James Maplethorpe

James Maplethorpe has worked in a variety of roles in the sales and marketing industry. From 2008 to 2011, they were a Sales & Marketing Executive at Teamlink Sports Tours, where they were the top performing Sales Executive for the financial year and was Employee of the Month on two occasions. In 2011, they became a Sales Executive at Bristol Maid, where they achieved sales of over £600,000 for Q1 coming in at 109% of target and achieved 110% of a £2.8 million target in 2012-2013. From 2014 to 2017, they worked as an Account Manager at Molson Coors Brewing (UK) Ltd. From 2017 to 2022, they were Regional Sales Manager at The HEINEKEN Company, where they were accountable for 80 free trade accounts and delivered 14,0000 Hecs, £1.5 million revenue and £850k FGP for the south Yorkshire team. James also achieved strong performance in 2019 for both KPI’s and behaviours, which led to an ‘exceeds expectations’ in their yearly review. In 2022, they became Regional Account Manager at Purity Brewing Co.

James Maplethorpe's education history includes attending Gartree Secondary School from 1996 to 2001, where they earned 9 grades A* - C in their GCSEs. From 2001 to 2003, they attended Lincoln College to study Leisure and Recreational Activities. Lastly, they attended the University of Birmingham from 2003 to 2006, where they earned a BA (Hons) - 2:1 in Sports Management.