Meet the Memorial Awareness Board Executives

The Committee meets regularly and its broad experience enables it to address the issues that affect the bereavement care industry. It is made up from memorial masonry wholesalers and retailers, representatives from the National Association of Memorial Masons (NAMM), a funeral director and a member of the Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management (ICCM).

Graeme Robertson

Graeme Robertson is the Chairman and Managing Director of the Aberdeen based and family owned company, A & J Robertson (Granite) Ltd. The firm manufactures and imports granite memorials, which it sells to the trade throughout the UK and to the public through over 30 retail outlets.

He is Chairman of the Memorial Awareness Board and has been a volunteer on the MAB Executive for over 20 years. Other industry involvement includes his appointment as a representative on Euro-Roc, the European Association for the Stone Industry, and a seat on the National Joint Council, which sets pay and conditions for memorial masonry operatives.

Jenny Gregson

J Childs & Sons Ltd is a family run business established in 1899. Jenny Gregson is the fourth generation of the family to become Managing Director. The company specialises in producing new memorials for cemeteries and Churchyards and additional inscriptions on existing memorials. Employing a team of six people, J Childs & Sons offers additional services including re-fixing of memorials and cleaning and renovation of existing memorials, commemorative plaques and house names.

In 2004, Jenny helped establish the British Register of Accredited Memorial Masons (BRAMM), which aims to establish a network of nationally accredited businesses and registered fixers that will ultimately replace individual Registration Schemes.  Jenny is the second NAMM representative on the Executive committee.

Brent Stevenson

Brent Stevenson was educated at Burnley Grammar School where he obtained a degree in Accountancy at Preston University.

He joined the family business as the fifth generation Stevenson since 1883. Amalgamated with Robertsons of Aberdeen in 1987, he became director of A & J Robertson (Granite) Ltd in 1990. Brent then went back to being a small retailer in 1996 to be joined by his son James in 1999, as the sixth generation monumental mason.

Today Brent is Honorary Treasurer of the National Association of Memorial Masons (NAMM). It is the organisation designed to further develop the memorial masonry industry and safeguard the interests of the bereaved through the promotion of high standards, wide choice and increased understanding in all matters relating to natural stone memorials.

Since being at NAMM, the newsletter has been published on a monthly basis and retail subscriptions have been brought to a single band. He and James gained the City and Guilds Assessment and Inspection of Memorials, and hope to be among the some of the first to gain NAMMs Diploma in Memorial Masonry. Brent is also the Honorary Treasurer of MAB and on the Executive Committee since 2005