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Michael A.
Gill (Export Repatriation). Michael has been a key
member of Kenyon's since 1985, taking over the mantle of
head of export repatriation department in 1994. He was
the former Kenyon Air Transportation Quality and Service
Manager. Michael was ultimately responsible for
securing the Ministry of Defence repatriation contract which
included export and import repatriation, overseas and
domestic burials and cremations for both MoD and civilian
personnel. This was awarded in 2001. Michael
also speaks Thai.
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Edita Petraityte
(Export Department).
Edita joined Kenyon Christopher Henley having worked as a
translator for a company of solicitors. Prior to this
however, Edita worked in the Consular department of the
Embassy of Lithuania, in London. Originally
interviewed by Christopher Henley, Edita has now already
progressed through the import department to support Michael
in export repatriation. With the gift of speaking
Lithuanian, Russian, Ukraine, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian
fluently, support is ultimately given to both departments.
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Graham R. Cook
(Manager, Import / Export Repatriation).
Graham joined Kenyon’s
in 1987 studying initially under Desmond C. Henley in the
embalming department and then advancing through funeral
directing into international repatriation where he was
actively involved in major incidents such as the
‘Marchioness river boat disaster’. At the tender age of 17
Graham was one of the youngest candidates to sit the
National Association of Funeral Directors Diploma in Funeral
Directing.
In 1990 Graham took advantage
to further develop his career and left Kenyon’s for the UK’s
largest funeral director where he continued to develop his
funeral directing and repatriation skills; as a result he
was appointed assistant area manager for the Home Counties
region responsible for organising and controlling in excess
of 2000 funerals per annum. During this time he also
qualified as a BTEC assessor which enabled other within the
funeral and repatriation industry to in turn develop their
skills. Graham was headhunted and joined Kenyon Christopher
Henley in February 2004 as a repatriation specialist. Since
joining he has overseen the Ministry of Defence contract
which has resulted in working extensively in Iraq.
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Sue Knight (Operations
Manager).
Sue began her funeral directing career over 20 years ago with Howard
Hodgson of Hodgson Holdings fame where she learnt all aspect
of funeral service from administration to management. A keen
eye for "procedures" caught the eye of Howard Hodgson
and subsequently given the task of overseeing the smooth
transition of acquisitions of Howard's companies throughout
the United Kingdom. Sue quickly advanced into
management where her responsibilities included organising
and administering funeral companies in Berkhamsted, Watford,
Bedford, High Wycombe and the tiny hamlet of Tring.
1n 1990 Sue was head hunted by Kenyon Air
Transportation with a view to overseeing the repatriation's
import department whilst working under the tutelage
of Christopher Henley who's knowledge Sue say's, " was an
immense inspiration and to this day he has
given me tremendous support within this changing world".
As a result of a change in management Sue sought the quieter
life and initially took up a position with a local funeral
director in Aylesbury where she stayed for 5 years. It
wasn't long before the call of management came knocking
and with it a senior management position within Oxford,
Swindon and Gloucester Co Operative Wholesale Society. This
also included assisting with the setup of the groups
information pack for international repatriation's.
In 2003 fate once again struck and the opportunity to work
with Christopher Henley at Kenyon Christopher Henley was too
good to pass up. Sue applied for a position and was duly
appointed as Team KCH's Operations Manager overseeing the
import, export and book keeping departments. Sue
passed the National Association of Funeral Director's
Diploma in Funeral Directing in 1990.
Hobbies include her family, yoga, speaking Spanish and
toastmaster, for which she has gained her Competent
Toastmaster Certificate for public speaking.
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