Who
We Are

With over 30 years’ experience in the FMCG sector, Michael began his career as a Graduate Trainee with Mars UK, progressing to hold the position of Managing Director at Henderson Foodservice and Vice Chairman of Landmark Wholesale, prior to joining DCS as CEO. He is a member of the Expert Advisory Group at the Institute of Directors, and sits on the Advisory Council for The Jobs Foundation.

Johnathan is a highly qualified Chartered Accountant with 15 years in the profession working across a broad range of sectors. He moved into industry to lead the finance team for a family owned UK leading manufacturing business. He joined DCS in 2015 as Group Finance Director taking responsibility for the wider Finance team, Quality and Compliance as well as supporting IT.

Since starting his career in Operations at Unilever, Carl has gained a wealth of operational leadership experience across a variety of world class organisations, including Associated British Foods and PepsiCo, before moving to his previous role as UK Supply Chain Director at PZ Cussons. Carl’s role is to oversee all group operations both in the DCS head office and distribution centre in Banbury, and DCS Manufacturing based in Redditch in Worcestershire.

Charles graduated from University College London in 2013. He joined the family business in 2014 to work in Insight and Category Management. In the six years since, he has gained a wealth of experience from Manufacturing to Export along with managing the Enliven brand. Charles is now a company Director and leads Design and Marketing.

Simon brings over 20 years of FMCG leadership experience and has been lucky enough to lead and be part of some amazing teams in Mars, Unilever and Pfizer. Just prior to joining DCS in November 2020 Simon worked with a range of consumer goods organisations as a management consultant. Simon and the sales team are responsible for developing long term partnerships which delight our customers. 

Julie Price joined DCS Group in 2016 bringing a wealth of experience from both retail and manufacturing industries. Julie is CIMA qualified boasting 25 years post qualification experience in Management Accounts and Senior Finance positions, specialising in implementing process improvements and delivering excellence. After spending many years as DCS Group Finance Director supporting and evolving the Finance Performance of the Group Julie now takes the lead on our Transformation agenda; driving change and supporting growth across the wider business. 

Denys is the Founder and Chairman of DCS Group. He was awarded an OBE in the 2013 New Years Honours List and is a former Chairman of the Coventry & Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership. He is also a Founder of Enable Software. Prior to his entrepreneurial career, Denys was an England International Hockey Player.