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Tom Pickford

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Managing Director at Smollan
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Tom is a consumer goods professional with over 25 years of experience driving revenue growth at firms like Procter & Gamble and The Hut Group. As Managing Director at Smollan, he leads the global digital commerce division. He holds degrees in English and French Law from UCL.

He has a deep professional interest in the world of collectibles, having served as the CEO of the historic Stanley Gibbons Group. His focus has been on modernizing the industry through technology and making rare items more accessible to a new generation of collectors.

He once led the worlds most famous rare stamp merchant, Stanley Gibbons, which was originally founded in 1856.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Managing Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
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Global E-Commerce
He leads Smollan's digital commerce division and previously built the go-to-market strategy for THG Ingenuity's e-commerce platform, serving major global brands.
Modern Collectibles
As the former CEO of Stanley Gibbons, he focused on making collectibles accessible through technology, including fractional ownership of rare items via a platform called Showpiece.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
Managing Director
Smollan
9-2024
Board Member
AGS (AGScard.com)
9-2022 - 3-2024
CEO Stanley Gibbons Group and Showpiece
The Stanley Gibbons Group PLC
12-2021 - 6-2022
Chief Revenue Officer, THG Ingenuity
THG Ingenuity
1-2020 - 12-2021
SVP E-Commerce, THG Ingenuity
THG Ingenuity
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Education
1996 - 2000
English Law and French Law
UCL
9-1998 - 6-1999
Diploma of Education
Universite d'Aix en Provence
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