NEWMAN REFRIGERATION - Key Persons


Clive Tuley

Job Titles:
  • Refrigeration Technical Manager
Clive has been in the refrigeration industry for 35 years. Starting as a production engineer with world renowned Hubbard Refrigeration, he quickly progressed through the ranks achieving the position as Technical Manager before being invited to head up technical applications for Robert C Scutt, a company synonymous with high quality, sophisticated refrigeration equipment design and build. Clive heads up our refrigeration design team; blending each customers' needs and resource with the most appropriate technology available. An advocate in energy reduction in the cooling process, Clive likes to demonstrate the benefits of investment in the latest technology with the resultant energy saving payback; indeed we have case studies demonstrating energy saving solutions achieving 50% power use reduction.

Dan Troath

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager
Dan joined Newman Refrigeration almost 10 years ago as an apprentice engineer. Since then he has qualified and made his way up the ranks from senior engineer, supervisor and onto Project Manager. Dan certainly knows his way around projects large and small, refrigeration and air conditioning and takes pride in delivering every project on time and within budget. Dan enjoys running in his spare time and you can keep an eye out for him on the TV running the London Marathon this year - We are sure he wont be too far behind Mo Farah!

David Gough

Job Titles:
  • Contracts Director
  • Contracts and Projects Manager With Extensive and Unrivalled Knowledge of Refrigeration
David started out his career in air conditioning and refrigeration as one of Rob Newman's apprentices! After qualifying as a fully certified engineer, he went on to spend seven years in Australia managing extremely large scale VRF air conditioning projects. We are delighted to have David back in the UK and running our installation department. David is an exceptional contracts and projects manager with extensive and unrivalled knowledge of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning systems alike, and he is yet to be overwhelmed by the amplitude of any contract! David is a proud family man and enjoys keeping himself fit at the gym and follows West Ham football club.

Gareth Newman

Job Titles:
  • Service Manager
Gareth has enjoyed his entire career in the refrigeration industry; from apprentice, to senior commissioning engineer for one of the UK's foremost Supermarkets, before progressing into management. Gareth manages our service department and passes on his knowledge from the front line to our engineers and customers alike. He also spends considerable time mentoring our apprentices. With his keen eye for detail and a natural customer first attitude, you can be certain that your equipment is in safe hands when you choose Gareth and Newman Refrigeration for your service and maintenance requirements. Outside of work, Gareth enjoys spending time with his family, watching his hometown football club Ipswich Town and keeping fit.

John Barry

Job Titles:
  • General Manager
With over 40 years in the refrigeration industry, 25 years of which he spent as owner of the hugely successful 'Morris and Young Refrigeration' (sold to worldwide giant GEA / Grenco), John doesn't mind being called a veteran of our industry! John has served on the Executive Council at the Institute of Refrigeration and has been a chairman and member of other IoR committees. He was accordingly awarded a Fellowship of the Institute of Refrigeration in recognition of his services to our industry. After selling Morris and Young, John joined Denco, the specialist Close Control air conditioning manufacturer, to support their management buyout process. He has a common sense, pragmatic approach; he is an asset and the driving force of the back office at Newman Refrigeration Ltd. His wealth of managerial and overall experience is a crucial cog in our company processes. In his spare time, John enjoys visits to the opera and singing with a choir, as well as spending time with his friends, family and grandchildren.

Rob Newman M. - COO

Job Titles:
  • Operations Director
Rob has spent all his working life in the refrigeration and air conditioning industry. Starting as an apprentice, he quickly become his employers youngest ever senior service engineer, whilst gaining his qualifications. With his innate understanding of refrigeration, Rob was soon promoted to commissioning engineer and also supervised large sophisticated projects, providing him with a broad depth of system, design and project knowledge at an early age. Rob is our Operations Director, with responsibility for the day to day running of all matters engineering and with an overview of project design. He takes a hands on, proactive approach to business and is often be found 'out in the field' offering support to customers, service and installation engineers alike. Rob is a protagonist for apprenticeships in our industry and takes a close interest in supporting our apprentices and improvers program. Outside of work, Rob enjoys spending time at home with his young family, socialising with friends, and can occasionally be found playing between the posts for the Newman Refrigeration Ltd football team.