Welcome to new Liveryman Colin Wade

Photograph shows from the left, top row: Ben Burbidge, Senior Warden, Liveryman Colin Wade, Tony Smart, Junior Warden; second row The Master David Dewing

Colin is a Managing Director of Andrew Muirhead & Son Ltd, the producer of high quality leather for transport seating and contract furniture.

Colin attended Heversham Grammar in Cumbria before moving into a career in business management with companies such as Porrvair and PIL Membranes.

Since joining Muirhead in 2008 he has taken on a senior role with a company trading in over 60 countries all over the world.

Colin joined The Furniture Makers’ Company as a Freeman in February 2014 and has been instrumental in setting up a new student prize. The Muirhead Leather Prize will be launched this autumn at the Young Furniture Makers Exhibition, as part of Muirhead’s 175th anniversary celebrations.