Meet The Team
Fife Specialties is a newly founded distribution company seeking to provide high quality chemicals to the US market. The global supply chain has proven to be inadequately resilient in recent years and our goal is to strengthen the supply chain with reliably sourced chemicals.
Our Story
Simon Knowles
Chief Executive Officer
Simon is a highly motivated and experienced CEO who possesses substantial international expertise in outsourcing and partnering within the CMO arena across sectors such as Pharmaceutical, Agrochemical, Aroma, and Speciality Chemicals. He constantly seeks out new challenges and endeavors to develop new product portfolios.
He has an impressive track record, demonstrating his proficiency in global sales and business development, financial budgeting, compliance, performance review, reporting, on-time delivery, and mitigating commercial risks.
Simon's background in chemistry and technical knowledge greatly contributes to his adeptness in commercial and operational management. He has extensive experience in various aspects of project management, including technical transfer, commercial scale-up, continuous improvement, process development, waste minimization, and implementing sustainable supply chain strategies to achieve significant cost-of-goods savings.
Elliot Pryce
Head of Commercial
Since stepping into this area, Elliot played a vital role in the substantial growth and subsequent acquisition of the UK based company; driving and leading various key aspects of the organisation including commercial sales, operational outsourcing, procurement, supply chain improvement & demand planning. Elliot has held multiple roles within the industry, including Business Development Coordinator, Project Manager & Commercial Manager. Elliot holds a BSc in Applied Chemical & Pharmaceutical Science from Liverpool John Moores University.
Thomas Leigh
VP of Sales
Prior to this role, Thomas had been working in managing and financing merging and acquisition projects for Thailand’s largest hotel group and Arscott Lloyds.
Thomas holds a master’s degree in finance from Henley Business School at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Bentley University