Edward Naylor
The north
Edward Naylor is CEO and majority shareholder of Naylor Industries plc, a fourth generation family manufacturing business founded in 1890. Edward has fulfilled this role since 1993, having taken over what was then a declining and loss making £12m turnover business.
Naylor Industries plc today is a profitable £60m group with 7 factories (3 in Barnsley) and 400 employees; the business primarily makes pipes (clay and plastic) and other construction materials.
Edward and his company have received a number of prestigious business awards including the EEF Winner of Winners Award (2015), Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award (2017), the national EEF Leadership Award (2018) & the Queen’s Award for International Trade (2021).
Outside of Naylor, Edward is a Trustee of Lighthouse, the Construction Industry Charity, and Chair of British Ceramic Confederation, the Ceramic industry’s representative body. His hobbies include skiing and football.