Key Members of staff at Floors of Stone
We take great pride in the dedication and professionalism of our staff. Click below to find out a little bit more about our senior members of staff.
Kathryn Collins
Manager
Kathryn Collins
Manager
The central member of our team, Kathryn has been managing the company since 2009 joining the team after receiving a 1st class BSc Hons degree from Sheffield Hallam University, where she studied Sport and Leisure Management. Through her strong motivational and managerial skills, Kathryn has helped Floors of Stone to become the success story that it is today. She is hugely passionate about football, spending 23 seasons playing for local teams, most recently Loughborough Foxes where she won the County Cup before deciding to hang up her boots.
Ben Cherry
Finance & Logistics Manager
Ben Cherry
Finance & Logistics Manager
Since joining the team after a successful stint in property, Ben has been one of the longest-serving members of staff at Floors of Stone. His ability to problem solve has meant that he has become a senior member of staff concentrating on haulage and logistics to ensure that we provide the best possible delivery service to our customers. He is also a key member of the sales team and has vast product knowledge. Outside of work you will often find him on the local golf course, gaming with his friends or binge watching the latest TV series.
Paul O'Leary
Founder
Paul O'Leary
Founder
Paul graduated from Loughborough University in 1987 with a 2:1 and co-founded Insight Design Consultancy which had a strong ergonomic bias and won commissions from The M.O.D, The Royal National Hospital Bath and Cranfield Business College. In 1989 Paul followed his yearning for design and production with one of the design partners, Philip deVries and co-founded deVOL (the name being an amalgamation of their initials). deVOL began specialising in freestanding kitchen furniture in 1993.
Molly Cherry
Sales & Marketing Manager
Molly Cherry
Sales & Marketing Manager
Molly joined Floors of Stone in September 2015 and quickly became a highly valued member of the team. Her work ethic, confident approach and warm, helpful manner have seen her become a firm favourite amongst customers. Molly loves travelling with her favourite place to visit being Portugal. She also enjoys spending time with her family, including her little boy Ronnie. Molly has a real interest in home interiors and is always working on a new project for her house.
Max Whitfield
Assistant Manager
Max Whitfield
Assistant Manager
Max joined Floors of Stone in October 2015, and with his wealth of experience in retail and sales he has fitted easily into our expanding team becoming our Customer Service Manager as well as the Assistant Manager. His broad knowledge of tiles, as well as his friendly manner, has quickly made him popular with customers.
Liam O'Rorke
Sales Advisor
Liam O'Rorke
Sales Advisor
Liam joined our growing Floors of Stone team in April of 2021. He hails from the sunny southeast of Ireland in County Wexford, a place famed for its beaches and strawberries. Liam came to the UK in September of 2018 to start work as cabin crew for Ryanair at East Midlands Airport. It was here he found his passion for customer service and meeting new people.
Liam also expresses a love for travelling and has visited several countries across the globe including America, Greece and Canada. He has been to Canada many times to visit his older brother who lives in Toronto.
Will Margetts
Sales & Marketing Analyst
Will Margetts
Sales & Marketing Analyst
Will grew up local to Cotes Mill in the Loughborough area and has memories of driving past as a child, always curious as to what was inside. It then seemed like too good an opportunity to pass up when he came across the job advertisement while looking for a change of scenery in October 2021 and has now settled in perfectly as part of the team at the Mill.
With a background in sales and a wealth of knowledge, he's been able to apply what he has already learned to the business and is excited to develop his skills further.
Ellie Morton
Sales Advisor
Ellie Morton
Sales Advisor
Ellie joined our growing sales team back in 2022 after deciding to take a career change and follow her passion for interiors by taking the opportunity to become part of the team here at Cotes Mill. Ellie has experience working in a variety of customer service roles where her willingness to help and support others has always been her priority. Ellie is wonderful with customers and is always on hand to suggest the right flooring for them so they can create a space they love.
Tom Bird
Yard Manager
Tom Bird
Yard Manager
Tom joined Floors of Stone in 2023 with the expansion of the yard and has already proved to be a great asset. He grew up in the Devonshire countryside before moving to Leicestershire. He enjoys the great outdoors, being in the countryside, and particularly hiking, recently climbing Ben Nevis and Snowden. He enjoys sports and has played both football and rugby for his local teams. His time outside of work is spent running around after his two young boys who take after Tom in being extremely active. Tom is also an animal lover and his dream would be to open an animal rescue centre.
Joseph Wilson
Sales Advisor
Joseph Wilson
Sales Advisor
Joseph joined the team in early 2024. Having moved from Derby and working within the skateboard industry, he was looking for a place to work that could provide opportunities to expand his skills whilst he works on obtaining his degree in media and marketing. Aside from work and studying, he enjoys going to local gigs and has two pet birds as well as a dog. He enjoys travelling, having been to Croatia, Poland, Sardinia and America.
Katie Beresford
Sales Advisor
Katie Beresford
Sales Advisor
Katie joined our sales team in the Summer of 2024 and has settled into the office very quickly helping customers with their project requirements. Katie loves spending time with her husband and two children, often going on family walks or cosying up in front of a film. She also enjoys cooking with her husband, who is a chef, and is always teaching her different cooking techniques and they love to try new foods together.
Daisy MacGilbert
Sales Advisor
Daisy MacGilbert
Sales Advisor
Daisy joined the team in the Summer of 2025, bringing with her many years of experience in the design and home improvement industry. After completing a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art from Western Michigan University, Daisy went into design consultancy. She is now applying this colour and design knowledge to our customers, helping them select the right flooring for their homes. In her free time, you can find her trying out new recipes from around the world, gardening, drawing and going on walks in the countryside.
Everything we do and the success of all our projects is completely dependent on the talent, experience and dedication of our staff. Our customers expect the highest quality flooring at a sensible price and good old fashioned service. All of our staff have been chosen because they are highly skilled in their area of expertise. We are lucky to be in a market town with one of the highest ranking universities in the country, allowing us to draw on a very talented pool of potential employees.
Floors of Stone has been established since 2007, supplying limestone floor tiles to clients of our sister company, deVOL Kitchens. We now offer a wide selection of natural stone tiles at highly competitive prices from our dedicated flooring showroom, along with our terracotta, porcelain tiles and a range of wood flooring.
Our sister company deVOL Kitchens has been established since 1989 and design and make the finest handmade kitchens. deVOL moved to the historic Cotes Mill in 2013, which is now home to all four of their kitchen ranges, as well as antiques, gifts, interior products and Floors of Stone's 145m2 flooring showroom. Cotes Mill is a renowned local landmark and now our customers can view everything under one roof whilst taking in the enchanting character of the mill and gardens.
Today, the deVOL group employs over 250 staff and have showrooms in Loughborough, London and New York. Our kitchens and flooring have featured on Grand Designs and within the pages of prestigious magazines such as Elle Deco, Country Living and The English Home to name a few. We have completed projects from right here in Cotes to Barbados and beyond. Whatever your project, we'd love to hear from you.
