Meet the Team

Meet the Team

Behind BRITISH CANNABIS™

CEO & Founder

Managing Director

Marketing & Sales Director

Creative Director

Digital & Social Media Executive

Scientific Quality Manager

Lead Scientist & Product Development Manager

Tomasz Janiszewski

Operations Manager

Strategic Account Manager

Office Manager

Business Development

Compliance Executive

Elliott Williams

Junior Sales Executive

Operations Support Administrator

Miles Fulker

Operations Assistant

Lab Assistant

Farm Manager

Farm Manager

Cultivation Specialist

Cultivation Specialist

Assistant Farm Manager

Dispatch Operative

Thomas Whettem

CEO & Founder

Thomas has over 20 years of experience launching companies in emerging markets. Working at the frontline, Thomas is active in many sectors of the business and leads many of the innovations in extraction and growing.

David Ralson

Managing Director

David has led the sales teams as Sales Director for the last three years and has recently been appointed to Managing Director. With experience managing sales and teams for global brands such as Mars and Photo Me International, in both B2B and B2C markets.

Steve Batchelor

Marketing Director

Steve, our marketing director, has 20 years of marketing experience. A specialist in FMCG categories, shaping the commercial strategy and activation programs for some of the world’s most recognised brands, such as Bacardi, Jim Beam, Southern Comfort, and Walkers.

Jodie Mitchell

Creative Director

Jodie, our Creative Director, was already making her mark within the design world, winning awards for brand design, with Fever Tree and Body Shop. Working with Pinewood Studios, Disney Cinema and TUI. Already recognised in the UK with industry awards for Best Branding.

Ashleigh Evans

Digital & Social Media Executive

Humza Dinson

Research and Development Scientist

Humza, our Research and Development scientist graduated from the University of Greenwich with a degree in Commercial Horticulture. His thesis topic covered ‘Commercial Cannabis production for the UK Market.’ Cultivation is where Humza’s expertise lies, he assists with BRITISH CANNABIS™ European Cultivation facility in Portugal.

Matt Birt

Lead Scientist

Matt, our Lead Scientist, has a degree in biochemistry and a masters in biomedicine. He has worked in multiple labs in both the UK and Europe and is a published scientist. Since joining the company, in 2018, Matt has lead our industry leading inhouse batch to batch testing and has worked in both product development and compliance.

Rifhat Jubeenh

Strategic Account Manager

Our strategic account manager is a driven, confident, and resourceful professional with over a decade of business development, management, and sales experience in FMGC, wholesale, and retail. Rifhat excels at developing and executing strategy along the entire chain from product design and sourcing through to manufacturing and distribution, working to build lasting relationships with stakeholders and suppliers, negotiating mutually beneficial chains of communication. Rifhat possesses a track record of delivering results.

Amber Harris

Office Specialist

Filipe Pereira

Farm Manager

Joaquin Real

Farm Manager

Jaque, as we call him, has been with the business since day one. Firstly in the UK assisting with production and operations, moving back to his homeland Portugal in 2019. Here he manages the build of the farm from the ground out. Working alongside our founder, Tom Whettem, since 2015 assisting with all aspects of the business from production, to maintenance, to construction and major renovations of the Extraction Facility. Earning him the nickname “Jaque of all trades”, a true legend in his own right and an integral part of the BRITISH CANNABIS™ team.

Raphael Rodrigues

Cultivation Specialist