Officials
Ruth Bailey
Director General
Ruth Bailey has served the mining equipment supply industry throughout her working career.
Since graduating with a BA Hons in Russian, Spanish and Politics, Ruth has worked 17 years in export marketing starting her career with Baldwin & Francis Ltd as a marketing specialist and later joining Joy Mining Machinery Ltd. in 1996. After working at the Nottingham and Wigan sites Ruth moved to China for Joy Mining to develop operations in the Chinese market and helping to establish Joy’s first wholly owned foreign enterprise in Baotou, Inner Mongolia.
Ruth has gained an extensive knowledge of export markets, travelling widely across the USA, Europe and Asia.
Mindful of the Associations honourable history, Ruth’s vision is to uphold and enhance ABMEC’s position in the global mining market place whilst maintaining the accredited profile ABMEC enjoys, she looks to expanding its horizons to include a wider spectrum of mining and mineral processing companies.
President
Ian Lomax, Managing Director, ATB Morley Ltd
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers with extensive knowledge of electrical and mechanical design of high voltage electric motors.
He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters in Enginering Business Management gained at Warwick University.
He spent the first 20 years of his career at ALSTOM in Rugby and Nancy in all areas of the design for a variety of industries including oil and gas, marine propulsion and defence.
He joined ATB Morley as Technical Director in 2002 and has played a significant role in the development and growth of the business. He became MD in late 2007.
Under Ian's leadership the company has continued to thrive and has been awarded two Queen's Awards for Enterprise; the first in 2009 for International Trade and the second, in 2010, for Innovation.
Ian Lomax, MSc, BSc, CEng, FIMechE, MIoD, FRSA
Immediate Former President
Steven G Gretton, Managing Director, Clayton Equipment Ltd
Steve was installed as the ABMEC President at the Annual General Meeting on 22 May 2008.
Eur Ing. Steven G Gretton BEng. Hons. CEng. MIMechE, FIMMM, a Professional Engineer educated to honours degree level in Mechanical Engineering. He holds corporate membership and is registered as a Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He is also classified as a Professional Engineer on the European Register and holds the title Eur Ing; he also holds fellowship membership with the Institute of Material, Minerals and Mining.
He is 48 years of age and joined the Clayton Equipment in the latter part 1993 as their Engineering Manager Designate, being appointed Engineering Manager in 1994. In 2001 he was appointed Operations Director and has such held the principal responsibility for all Company engineering, manufacturing, product development, information technology, quality assurance and business improvement related issues. In 2002 he was appointed Managing Director for the Business.
His primary discipline is Mechanical Engineering although he possesses a broad base of engineering knowledge and business skills obtained through working for a variety of Companies prior to Clayton Equipment Ltd. These industries incorporate Railway Engineering, Acoustic Engineering, Robotics, Aerospace and Mechanical Handling sectors.
He also sat on the European Standards Writing Committee (CEN TC196) responsible for creating the European Locomotive Standards EN 1889 pt 2 and was the President of the Association of British Mining Equipment Companies (ABMEC) from 
May 2008 through to May 2011.
He has travelled extensively throughout the world, developing markets and promoting the Clayton product line successfully negotiating and managing multimillion pound contracts.
