Our Council

Malcolm Campbell began his career in this glorious textile industry in 1969, as apprentice weaver and textile designer for A&J Macnab of Haddington in Scotland, he attended the Scottish College of Textiles in Galashiels on block release, and in 1975 was awarded the City & Guilds of London Institute certificate in Textile Design and Colour, and Business Management.

In 1975 Malcolm moved to Yorkshire as assistant designer with Hirst & Mallinson of Huddersfield , and in 1978 was appointed Sales and  Marketing Director of  West Riding Fabrics in Leeds. He moved in to the retail sector, and back to Scotland, in 1983 with The Edinburgh Woollen Mill, as design and marketing Director, and in 1990, moved back to Yorkshire as  design, sales and marketing Director for the Parkland Group.

Malcolm was appointed Managing Director of Alexander Drew, textile printers in Rochdale in 2000 , and in 2002, became marketing Director for The Woolmark Company, in Ilkley, until 2007, when he joined the Holland & Sherry Group as sales and marketing Director. Malcolm is currently working on consultancy with Retail & Textile Co. with The Cloth of Kings, and on a Scottish Wedding Project with The Callanish Tartan which he designed and registered.

In 2004 he was appointed the first ever Scotsman to be President of the Bradford Textile Society , and in 2006 was awarded Fellowships of the Society of Dyers and Colourists, The Textile Institute, and the Royal Society of Arts. He has lectured on wool globally, to Australian farmers, various industry sectors, and to textile design students. Malcolm believes that textile education is crucial to the future of our industry, not only to the technicians, but to the retailers, the retail sales staff, and the consumer, to stop price depreciation, and the move to less expensive, expendable cloths, and to re-establish the versatility and the outstanding value of Nature’s wonderful luxury natural fibres.

Consultancy work has included Harris Tweed (Carloway Mill), men’s formal tailoring (Skopes), interiors (Art of the Loom), brand creation, textile design, and work in China, Egypt and India.

Malcolm has published a trilogy of three children’s books, ‘Malcolm the weaver’, in collaboration with The Society of Dyers and Colourists, to educate 4 to 8 year old children in the art of colour and the craft of textiles, nature, the environment and sustainability, and is currently developing a pilot animation programme with BBC Alba in Scotland.

He is also undertaking the writing of a new book, a chronicle, having traced his ancestry back through the generations to 1495, descended from The Burgess of Selkirk.

Malcolm discovered that his great grandmother, Mary Anne Harley, was born in 1870 and was a jute weaver on Tayside in Scotland.

David Gallimore is the current Chair and Council Member since 2002, and previously served as President in 2003/04. With a lifelong commitment to the textile industry, David is passionate about inspiring the next generation by promoting careers in textiles to colleges and universities across the UK.

Since 2012, David has been the Managing Director of Luxury Fabrics Ltd, the UK’s leading manufacturer of worsted, woollen, and cashmere fabrics. Under his leadership, the company has flourished, proudly trading under some of the most prestigious heritage brands in British textiles, including John Foster, Kynoch of Scotland, Joshua Ellis, Standeven Fabrics, and William Halstead.

David’s leadership combines a respect for tradition with a forward-looking vision, ensuring the ongoing relevance and success of British textile manufacturing.

Barry Smith has been involved with the Textile Society for seven years, the last three in the role of Honorary Treasurer.

Barry runs his own Accountancy Practice in Bradford, after spending 27 years working in senior management in the printing industry in the City.

Tami Stewart has served as a Council Member of the society since 2022 and was appointed Secretary in 2023.

With a background in textile design, Tami has worked in both freelance and employed roles since the 1990s. Since 2001, she has also held lecturing positions across various Further and Higher Education institutions in the UK, teaching subjects such as printed textiles, graphic communication, and digital media.

As Secretary of the society, Tami is the primary point of contact for all society-related enquiries, including membership, events, and the annual design competition.

Email: secretary@bradfordtextilesociety.org.uk

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Gill is a life member and has served on the Council for over 45 years, organising the annual Design Competition.

She became the Society’s first female Chairman in 1984.

A graduate of Leeds University, Gillian began her textile design career at West Riding Fabrics and later established a successful design consultancy with leading UK and global clients.

At the same time she became an associate lecturer at Bradford School of Art, specialising in knitted textiles, colour and trends prediction.

Dr. Pam Brook has been a council member since 2012/13 and was the Bradford Textile Society President from 2015 to 2017. She is a retired manager and lecturer in Further and Higher Education. Pam worked for Hattersley’s in Keighley for 3 years in the late 1970s.

She currently volunteers at Bradford College’s Textile Archive which holds a substantial collection of historical items from the Society’s archive. She has recently curated an exhibition along with Helen Farrar, the archivist, about the history of the Bradford Textile Society Design competition and industry in the Bradford District. She has also recently completed a PhD at Nottingham Trent University.

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Ceri joined the BTS as a corporate member when she worked at James Drummond and Sons Ltd in Bradford between 1989 and 2000 as a woven textile designer and progressing to design manager. She became an independent member whilst working as a design consultant and then as an educational member when working as a lecturer / programme leader for BA (Hons) Media Makeup with Special Effects within the School of Art at Bradford College.

Initially, Ceri attended presentations by guest speakers and the annual BTS annual dinner as an ordinary member. In 2022, she became a council member whereby she accompanied BTS Design Competition award winners to Premiere Vision, became a judge for several categories for the Design competition, and helps with putting up various exhibitions.

Marketing Executive at British Wool, Louisa works with designers, academics and brands to champion British wool fibre as well as quality textile manufacturing.

Having studied material science & product innovation in the textile-heritage rich region of West Yorkshire, its abundance of working mills and sheep farms has instilled an appreciation of locality and provenance to her work.

Once you start a career path in the textile industry it really does get in your blood. I started my career as trainee dyer at Walter Walker & Sons, carpet yarn spinners and dyers, now part of Ulster Carpets. As part of my training, I studied at Bradford and Ilkley Community College gaining my ONC and HND in textile colouration. I was approached by Scott & Rhodes Ltd piece dyers in Yeadon for the position of Pattern Dyer, I progressed to Technical Shift Dyer before moving to J. H. Walker in Ravensthorpe as Technical Shift Dyer. After 6 months I was promoted to Dyehouse Manager where I won the SDC Young Colourist of the Year award in 1995. A change of direction took me into sales of dyes and chemicals before the opportunity to become managing director of Advanced Colours and Chemicals Ltd a dye and chemical business located over the hill in Lancashire. I was elected to the Trustee Board of the Society of Dyers and Colourists and have spent the last 18 months as chairman of the trustee board. Three years ago, an opportunity to purchase Wilkinson & Scott Ltd based in the centre of Bradford was taken where we have installed a purpose-built dyeing laboratory.

I look forward to becoming the President of the Society and building on the progress of recent years.