Meet the team

The people behind Maycast Nokes, bringing experience, skill and engineering expertise to every project.

Leadership team

  • Steve Wallings

    Steve Wallings

    Role: Managing Director

    Steve has been with Maycast since 1983, progressing from an apprentice-trained moulder to Managing Director, appointed in 2004.

  • Dave Blower

    Dave Blower

    Role: Sales Director

    Dave joined Maycast in 1993 as a Technical Sales Engineer and now leads sales and marketing, bringing a BSc in Engineering and foundry expertise.

  • Derek Redgwell

    Derek Redgwell

    Role: Finance Director

    Derek joined Maycast in 2014 and manages day-to-day finance, capacity planning and IT support, backed by 35 years in manufacturing systems.

Commercial & customer support team

  • Simon Gill

    Simon Gill

    Role: Business Development Manager

    With Maycast since 2003, Simon supports customers from enquiry to order and remains a key point of contact throughout the production process.

  • Linda Carter

    Linda Carter

    Role: Contracts Manager

    With Maycast since 2003, Simon supports customers from enquiry to order and remains a key point of contact throughout the production process.

  • Paul Raby

    Paul Raby

    Role: Sales Engineer

    Paul joined Maycast-Nokes in 2025 from Ransoms, bringing valuable experience to support customer enquiries and strengthen the commercial team.

Operations, quality & technical team

  • Darren Moodie

    Darren Moodie

    Role: Production Manager

    Darren joined in 2003 after 19 years at Paxman Diesels and now oversees all foundry manufacturing as Production Manager at Maycast-Nokes.

  • Tony Mays

    Tony Mays

    Role: NDT Manager

    Tony became Quality Manager in 2005 and NDT Manager in 2015. He is PCN Level III qualified in Radiography and Penetrant Flaw Detection.

  • Greg Stewart

    Greg Stewart

    Role: Quality Manager

    Greg joined Maycast in 2012 as an apprentice and now leads quality, maintaining ISO9001, AS9100 and NADCAP approvals to high standards.

  • Ashley Woolston-Phillips

    Ashley Woolston-Phillips

    Role: Technical Manager

    Ashley joined in 2014 as an apprentice and became the first degree apprentice to qualify. Now Technical Manager, he leads improvement and innovation.

  • Mike Poyner

    Mike Poyner

    Role: Works Manager

    Mike joined Maycast in 2013 and progressed through key roles before becoming Works Manager in 2021, overseeing overall site organisation.

  • Dom Adams

    Dom Adams

    Role: Senior Manufacturing Engineer

    Dom has been with Maycast since 2015, bringing engineering expertise to production and driving optimisation and continuous improvement.