Jonathan Stobart
LONDON
Jonathan is a Psychology graduate from Nottingham University and has had a wide range of work experience embracing theatre management, city trading, product launches and publishing, although for the last 25 years has been involved in the Consumer Goods business. He set up Smart Solar in 2003 as a specialist B2B supplier of solar powered lights and fountains to retailers in the UK, Europe and the USA, mainly developed and sourced in China. In 2013 he sold a stake in the business which was renamed Smart Garden and since then the Company has diversified its product ranges and customer channels, including garden centres, supermarkets, DIY stores, online and export. There are now ten distinct product groups covering a wide variety of garden products and revenues have grown rapidly from £10m in 2013 to over £115m in 2021.