Meet the Team
Why are we called Dealey?Find out more about
the history of our company
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Martin Cobbald
Director
Martin has been pest controlling since he was 16 years old. He started in the fumigation crew at Dealey Fumigation and went on to be managing director of the company nine years later. He took on the Managing Director role at Step Pest Control in 2016 which has since been amalgamated into Dealey.
Brief Description
Irritatingly positive and unthinkably hairy.
Special Powers
Insects are his main passion, be they pests or not, he is a good contact if you have something scary and bug-shaped and you’re not sure what to do...
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David Burgess
Fumigation Manager
David has been working in the fumigation industry for 26 years beginning his career at Igrox as Operations Manager. He progressed to head up the operations team and oversaw the transition of Igrox’s business during their merger with Connaught Plc.
Later in his career, he ran fumigation operations for Rentokil as Fumigation Manager for the UK. He now has his dream job as Fumigation Manager for Dealey Fumigation covering the whole of the UK.
Brief description
David is the most technically qualified fumigation professional in the UK. Enough said.
Special powers
When he gets that far-away look in his eye, he’s probably already worked out your insect problems and started thinking about bicycles.
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Mark White
Head of Falconry and Bird Control
Mark has been at Dealey since 2010. He joined us after a long lay-off with a broken spine. He started as he went on- at a million miles per hour- you would have never known that two years previously, he wasn't able to walk.
Brief Description
If you get Mark talking about bird control, you'd better be sitting comfortably. It's an in-depth topic, and Mark epitomises the Dealey philosophy; If you want to be an expert- get geeky!
Special Powers
Used to be a stunt man for the flicks- so he can do falconry from horseback, naturally.
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Angela Chettle-Sloan
Area Manager - Midlands
Ange is an exceptionally friendly soul with a passion for wildlife. Has impeccable agricultural roots having cut her teeth in the world of pig husbandry. You need that affinity to be able to manage animals of all sizes.
Brief Description
Humility and honesty sum up Ange. She will tell you straight, be warned!
Special Powers
Has impenetrable banter armour. We have been searching for chinks, none found
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Daniel Knight
Container Fumigator
Dan joined us from Frontier Agriculture, where he was their fumigator at large. Additional to his skills in applying gas, he also is qualified in phytosanitary protocols, barley and wheat identification and counterbalance driving.
We don't know how we did without him.
Brief Description
Slow and steady wins the prize. Dan wins prizes. He also manages to see jobs through to the finish every time without fail. What a lad.
Special Powers
Utterly, utterly, unflappable
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Maria Buxton
Fumigation Trainee
Joined us from the fire service which brings all the transferrable skills of someone already well used to dealing with toxic gasses.
Brief Description
The ultimate team player, Maria is the first person to search out if you are having a bad morning.
Special Powers
Knows more about Star Wars than any other living human being, including George Lucas.
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Lee Hodgson
Service Technician
Lee is from pest control stock. His father was a pest controller before him. He joins us from the mean streets of London where he was exposed to the densest population of pests in these sceptered isles
Brief Description
Speaks funny, but we don't mind. Has a genuine wide eyed interest in all things pesty. Unbelievably friendly, which might have something to do with seeing the pests of London every day and making it out alive.
Special Powers
He is a regular Dr Doolittle and can speak to parrots. Both the parrots and the language used can be quite blue...
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Roxanne Britnell
Falconer
Roxanne has falconry in her soul. She has her team of five pest control birds including a peregrine, gyr saker and harris hawk. She treats them better than royalty, and they respond to her every beck and call to relive sites of infesting pest birds.
Brief Description
She has a degree in animal management but has stooped to our level because... who wouldn't want to be a falconer?!
Special Powers
Doesn't have to put on the red light, unless it's for an incubator. Yes, she raises these birds from harmless egg to scary adult.
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Martin Roberts
Falconer
Martin joined us from US military bases where he was in charge of preventing bird strikes. He brings that extra level of urgency to bird control that can only be formed with billions of dollars of government tech on the line.
Brief Description
Is nicer to his birds than he is to people, which is quite an achievement because he is possibly the nicest man in the world.
Special Powers
Very strong beard game.