Meet the Southern England team

Tim Collins – Branch Manager

Tim started with Stannah in 1988 as a senior engineer, bringing with him a wealth of experience in all aspects of lift engineering; manufacturing, installing and servicing. Promoted to charge hand in 1989 Tim soon progressed to Christchurch Branch supervisor in 1991.

His experience in supervising, maintenance, repairs, callouts and installation of both stairlifts and lifts is invaluable. Tim is also a qualified lift tester. Tim’s current principal role is to advise Stannah’s customers on compliance with ever-changing regulations and standards, ensuring their lifts are operating with optimum efficiency and safety.

Colin Jeppesen – Repair Supervisor

Colin joined Stannah Lift Services in 1997 as a stairlift service engineer based in the Christchurch branch, having previously worked within the electrical and security industry. Colin later trained to be a passenger lift engineer and in 2004 became the Repair Supervisor at Christchurch. He currently looks after a team of 4 engineers, and has recently been part of the team involved with major repairs projects for Guildford Borough Council and Network Rail. Colin has been married to Elaine for 10 years and has a daughter, Siobhan.

Tony Kirby – Supervisor

Tony joined Stannah Stairlifts back in the summer of 89 as a trainee for stairlift installations. His job involved him travelling throughout the UK attending to all types of Stannah stairlift products. Tony then spent 2 years with Stannah Microlifts, the goods-only Division of Stannah. In 1998 he joined Stannah Lift Services, Christchurch Branch as a service/repair/installer for stairlifts. After being in this role for 3 years he was persuaded to apply for the supervisors’ position. The position he now holds is the supervisor for the domestic portfolio; including servicing, call outs and minor repairs.

That was 4 years ago and Tony says he has not looked back since taking on his supervisory role!

Carol Dorricott – Administration Supervisor

Carol has worked at the Christchurch service branch since May 1991. She started as an administrator and took over as Supervisor in 2000. Carol has a team of 5 hard working administrators who all enjoy working for Stannah in Christchurch, especially because of the wonderful area of the New Forest and local beaches. Carol’s key responsibilities are managing the branch and supervising the administration department. The introduction of Mobile Communications was a big change to every day administration and at Christchurch they believe it has greatly improved communications between customers and engineers. Carol enjoys her work but is always pleased to go home to her husband and 2 border collies.