THE HALEN MÔN TEAM
We are a small yet strong team of twenty something people, a Jack Russell called Bella and a chocolate labradoodle called Jolene, who can normally be found trying to snaffle somebody’s sandwiches.
We have been a family business since the very beginning, and Alison and David’s three children all work for HM in different ways.
We think it is as important as it is reassuring to know that your food has been made by a real person. That is why we add the initials of each packer onto every single pouch and tube of sea salt we produce.
You can match the initials on your salt to the pictures on this page.
Rob (RJ)
Visitor Centre + Webshop Manager
On his days off you can find Rob sea fishing, cooking up a storm in the kitchen or restoring Old Seagull Outboard engines in his garage.
Gareth (GJ)
Production Team Leader
Gareth loves Manchester United, the Manic Street Preachers and his family.
Not necessarily in that order.
Darren (DS)
Sales Co-ordinator
Born and bred in Bethesda north Wales Darren loves the mountains, trout fishing, the Super Furry Animals and anything Zombie related.
Alan (ALD)
Salt Harvester and Packer
Alan spends his spare time playing snooker in Bangor’s district county league, in the hope to become future champion. He is also the proud owner of a bedlington terrier.
Jolene
Company Dog
Jolene has more energy than anyone else in the office put together, and goes for a swim in the sea every day at lunch, whatever the weather.
Keith (KOG)
Salt Harvester and Packer
Champion of the ‘galaxy swirl’, Keith is a dab hand at harvesting our sea salt, is the fastest known rinser in the salt world, and cycles to work everyday, rain, shine or snow.
Jim (JP)
Salt Harvester and Packer
If he hadn’t been a salt harvester he could have been a professional darts player, and Jim also loves cycling, and washing his Astra at all opportunities.
Ronan (RB)
Operations Manager
Ronan has a rich and varied background in the meat and supermarket industries, as well as a secret past life as a competitive Irish dancer.
Dan (DW)
Engineer
Dan likes to keep the office laughing, is very fond of his air fryer, and makes a great flat white.
Liza (LJ)
Retail Supervisor
Liza loves vegetarian cooking, and has a real passion for cosmetics. Her favourite Halen Môn product is our award-winning Salted Caramel spread.
David (DLW)
Co-Founder
David is always on the go, designing a new saltcote, acquiring planning permission or sorting out new solar panels.
Nigel (NA)
Salt Harvester + Packer
Nigel is a pizza expert – and big fan of our Smoky Dijon Mustard.
Hamish, Jake and Jess
Second Generation
Though they all have other jobs too, Alison and David’s children all work in the business in a huge range of different ways – from design to financial planning to recipe writing. One thing which always brings the three together is a love of their mother’s good food.
Bella
Company Dog
Bella enjoys playing fetch with the miniature neon yellow rugby ball, worrying the ducks and also likes to eat Nicki’s biscuits.
Alison (ALW)
Managing Director + Co-Founder
Since starting the company in 1997 Alison has created many wonderful flavours of Halen Môn and travelled the world to sell it in such far flung places as Hong Kong, Dubai and New York.
Nicki (NH)
PA + Senior Administrator
The office oracle, Nicky has over 80 shades of nail polish and loves going to the theatre in London.
Gwen (GR)
Accountant
Gwen loves cooking and baking, her speciality is making home made curries from scratch. Her weekends involve being a referee for her 2 young boys.
Gwen
Company Dog
Gwen is only a pup but has already made it onto prime time TV once since joining Halen Môn.