On the 9th June 2006, at the age of 61, David Naylor the Finance Director of Wedge Group Galvanizing Ltd. will retire after 34 years’ continuous service with the Group.

David qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1969 after being Articled to Buckley, Hall, Devin & Co. (Ernst & Young) in Leeds.

He joined Pillar-Wedge Group, who was an audit client, on 1st March 1972.   At that time The Rio Tinto Zinc Corporation was the majority shareholder with a number of family interests, including Peter Wedge.

David became Financial Controller in 1975, joining the Board in August 1979 as Financial Director.   He became much involved in the group’s expansion from just two companies initially, to nine on its acquisition by B.E. Wedge Holdings Ltd. in December 1996, at which time he became a Director of BEWH.   The merger of the two groups led to David becoming Finance Director of Wedge Group Galvanizing Ltd. towards the end of 1997.

Based at the Regional Office in Bradford, David’s current responsibilities include Finance, IT and Purchasing.   He is also a Trustee of the B.E. Wedge Holdings Pension Scheme.

Recently he has been particularly involved in negotiations relating to the relocation of Newport Galvanizers Ltd. to Llanwern in South Wales, as well as dealing with the effect of the Olympic Bid on Parkes Galvanizing Ltd. in Stratford, London.

With his wife Janet he owns a property in The Algarve, Portugal and intends to pursue his golfing interests both here and while holidaying there.   He has two sons, James and Simon, who both work in London and share his interest in golf.