About the team
About the team
About the team
About the team
About the team
About the team
About the team
We are a passionate group of individuals from the South West of England dedicated to creating, making and building interactive, cutting-edge products that bring excitement and energy to the trampoline, soft play and FEC markets across the globe!
Take a look below to get to know some of the teams and team members behind our large array of unique and fun products!
Directors
Simon founded Rugged Interactive in 2009 with a conviction it must be possible to make it easier for everyone to exercise, for longer. An award winning engineer and designer he's created everything from the UK's best-selling potato masher to motorbikes.
Harry studied languages at University, cut his commercial teeth setting up a joint venture in Russia, and had a varied international career with De La Rue, McCann Erickson and Hewlett-Packard before starting up an indoor play business in Bristol in 2007. Harry is a keen cricketer, a passionate advocate for nature and the environment, and has has responsibility as Commercial Director for building Rugged’s presence in the Indoor Attractions market, and for looking for new markets to take us into.
Richard is a Business and Management graduate and enjoyed a varied international career with M&S, DHL, and TESCO before working with Southwest SME’s supporting operational growth. A keen runner and sports follower he makes the most of the Cornish coast and hills; kayaking and walking and with family and friends (via a pub)
David is a qualified physiotherapist who moved into commercial roles working with manufacturers of specialist equipment designed for disabled children. More recently he launched the UK subsidiary of a German family-owned company in this sector. Outside of work, he enjoys golf, the total chaos of coaching under-10s football, and enduring the weekly heartbreak of being a Sheffield Wednesday season ticket holder.
Louise has been in executive and governance support roles for over 12 years. She's a lover of animals and nature, a student of aerial silks and Italian language, and an amateur archer.
