Liveryman appointed as new chairman of Ercol

Liveryman Henry Tadros is to succeed his father and Past Master, Edward Tadros, as chairman of Ercol.

Ercol Furniture was founded in 1920 by Edward’s grandfather and Henry’s great-grandfather, Lucian R. Ercolani. Edward joined Ercol in 1973, starting in the design department and in the factory. Over the years he worked across all areas of the business including as production director and managing director. He has been Ercol’s chairman since 1993. Henry joined Ercol in 2010 and, like his father, began in the factory before working across all departments as well as founding L.Ercolani, the refined luxury brand from the Ercol family.

“It is with great enthusiasm that I announce that I have asked my son Henry to succeed me as chairman of Ercol Furniture”, says Edward. “I say enthusiasm because I am very optimistic about the future of the company. Henry has been steeped in the ethos of Ercol since an early age and has been fully engaged working for us for the last twelve years from the shop floor outwards. The team with Henry is extremely good and motivated. For some time we have been managing this transition and ercol now has a board of directors led by David Finch as managing director working with operations director Ian Peers, creative director Rachel Galbraith, and sales and marketing director Arno Koch, all experienced and committed.”

“This is my forty-ninth year in the company and my twenty-ninth as chairman, so it is clearly the time to make sure that I am acting in the best way to ensure the success of the next generations in the family and in our company. I am remaining on the board and will continue to work alongside Henry and the team. I am sure you will join me in wishing Henry and the team across the whole of Ercol the very best for the future.”

“It is a great honour to be taking up the role as chairman at Ercol from my father. What more can be said other than he has been an ever-present icon of the company and industry for almost half a century and will leave an impressive legacy to follow,” says Henry.

“102 years after he founded the company as a young Italian immigrant, my great-grandfather, Lucian, would be very proud of where we now find ourselves and what we have achieved. I am very much looking forward to continuing to build on both of their legacies working with David, the board and the rest of the company.”