Our Team
Gordon Shields, Chairman and Founder
Gordon Shields founded Shields Environmental in 1979 and quickly adopted the challenge of making environmental excellence a part of everyday business.
Gordon has since received continual recognition for his 25 years of experience in developing cutting-edge environmental management capabilities and leading in other aspects of corporate responsibility alongside being a very successful entrepreneur.
Gordon served on the Leadership Board of Business in the Community's (BITC) Environment Division from 1996 to 2008. In addition, Gordon was invited by the UK's Environment Minister to serve on a steering group that assisted the UK Government in meeting its environmental targets and more recently, he served on a UK Government Business Task Force on Sustainability. Gordon has also contributed to the efforts of the United Nations Environmental Programme and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) for his contribution to the environment.
With regard to his entrepreneurial activities his last venture Regenersis he grew with his team from zero turnover in 2000 to £100m and £6m profits before retiring as Chairman in 2008. He now spends much of his time assisting companies with their development plans.
Ruben Peijnenborgh, Managing Director
Ruben joined Shields in February of 2004 with more than ten years experience in telecommunications. Through his extensive international experience in sales and supply of telecommunications equipment, and related services, Ruben is furthering Shields international growth.
Before joining Shields, Ruben was Director of Supply & Operations for Somera Communications for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific (EMEA/AP). At Somera, Ruben had a key role in starting and further building the EMEA/AP operation into a very profitable business. Prior to Somera, Ruben was Senior Consultant at Adstrat, a The Netherlands based Strategy Consultancy firm for the Telecommunications industry.
Ruben holds degrees in Electronics and Business Administration. Ruben is a keen traveler and has been to some quite unusual places including a visit to the Reindeer People of Mongolia.
Daniel Jones, Group Finance Director
Daniel was appointed Group Finance Director of Shields Environmental in 2005. Previously he spent 4 years at Kingston Smith where he worked with many corporate clients, focused mainly on audit. Daniel is a qualified accountant (ACA), qualifying at the age of 22. Daniel was on assignment at Shields Environmental, helping to streamline the business finances, when his talent was spotted. In his spare time Daniel enjoys playing football, cycling and studying business opportunities. In 2009 Daniel was entered into the "Who's Who of Britain's Young Business Leaders".
Dean Perry, Sales Director
Dean Perry joined the Company in July 2001. As Sales Director, Dean is now responsible for managing the sales teams throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining Shields, Dean worked for Ericsson for 4 years (New Public Networks) and 16 years for BT. During these years Dean gained a wealth of knowledge on the technical aspects of network telecommunications equipment, which has been instrumental to the success of sales and operations.
Stephen Mills, Head of Business Development
Steve Mills has been in sales and business development for nearly 30 years, 20 of those have been spent in the telecoms sector, with significant spells as a Global Account Director with Cable & Wireless; Hosting Sales Director at COLT, and Business Development Manager with Dolphin. His hobbies include art, oil painting, football, books, and music.
Toby Walford, Project Manager.
Toby Walford joined Shields Environmental in 1989 where he was initially part of the engineering teams tasked with a very successful 10 year project - managing the complete de-installation and removal of British Telecom's redundant analogue network.
Toby's role within the company continued to evolve as the company expanded, and he is now the Senior Project Manager and Planning Supervisor (CDM) for all projects undertaken by Shields on behalf of the UK and European Mobile Telecom Operators that Shields have as clients.
Toby became a fully qualified Health and Safety advisor in 2007 and gained significant experience in Quality and Environmental Auditing whilst helping to manage Shields successful accreditations for ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
With over 20 years experience in the telecoms industry, Toby is an integral member of the Shields management team.
Harry Tunnicliffe, Manager - Energy Services
Before joining Shields as Manager for the Energy Services Division, Harry enjoyed a long career in IT.
He became the UK and European MD of Data Dimensions Inc in 1996 where, in addition to speaking on IT related subjects at conferences and seminars across Europe and North America, he had responsibility for over 200 staff.
In 2003, Harry became MD of the York based Global Procurement Group where he was heavily involved in energy procurement and it was there that Harry became particularly interested in energy reduction initiatives.
Harry founded the Energy Conservation Group in 2006, developing a methodology for undertaking energy surveys, identifying energy saving opportunities and installing appropriate controls to help customers achieve significant savings.