Three at the top.
A managing director
in every plant.
The board is deliberately small. It buys the businesses, funds them and sets the standards; the people who run them are already on site.
Yusufa Sey
FounderFounded Northern Industries in 2019 with the acquisition of JHT.
yusufa@northern.industriesPaul Sweeting
Chief Executive OfficerAppointed July 2025. Leads M&A and group operations.
paulsweeting@northernindustriesgroup.co.ukLee Jackson
Director
Northern Industries publishes no management team below board level.
In the businesses
Every unit keeps its own managing director. Peter Etherden continues to lead Landguard Engineering in Harwich, as he did before the acquisition — which is the group’s stated pattern, not an exception to it.