Meet Malcolm

Meet Malcolm!

Malcolm is now one of our retired engineers here at battery technologies. Malc has a vast knowledge of batteries, chargers and the industry. Malcolm is no longer active in the business, however, he has played a massive role in the shaping of Battery technologies.

Let’s start with where he and batteries all began….

At the age of 21, Malcolm became an engineer at Oldham batteries in their Bristol branch. Here he grafted hard for 6 years, then an exciting opportunity to work for Varta Batteries came along which he gladly accepted. Continuing to gain knowledge and experience he stayed here for 6 years.

In 1983, he left Varta and started his own business with his business partner for who he had known for many years. This company became one of the main battery suppliers in Bristol. After many successful years, in 1992 they sold the business to Capital Batteries where he remained until he launched his own business independently, this time in 1993. This was the birth of Compass Batteries.

The team at Compass Batteries was built up starting with his son, Mike (who has now been in the same industry over 25 years) also his wife and daughter in law, and a loyal group of engineers handpicked for specialised work. Compass Batteries flourished a real family environment style business until 2009 when he sold the business to a larger company. Malcolm and the majority of his team continued to work for them for several years.

Malcolm semi-retired in the summer of 2025. He works a local part time role to keep him busy and enjoys his rural surroundings.

for further team member blogs, please visit the link below.