UKVIA Overview
As the country’s leading forum for supporting, developing and promoting the £1bn vaping industry, the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) is spearheading one of the biggest market disruptions in the 21st century – the seismic shift from smoking to vaping.
A non-profit organisation run by its members for its members, we’re about educating, informing and reassuring our key stakeholders as well as championing our industry so that the shift from smoking to vaping continues unabated and the public health benefits of doing so are realised fully. Our primary stakeholders include policy makers, parliamentarians, regulators, the public health community and the some 7m smokers across the UK.
Our Members
The UKVIA comprises some of the UK’s most entrepreneurial and fastest growing independent vaping businesses, tobacco companies who are seizing the opportunity to play their role in the move towards a smokefree society and a range of professional and ancillary service providers.
We represent the largest proportion of the UK marketplace and the entire supply chain including manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers, distributors and compliance service providers who all share our vision of “a world where the evidence-based life changing public health benefits of vaping products are fully understood and the positive impact is maximised.”
Annual Report
See what the UKVIA has been getting up to and the value that it provides to its members. The current Annual Report highlights the achievements of the Association and its members during 2020/21 as well as the continued growth of the industry and the mounting evidence to support the public health benefits of vaping. It also puts the focus on key regulatory challenges and the priorities ahead for the vaping sector.
The Directors
John Dunne
Director General, UKVIA
Dan Greenall
Managing Director, Oxford Vapours
Dan Marchant
Joint Owner and Managing Director, Vape Club
Doug Mutter
Manufacturing & Compliance Director, VPZ
Christian Mulcahy
Operations Executive
The Members' Board
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Ben Keirle
CEO
Adact Medical
Damien Bove
Chief Regulatory Officer
Arcus Compliance Ltd
Lee Bryan
Managing Director
British American Tobacco
Sam Millicheap
Senior Government Affairs Manager, UK
Chubby Gorilla
Eyad Aboabdo
Vice President
Charlies Chalk Dust
Collin Kerrigan
Key Account Manager
Electric Tobacconist
Pascal Culverhouse
Founder & CEO
Vape Mate
Simon Manthorpe
Group Chief Executive
Evapo
Andrej Kuttruf
CEO
Imperial Brands
Lindsay Keating
Senior UK Government Affairs Manager
Innokin
Tao Cui
Director
JUUL Labs
Dr Marina Murphy
Head of International Public Health Advocacy
Juice Sauz / 888 Vapour
Liam Chapman
CEO
JTI
Nicky Small
Fiscal & Regulatory Affairs Director
Lumo Liquids
Tony Rolfe
Managing Director
Oxford Vapours
Dan Greenall
CEO
Philip Morris International
Shem Baldeosingh
Public Affairs Manager
RELX Technology
Chris Aikens
External Affairs Manager – Europe
Riot Labs
Matt Crann
Sales Director
Smoore / Vaporesso
Niki Zhangg
Marketing Director
SMOK
Diana Du
Account Manager
Vape Distribution
Richard Russell
Manager
Vape Club
Daniel Marchant
Director
VPZ
Doug Mutter
Manufacturing & Compliance Director
Vapouriz
Robert Clewley
Sales and Marketing Director
V2 Cigs
Paul Hunt
Business Manager
Youmegroup
Mira
Marketing Manager
Alchem
Riccardo Santambrogio
Sales Manager
IVG
Laith Sheena
UK Sales Director
Eco Vape
Robert Sidebottom
Group Managing Director
AKS
Aftab Sabir
CEO
YOOZ
Ruitian Ji
Financial Officer