Martin St Quinton

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Martin St Quinton
Born
Martin George Saint Quinton

Hull, United Kingdom
Education Durham University
Occupations
  • Founder of Azzurri Communications
  • Former Managing Director (UK) of Danka
  • Former Managing Director of Saint Group Plc
Years active1980-present
Known forChairman - Gloucester Rugby
Chairman - Cheltenham Racecourse
Spouse
Judith Faughey
(m. 1983)
[1]
Children4

Martin St Quinton is an entrepreneur who is currently the Chairman of Gloucester Rugby and Cheltenham Racecourse. [2]

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Career

In 1980 he started Saint Group Plc, and office equipment company which was sold to Danka in 1993. St Quinton served as UK Managing Director of Danka, where he worked for over seven years overseeing photocopier equipment sales exceeding £1bn. [3] He then founded Azzurri Communications, a UK based Voice & Data Integrator, which grew to 700 staff and £150 million turnover in 6 years. St Quinton employed Claude Littner as a non-executive director of Azzurri Communications. [4] In 2006 Azzurri was sold for £180 million to The Prudential Group. He was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2003. He acquired a controlling interest in Gloucester Rugby in 2016 and became its Chairman. He is also a race horse owner and in 2019 was appointed Chairman of Cheltenham Racecourse taking over from Robert Waley-Cohen. [5]

Personal life

St Quinton was born in Yorkshire and educated at Pocklington School. He graduated from Durham University in 1979. Martin and his wife Judith St Quinton are Trustees of The Fold, a Children's home in the Limpopo Province in South Africa.

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References

  1. "Mr J.R.O. Lambert and Miss C.K.L. St Quinton". The Daily Telegraph. London. 25 April 2019.
  2. "Racecourse Committee". Cheltenham Racecourse. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  3. "Martin St Quinton: 'It has been a baptism of fire at Cheltenham'". The Owner Breeder. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  4. "Claude Littner". BBC. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  5. "New chairman rides in to head up Cheltenham Racecourse". www.punchline-gloucester.com. Retrieved 27 October 2019.