Brewi ng Modu le:

David Locker,
Head of Business Development, Bewleys
David Locker comes from Stoke-on-Trent but broke free at the age of 19. He graduated with a BA in
Marketing from Chicago and has been involved in coffee for the last 12 years, the same time-frame as
being married. At the age of 23 he represented Great Britain in the 800m and ranked 4th in the 800m
indoors. He has been a member of the Speciality Coffee Association Europe Education Committee for
the last 4 years is the creator of the Brewing and Grinding Module for the SCAE Coffee Diploma. His
day job is Head of Business Development, Training and Auditing for Bewley’s.
David would like to thank the other members of the Brewing team for their help:
Paul Stack, Operations Director, Marco Beverage systems
Paul is From Cobh in Ireland with a BSc. degree in Industrial Design.
His post-graduate studies are in Strategic R&D, Manufacturing Management and Leadership.
He is currently Operations Director with Marco Beverage Systems, based in Dublin Ireland – a leading
provider of hot water systems for the beverage industry worldwide and has been working in the coffee
industry for 11 years.
He has been an SCAE committee member for eight years and is a former chair of the SCAE Education
Committee.
He has been the Programme Leader of the SCAE Gold Cup & SCAE Gold Cup Research.
He is the current Vice President of SCAE, due to take up the role of President in 2015.
He is married with 4 daughters and in his own words: ‘is a brewing nerd who likes drama, cooking,
.’eating and roaring at football matches (while both playing and attending)