Who We Are

Julian Martin

Managing Partner

Over 30 years experience in lighting, working with some of the premier manufacturers of the industry.

He started his lighting career with Whitecroft, based in the London spec team, followed by an export role with Thorn lighting,. He then moved to Dubai in 1999, opening the Concord Sylvania regional office as export Director. This was followed by 10 years with the Flos group.

In 2005, he opened Acoulite LLC , which now, after 15 years is established as one of the regions major project lighting suppliers, with offices in, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Qatar, KSA and Kuala Lumpur.

Terry Woodley

Managing Director

Terry is based full time in the Middle East and draws on his vast experience in the region , after moving to the UAE in 1995 as a Management Consultant working with multinationals such as General Motors, Unilever and the Intercontinental Hotels Group.

In 2006 he joined Acoulite as General Manager with the multiple goals of creating a value proposition and establishing them as Dubai’s acoustic and lighting company of choice.

As Managing Director, his role has evolved into growing the brand and expanding into Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Riyadh, KSA.

Paul Mcnamara

Sales Director

Paul is a seasoned lighting professional with experience both in the UK and Asia. Beginning his career at Concord Lighting in the UK an opportunity arose to set up an office and work in Hong Kong followed by secondments in Sydney and Singapore.

In 2005 an approach from Flos Lighting to build the brand in Australasia led to an 18 year career opening regional offices and generating sustained sales revenues in all the Flos brands.

Relocating back to the UK, Paul is looking forward to building the GBHK brand both in the UK and with his strong contacts in Asia.

Rynn Ching

Technical Director

Rynn started in the lighting business some 16 years ago, working the project specification market in Kuala Lumpur supporting the European brands whilst also working with the top end Chinese manufacturers in order to meet the local budget requirements. She successfully went on to run her own spec and supply company for many years until merging into GBHK back in 2012. The extensive knowledge gain of the China production market and her contacts are essential in her current role with GBHK.

Lynn Khor

Finance Director

Lynn started her lighting journey with Eslite Malaysia in 2012, focusing on project management, office administrative, Human Resources & finance service coordination. She is a strategic thinker and effective leader who make the most profitable decision to guide the company towards long-term success. In 2018, Lynn had opportunity to join GBHK, bringing her invaluable experience, focus and commitment to her new role as Finance Director, handling matters of administration, HR & Finances. Increasingly, her role is more forward-looking and expanding to incorporate strategy and business partnership.

Anil Lopez

Operation Director

Anil has been in the lighting Industry for over 15 years and started his lighting career in 2005 with Acoulite, a renowned lighting establishment based out of Dubai. Responsible for managing design, specification and technical departments across the middle east offices. Having garnered immense technical and design knowledge then prompted him to join the GBHK team in 2018 to expand his skills at the manufacturing end. As the operations director he manages the product specification, design and manufacturing process for all types of architectural and decorative luminaires.