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.
The UKVIA is a non-profit organisation which is run by its members, for its members. We are 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.
The UKVIA does not represent the interests of the tobacco industry, and vape companies which are owned, either wholly or partially, by the tobacco industry are not eligible for UKVIA membership. The UKVIA does not accept any funding from tobacco companies and our individual members are free from any control or ownership by the tobacco industry.
Our Members
The UKVIA comprises some of the most entrepreneurial and fastest growing independent vaping businesses operating in the UK, and a range of professional and ancillary service providers.
The association has established itself as a major force in the sector, championing the burgeoning vaping industry across the UK.
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.”
The UKVIA is now held up as a leading voice of the industry across the world.
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 2022 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
Chubby Gorilla
Eyad Aboabdo
Co-Founder & Vice President
Charlie’s Chalk Dust
Ryan Stump
Chief Operating Officer
Electric Tobacconist
Pascal Culverhouse
Founder & CEO
Evapo
Andrej Kuttruf
CEO
INNOKIN
Tao Cui
Director
JUUL Labs
Eoin Dardis
Senior Director
Juice Sauz/888 Vapour
Liam Chapman
CEO
RELX Technology
Chris Aikens
Senior External Affairs Manager – Europe
SMOK
Diana Du
Account Manager
SMOORE/VAPORESSO
Niki Zhang
Marketing Director
Vape Club
Dan Marchant
Director
Vape Distribution
Sami Asghar Sheikh
General Manager
VPZ
Doug Mutter
Manufacturing and Compliance Director
Arcus Compliance Ltd
Lee Bryan
CEO
V2 Cigs
Paul Hunt
Managing Director
Riot Labs
Matt Crann
Sales Director
IVG
Ashan Bawa
CEO
Geek Bar
Steve Cui
Legal Manager
Vape HQ
Craig Goodman
Managing Director
Hongfu
Chris Zhi
Director
Airscream UK Ltd
Steve Moore
Director
Vape UK
Chris Page
Director
AKS Holdings
Aftab Sabir
CEO
Vape Supplier Ltd
Philip Glyn
Commercial Director
ANDS UK
Wassim Zreik
Business Director UK
Pheonix2Retail/Vape Stop
Chris Kelly
CEO
Gold Bar
Alexander Althaus
Sales Rep
Haypp Group
Damien Stevens
International Commercial Manager
ICCPP Group
Victor Liu
Manager
Vapouriz
Robert Clewley
Sales and Marketing Director
Feellife
Karl Chan
Marketing Director
Happy Vapes
Xiaoyan Dai
SKE Crystal
Joanna Luo PR Director