Our Team

Wendy Hallett was fast-tracked through Topshop after joining their graduate training programme in 1985. She spent 13 years at Arcadia in store manager and area manager roles which included overseeing Topshop’s Oxford Street flagship store in London and managing the relationship between Debenhams and the Arcadia brands trading with them as concessions.

While at Arcadia Wendy saw that there were small brands that were perfect for Topshop and Arcadia customers but which were too small to attempt any retail format on their own. So, in 1999, she came up with the unique and innovative concept of Fuse - a department-store concession that brings together ten or more brands in a cohesive, boutique-like setting in host stores – small concessions in one big concession, under the operational umbrella of Hallett Retail.

Jason has worked in the retail industry for 22 years. He started his career by working for retail giants Topshop and JD Sports.

After JD Sports he was Area Manager for British & Foreign, manufacturers of suede and leather outerwear young fashion with 800 concessions across the Arcadia Group including Topshop and Miss Selfridge. He was with British & Foreign for 10 years.

Jason joined Hallett Retail 8 years ago as an Area Manager for the North of England and became Retail Director in 2006.

Jason, like Wendy, is a strong supporter of Retail Trust and is a volunteer on the Retail Trust Northern Committee.

Dean Cooper has 22 years of experience in retail management roles at companies including Paul Smith Ltd, Camper UK and Duffer of St George.

Most recently, Dean was Managing Director of fashion distribution, sales and PR company, Latitude Ltd. Prior to that he was Head of Sales for Menswear and Men’s Accessories at Burberry Plc, where he had particular responsibility for developing shop-in-shop concessions in Selfridges and Harrods.

Dean is Commercial Director at Hallett Retail with overall responsibility for all elements of the product division including range development, store space and staff planning.

After graduating in Fashion and Marketing from the University of East London, Sarah Rogers started her Buying career at Mothercare before moving to Debenhams womenswear where she moved up through the ranks to Buyer.

She then went on to work in recruitment for Debenhams, recruiting buying, merchandising, design and garment technology staff before taking a career break after the birth of her third child.

Immediately prior to joining Hallett Retail Services, Sarah was lecturing at the London College of Fashion, teaching evening classes in Buying and Merchandising and lecturing on a Business Studies module for Fashion Foundation Degree students.

David has worked in the fashion industry for over 30 years. His first job was with Falmer Jeans after which he moved to Amazing Jeans.

David has also owned and run his own young fashion store, Red, in Colchester, as well as working as an agent for a number of brands including Jiggy, Naff Naff and Fever.

He has been involved with Hallett Retail for over 8 years, first as a client, then as a consultant and joined as a full-time Product Manager in January 2009.

Laurence has 26 years experience in the Retail industry working for major blue chip retailers.

He began his career in 1983 with Next PLC, working his way up to Store Manager level in London. After Next, Laurence worked for Gap and River Island, notching up at total of 13 years as an Area Manager at both in various areas / regions of England. After River Island he took a role as Head of Retail for London for Oasis. His last role before Hallett Retail was as Store Manager of House of Fraser’s Kendal’s store in Manchester.

Laurence joined Hallett Retail in April 2010 and is Regional Controller responsible for the North of England, Scotland & NI.

Sean has 25 years experience in the Retail fashion industry.

He began his fashion retail career in 1985 with the Burton Group at Topshop/Topman, working his way through the ranks of store management in a number of UK locations. After a spell in project management at the Arcadia head offices in London and over 13 years service, he moved to the Etam Development UK operation where he spent 4 years. Young women's fashion brand Pilot Clothing led to his his most recent position before joining Hallett Retail, where he spent 5 years working for Amsterdam based European fashion brand Mexx as UK & Ireland Operations Manager responsible for retail, outlet and supporting the wholesale and franchise business.

Sean joined Hallett Retail in May 2010.

A graduate of the London College of Fashion with a BA (Hons) in Product Development for the Fashion Industries, Aditi has over 10 years experience in Fashion Buying. Her experience includes an eclectic mix of buying experience from High Street young fashion to well-heeled middle market fashion, including working for Arcadia (Miss Selfridge, Dorothy Perkins), River Island, Laura Ashley and East.

Aditi joined Hallett Retail in April 2010.

Director of Finance and IT, Kevin has over 20 years post qualified accounting experience and a background in I.T. Systems and Project Management. Previously Kevin worked for a Microsoft Gold Service provider where he project managed projects to the value of £2 million; prior to that he was the Financial Controller at Warner Home Video (UK), a company that at the time had a turnover of £70 million.

Jacqui has over 30 years experience in HR. Previous positions in the fashion industry have been Senior HR roles at Harvey Nichols, Burberry, Arcadia and Liz Claibourne (which included brands such as Juicy Couture, Monet and Mexx). Jacqui’s HR experience also includes working for Telecoms at Vodafone and T-Mobile.

Jacqui joined Hallett Retail in January 2010 as Head of HR.