At Hubl, the foundation of the team is a collection of experts who share the same vision for a sustainable and environment-friendly logistics solution which aims to drive the world of delivery to a brighter future.
Directors and Executive management:
Hugh Frost – Managing Director
Hugh is the concept originator for the Hubl last mile delivery network and support technologies, including The CoolRun Pod. His 40 years of business owner experience has included taking start-ups to successful exits in the garden centre and commercial contract landscaping sectors. As Managing Director of Hubl he has developed a number of technologies within the Hubl Last–Mile service model, including two important components to provide efficiency in the physical process, those being Freight Lite, a load transfer system and the CoolRun Pod system.
John Morrissey – Projects Director
John has a breadth of experience over a number of disciplines, in blue-chip and SME, both public and private sector. He has worked in project management for more than 30 years, particularly in health and IT.
John Henry Looney – Sustainability Director
John Henry has been a Sustainability Management Consultant for over 30 years with strong technical, business and project management background, in delivering improvements through engineering solutions and by motivating behaviour change.
David May – Product Director
David is Deputy Director of Lincoln Institute of Agri-Food Technology. He specialises in the impact of supply chains on produce quality and, in particular, temperature management and damages through handling. David spent more than 20 years with Tesco, working on optimising the chill chain and methods of reducing energy costs whilst maintaining the required temperatures for products.
Paul Beattie – Product Designer
Paul is a Design Engineer with over 12 years of experience. He has worked in a wide range of industries such as Automotive, Industrial and Marine. He has many years of hands-on tools experience gained from previously working on the production line and building prototypes.
Tim Chambers – Commercial Director
MSc Development Planning (UCL), MBA Finance and Strategy (Open), specialised in innovative business models and founder of a technology company
in the food and logistics industry.
Funding support: Innovate UK
