years to gain a broader experience (which is a nice way of saying being made redundant!).

This led to the crossing of paths with David Crompton.  Through working together and the building of a friendship, ISOQAR was formed.  George has been fortunate enough to enjoy the international growth of ISOQAR (along with David) and discover more about the cultural aspects of many countries.  Combined with other new business, this has helped him maintain a fresh and keen interest in ISOQAR’s progress. 

Apart from being paid to see the world, George has 5 children (4 under the age of 10).  His hobbies are anything they want to do and golf!  Despite most of his family supporting Manchester United, George is a keen Manchester City fan.  The last hope of an ally is his young son, on whom he is currently working!

Rosemary, also called Rose or Rosie (and other less polite names on occasions!) joined the company in April 1992 as an administrator. At that time there was only enough administration work to keep her occupied for three hours each day! However, the hard work the Directors put into the marketing of the company, soon changed this situation.

Since then, the company has grown in leaps and bounds, both in the UK and around the world. Rose's versatility, commitment and attention to detail have resulted in the continual development of her role. She is currently both Directors Secretary and secretary to the General Manager.

In addition she still retains responsibilities for producing and controlling the company's quality and procedures manuals, as well as being involved in the external audits we receive from UKAS and ANAB. Much of her work is concerned with Certification Committee meetings and organising the production of certificates. So if you want to know where your certificate is, just ask Rose! And last, but not least, there is always the Directors' tea to be made!

Outside work, Rose enjoys listening to most kinds of music, history (including that of her family), reading, driving and walking in the countryside. She is a committed Christian and enjoys organising and taking part in services of worship.

Steve joined ISOQAR from Leeds City Council in 1993 as one of the first auditors employed by the Directors.  His background is mainly in food manufacturing and working with local authorities.  He has been instrumental in helping ISOQAR considerably extend its scope of accreditation to many new sectors of industry and commerce.

In 1995 Steve was appointed as Area Manager for the Leeds office. The successful development of this office helped the company grow from a mainly north-west based organisation to a national, and later an international company.  In 1997 he was promoted to General Manager, based at ISOQAR’s Head Office in Manchester.  Since then a major achievement has been to drive forward the successful accreditation to ISO14001, which was achieved in January 2000.

After 26 years (man and boy) with NatWest bank, Frank joined ISOQAR in 1996 as office manager.  Soon after, appointed Chief Executive to the Governing Board, he now oversees both the office administration and deals with certification issues.

A native of Wigan, Frank has little option other than to show an interest in Rugby League.  This however, sits nicely with his general love of sport.

Nigel joined ISOQAR in 1994 to help maintain and improve the company’s market share after the government pulled the plug on ISO 9001 funding.  Strategies such as relationship building with management consultants and direct marketing programmes have helped the company grow from a handful of auditors handling hundreds of registrations, to a large team of auditors servicing thousands of companies throughout the UK and overseas. 

With a degree in Mathematics, Nigel started life as a teacher.  He soon decided that he’d rather leave school after all, so went on to become a computer programmer.  Having decided that lots of computers weren’t much better than lots of kids, he moved into marketing.

This translated into spending a number of years producing brochures and setting up trade shows around the world for Ferranti Computer Systems.  Shortly followed by involvement in the full spectrum of business to business marketing.

Outside work, Nigel enjoys cycling (when it’s warm!), walking, playing tennis, listening to the radio and live music. 

Keith, the person outside of ISOQAR, is a husband, father of 2 grown up daughters, committed Christian, musician, badminton player and Golfer.

Steven started his working life with Plessey Telecommunications Ltd and moved into Quality Assurance after completing an apprenticeship.

He has held a variety of QA related roles and since moving to ISOQAR in 1993, has been appointed Training Manager, responsible for training and monitoring audit staff. Steven still regularly conducts audits, specialising in telecoms, electrical and forensic science related work.

Outside interests mainly revolve around his family.  He is married to Ellen, a Teaching Assistant and they have two children, Philip and Joanne.

He has followed Wigan Athletic FC from the Northern Premier League to the Premiership. A favourite hobby is going to gigs and listening to indie/rock music.

In an effort to keep fit, Steven walks Bolan the Spaniel and rides a Mountain Bike (off-road as much as possible)

Having completed fifteen years working in the food industry, a change of direction was on the cards for Roger in February 1997. This is when he joined ISOQAR.  It was now a case of the shoe being on the other foot, having been audited by ISOQAR in his previous role.

Since joining ISOQAR, Roger has expanded his industry knowledge to much more than just the food sector.  He now audits a wide and varied range of our customers.

As the demand for ISOQAR to deliver training courses grew, Roger was appointed to develop our external training activities.  A variety of courses are now on offer.  Why not take a peek at www.isoqar.com/training!

Originally a biologist specialising in ecology and microbiology, Carolyn became a teacher, decided better of it and went into industry producing toiletries for the supermarkets and retail trade. That company went from a 12 person company to a multi-national and she says she did most jobs whilst there! Later, Carolyn joined a consultancy and training company working on ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 throughout the world.

Now at ISOQAR, Carolyn is a project manager for the environmental standard and audits quality, environmental and health & safety management systems. Carolyn has a diverse expertise which covers waste management to care homes, taking in chemicals, laboratories, construction, education, basic engineering and many other service sectors along the way.

When she's not involved in any of this, Carolyn enjoys walking (especially with her dog) in the forest in summer and on the beach in winter. She regularly battles with the garden (it usually wins!) then retires to a chair with a glass of wine! And finally she also enjoys photography - especially hot air balloons. She has also been spotted flying in them.

Mike also spent several years as a Quality Manager responsible for implementing and maintaining Quality Assurance Systems and Total Quality Management initiatives. This role involved plants and offices throughout Europe and gave Mike the opportunity to reach a competent level of fluency in Italian.

Mike's hobbies include walking, swimming and listening to folk music.

After completing a 5 year Craft Apprenticeship with the Ford Motor Company, David remained at Ford as a test rig fitter before emigrating to South Africa in 1975.  During these years in SA he held positions at Leyland Cars, Mercedes, and finally as a Supplier Quality Engineer with Toyota in Durban, Natal.  On his return to the UK in 1986 (with two young sons in tow) he was employed at ERF trucks in Sandbach, Cheshire again as a Supplier Quality Engineer. 

David was the fourth auditor to join ISOQAR.  This was back in 1993.  Apart from visiting clients within his own sector of engineering and automotive manufacturing, he audits a very wide and diverse range of organisations both in the manufacturing and service industries. 

Interests and hobbies include using his bus pass and hiking.  David is a member of the Three Peaks of Yorkshire club.  In recent years David has competed 3 times in the Great North Run half marathon in Tyneside (finishing on the same day).  He plays the electric guitar in a duo/band doing occasional gigs, mostly pubs or clubs.  He also submits regular "one-line-philosophy" entries to the Daily Mail letters page, which, sadly they quite often print!

A registered lead auditor since 1988, Jim has worked with and audited literally hundreds of companies across a diverse range of industries, both service sector and manufacturing.

At the weekend he can be found playing Golf, and he is a ‘Blue Eyed’ follower of Manchester City.

Mike is a qualified electrical and mechanical engineer who has worked in the field of quality since leaving school.  He first worked as an inspector then subsequently as quality engineer, quality manager, quality consultant and quality assessor/auditor.

Russ Archer - Lead Auditor back to the top

Russ Joined ISOQAR in May 2000 following 12 years in heavy engineering and 12 years in the steel industry.  Starting as an apprentice, Russ steadily progressed his career, finally working as Quality and Training Manager before joining our audit team.

With all this experience, Russ now audits customers from the industries from whence he came. He has also expanded his industry knowledge to include stockists, materials testing, and training providers.

Although Russ lives in Bolton, he is a keen supporter of Leeds United Football Club.  He also enjoys running, playing pool, five-a-side football and spending time with his two children.

…so in July 2001 Ian joined ISOQAR. As one of our lead auditors, he specialises in building, civil engineering and associated professional disciplines. In fact, Ian gets involved in most of ISOQAR's activities where his vast experience in construction can be put to good use!

Outside of ISOQAR, Ian enjoys motoring, walking & DIY and there are rumours that he is a committed thespian (although his wife can confirm that it is not contagious!).

Jazz is married and claims to have two young children plus various other animals! His interests include tennis (at which we believe he’s a bit good!), hill walking and gardening.

He is also the fifth ISOQAR auditor called Mike. As he’s got a double-barrelled surname, we call him Mike 5 for short! So if you ever want to join ISOQAR as an auditor, changing your name to Mike will almost guarantee getting on the interview shortlist!

Mick’s hobbies include gardening, for which he is “certified” (or is that certificated?). Good old City and Guilds! He also likes to travel and has been known to take a number of “mini” holidays. He says doing it this way makes it seem like you have more holidays than others!

Shortly after, Jennifer joined us at ISOQAR working in the accounts department. Her main activities include looking after the invoicing of customers, purchase ledger and credit control.

She says that life after work entails her being a chauffeur, gofer and general dog’s body for her little one. If and when she does have the time or energy left, Jennifer enjoys socialising and a night out on the town with friends. She also likes doing a bit of D.I.Y. She enters every competition under the sun. Unfortunately she has not won anything yet but remains optimistic!

Jenny joined ISOQAR in 1993.  She says that at that time, the company was much smaller than it is now! 

Initially employed as part of the administration team, Jenny has enjoyed watching the company go from strength to strength.  In the early days, her own contribution to this growth was to ensure that all our auditors were in the right place at the right time.  This meant arranging their diaries, travel and ensuring they had everything they needed.  If that wasn’t enough, she also sent out the invoices and handled lots of the phone calls!

Since then, Jenny has taken on roles in both our Marketing and Overseas departments, and her current role is that of Training & Security Sector Coordinator. A large part of this job involves the organisation of ISOQAR’s training courses at our Head Office in Manchester and all over the world, providing delegates with the information they need to attend. The other half of Jenny’s role is to manage the administration for all of our clients in the security industry who wish to become Approved Contractors in accordance with the Security Industry Authority. Needless to say, both of these roles keep Jenny very busy!

Jenny’s main hobbies and interests are keeping fit (by going to the gym), cycling and playing badminton.  She is also a big music fan.  R&B and soul are her favourites – they allow her to boogie the night away.  At the weekends of course

Lorraine joined ISOQAR in 1994 as an Assistant Administrator.  Her main duties are updating surveillance reports on the computer system and checking the outcomes of our visits.  Lorraine also helps out in marketing from time-to-time, preparing quotations and sending information to prospective customers.

After work, singing is Lorraine’s main passion.  She is a group director, teaching gospel music at her local church.  She sees her mission in life as keeping others happy.

Fahmeedah Haq - Certification Assistant back to the top

Nicole joined ISOQAR from college where she studied computing and business studies.  She gained an Advanced Vocational Qualification in ICT as well as an AS in business studies.

Now, as well as being the youngest member of the ISOQAR team, Nicole is now the senior member of our appointments team.  Nicole’s duties mainly revolve around organising our Southern auditors’ diaries and liaising with clients in the South.  As senior Audit Liaison Officer she manages the day to day running of the diaries, booking new dates, updating reports, booking travel and hotels for the auditors and generally making sure that they get to their appointments on time!

After experiencing a wide range of jobs from window dressing to hairdressing, Sue worked for a hire company for 4 years before making the move to ISOQAR in June 2005.

Sue’s duties mainly revolve around organising our Northern auditors’ diaries and liaising with clients in the North.  This involves booking audit dates, scheduling any required amendments, sending information out to our auditors, and booking accommodation and travel.

Outside of work Sue enjoys nothing more than socializing with her friends, and has a passion for interior decorating and DIY.