ABOUT US

Nitul Panchal - Principal Designer.

From a young age Nitul has been around the manufacturing environment due to the the family business being a precision engineering company.

Nitul gained a BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering and a MSc in Manufacturing and Production. After graduating with a Masters he joined Motorola for a few years; and worked as a consultant on key projects within the company.

Nitul joined the family business and gained valuable knowledge and experience in Business and Manufacturing components for Formula 1 cars in the main for Mercedes Benz and IndyCar for Chevrolet.

Nitul has always had an interest in Furniture and Designing.He has been inspired by the minimalist furniture styles in Europe over the decades. Swanky Design was formed to allow him to apply his creative and manufacturing skills. Nitul set up the company to realise his passion for furniture and British Manufacturing.

Graham Langham - Technical Designer

Graham Langham is a world class designer in the field of Formula 1, Indy and MotoGP.

Graham graduated with a First Class honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from Sheffield University in 1987.

From 1987 - 2003 he led engine valve development departments helping to achieve championship winning racing cars for Formula 1 Mercedes Benz Mclaren and IndyCar Chevrolet.

Since 2003 he has worked as a freelance consultant for Formula 1 Honda Racing Team ,NASCAR and a variety of MotoGP teams

Graham is part of the Swanky Design Team his expertise will be utilised to develop the minimalist yet highly functional collections for the Contract and Retail markets.

Vanita Dhand - Sales and Marketing

Vanita worked as a General Manager within the Airline industry working directly with many blue chip companies including directors from KLM,British Airways,Coca Cola, Schweppes. Her developments within the Airline industry gained her international business awards and a Queens Award for Achievement. Vanita has a Masters In Marketing and International Business.

Since working at Swanky Design Vanita has enabled us to build a key client base in the UK and Internationally.

Gaman Panchal - Production Manager

Gaman has vast production experience dating back to the 1960's working to the highest level working for world class companies.

Initially he worked for Westland Helicopters, Hayes, Middlesex working on their highly successful Lynx Helicopter. He then worked on fighter jets for Hawker Siddley and Brookland Aviation.

In the 1980's he then formed his own company, manufacturing components in the main for motor racing companies including Mercedes Benz, Arrows racing Team , Sauber and a variety of other companies in other sectors such Cosworth Deep Sea and Texas Instruments.

Furniture quality is maintained with Gamans' skills in production management.