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.

Kevin Hallett has over 20 years post qualified accounting experience and a background in IT 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.

Kevin oversees all Finance, IT, Business Analysis and E-Commerce at Hallett Retail.

Donna Toppin joined Hallett Retail in January 2011 as Retail Director and oversees the strategic development of Retail.

Donna comes to Hallett Retail having been Retail Operations Director at Jacques Vert PLC (Jacques Vert, Windsmoor, Planet and Precis brands) for the last 10 years where she had an outstanding record of achievement, especially in turning brands around.

Suet Cheung has had an outstanding career dedicated to Womenswear buying with such leading retailers such as Miss Selfridge, River Island and Kookai.

She has worked across all aspects of womenswear including knitwear, swimwear, casual and accessories, developing brand strategy and ‘handwriting.’

Barry R Marshall ACMA

Barry qualified as an accountant whilst working for the consumer electronics giant Seiko Epson and has subsequently carved out a career within the retail sector, working for multinational companies such as Liz Claiborne and SKNL India.

Barry spent nine years at the fashion footwear retailer, Dune, as Finance Director, with responsibility for Finance, Supply Chain, Logistics, IT and Web. He was also Managing Director of Dune International, the growing franchise business.

Barry joined Hallett Retail as Finance Director in July 2011.

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 Claiborne (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.

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.

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. Since October 2009 David has been resonsible for new business development.

Marcella has over 25 years of experience in PR and marketing working with a diverse range of retail clients including Hunter Wellingtons, Clarks Shoes, Rohan Travel Clothing, B&Q, Procter & Gamble, Kellogg's and Kodak, to name a few.

Marcella worked as a consultant to Hallett Retail for three years before joining full-time in October 2010, giving the business a dedicated marketing and PR resource.

Lee joined Hallett Retail in June 2011 as Head of E-Commerce and oversees all of our partnerships with many of the leading fashion websites in retail.

Prior to joining, Lee was with New Look for over 10 years having started his retail career in their Buying and Merchandising function where he managed a wide variety of product categories before moving into their E-Commerce department as Merchandising Manager. As part of the team which set up and launched New Look’s first transactional website, Lee played a key role in developing newlook.com as one of the UK’s most visited fashion websites.

Tracey has over 30 years’ experience in fashion retail, working in Buying and Merchandising.

Recent positions include Merchandise Director for MK One, Commercial Director for Bay Trading (Alexon), Commercial Director for Outfit (Arcadia) and Buying and Merchandising Director for Richards (Sears/Arcadia)

Previous companies she has also worked for include Hamells (C&A) and Richard Shops (various owners).

Tracey joined Hallett Retail in February 2011 as Head of Planning.