Nick English read Geography at Manchester University and subsequently joined Coopers and Lybrand in 1993 where he qualified as an accountant. A professional aviator at heart, Nick lived in and around aircraft since childhood, following a fatal accident which killed his father Euan English and left Nick with multiple injuries, he joined his brother Giles English to restructure North Weald Flying Services LTD an aviation fixed based operator (FBO) and aircraft restoration business. Following the successful restructuring of the business the brothers left in 2000 and founded Virtue Broadcasting, a company specialising in digital content distribution for the record industry which they sold to the telecoms provider Interoute in 2005.

The brothers Nick and Giles English remain today as Directors of North Weald Flying Services. Following the tragic accident, as a result of their combined passion for watches and aviation, Giles and Nick started Bremont Watch Company where they spent five years perfecting their timepieces, manufacturing and testing at their workshop in Switzerland. The first Bremont watch was launched onto the market in 2007 and one year later in 2008 they were named best British Emerging Luxury Brand by the Walpole organisation and in the same year continued their growth in to the US and Asia. Today Bremont has become a very well respected luxury watch brand and continues its impressive growth.

After qualifying in 1995 with an Engineering degree from Southampton University Giles joined Williams de Broe’s Corporate Finance team where he specialised in small cap IPO’s within the Engineering sector. A professional aviator at heart, Giles lived in and around aircraft since childhood, following a fatal accident which killed his father Euan English and left his brother Nick with multiple injuries, he joined his brother Nick English to restructure North Weald Flying Services LTD an aviation fixed based operator (FBO) and aircraft restoration business.

Following the successful restructuring of the business the brothers left in 2000 and founded Virtue Broadcasting, a company specialising in digital content distribution for the record industry which they sold to the telecoms provider Interoute in 2005. The brothers Giles and Nick English remain today as Directors of North Weald Flying Services. Following the tragic accident, as a result of their combined passion for watches and aviation, Giles and Nick started Bremont Watch Company where they spent five years perfecting their timepieces, manufacturing and testing at their workshop in Switzerland.

The first Bremont watch was launched onto the market in 2007 and one year later in 2008 they were named best British Emerging Luxury Brand by the Walpole organisation and in the same year continued their growth in to the US and Asia. Today Bremont has become a very well respected luxury watch brand and continues its impressive growth.

Gareth is a seasoned retail specialist having held executive roles in a number of high-street brands. As Managing Director of Links of London, Gareth worked closely with key investor, Clark Group, during its 2006 exit to Folli Follie.

Educated in Chemistry and Economics at the University of Swansea, Gareth qualified with Arthur Anderson as a Chartered Accountant. Having worked in a number of financial leadership roles, he became Managing Director of retailer Hackett, taking the Managing Director role within Links of London some eight years later.

Gareth is currently CEO of Bremont and an integral part of the Clark Group network.

John graduated in Modern History from Oxford University in 1983, subsequently practicing corporate law in London and Hong Kong. Leaving the legal profession in 1995 he served on the Board of Halston Borghese Inc., a U.S. based Cosmetics Company, and was responsible for restructuring their Japanese and German operation. John is an established player in the world of luxury goods, having founded Links of London with his wife, Annoushka Ducas, in 1990, one of the great success stories of the 90s and the new millennium, a pioneering venture that spearheaded the democratisation of luxury and design in jewellery and silver.

With his gift for instinctively understanding the needs of the market and dreams and desires of the client John is dedicated to continual innovation and ingenuity, from design and manufacture, through to marketing, packaging and communications. They built Links of London to sales of over £50 million before selling the company to Folli Follie SA in late 2006. John stepped down from the company in October 2007. Upon leaving Links of London, John invested in a new-start up business, Bremont Watch Company alongside Nick & Giles English, subsequently becoming Chairman of the Company. In under 18 months Bremont has become a key player in the luxury watch industry, recently expanding into the United States and Asia. In July 2009 he and Annoushka Ducas launched “Annoushka” a fine jewellery brand.

Annoushka’s designs are sold exclusively through its own boutiques in Harrods, Selfridges, Liberty and Harvey Nichols. The brand recently opened a design studio and flagship store at 42 Cadogan Gardens, adjacent to Sloane Square. John is a director of Walpole, the organisation and community aimed at serving and promoting British luxury brands, and founder of Walpole Brands of Tomorrow, mentoring and supporting the best of emerging British talent in the luxury sector. Launched in 2007 the bespoke mentorship and coaching programme helps aspiring British luxury brands of the future to fulfil their potential. These include the jewellery brands Astley Clark, Shawn Leane and Maui. John is also Chairman of the Pallant House Gallery Development Board – winner of the Museum of the Year Gulbenkian Prize for museums and galleries in 2007 and nominated for European Museum of the Year 2009.