Staff Profile Of The Month - September 2023

Name: Keith Fryer

Job Role: Director of Business Development

Hobbies & Interests: Timber, Complicated Computing & Racing

Previous Work:Various Timber Merchants (timber nerd); debt collection

Joined FORT In: January 2020

Some call me the timber nerd & some the FORT I.T. guy! My passion in life, both work and personal, is some good strong timber. Having started my career at a young age in London, following my fathers footsteps in his timber business I learnt all there is to know about premium-quality timber, treatment regulations and so much more. Being on the board for CEI Bois (the main European timber industry trade organisation) ensures my knowledge on the industry is consistently updated, so if you have any questions on timber, I’m your guy!

In my spare time, I enjoy an array of activities such as: horse racing, track days (in the FORT Honda, of course), the lumberjack world championships, fixing computers & keeping fit on my bike. You might remember me completing a charity marathon on my bike back in April alongside a customer of ours. Well now, I’m training for the Paris 2024 Olympics, if you’re lucky you might see me in my latex gear doing laps around the FORT yard!

As a Director at FORT it’s always a pleasure to come into work and see happy, smiling faces from the staff and our customers, though they often turn to frowns once they see me coming!