Having headed up KAP Toys’ sales team for twice as long as was originally intended, Neil is now parting ways with the company, with MD Nat Southworth saying he ‘can’t thank him enough’.

Neil Leah has chosen to leave KAP Toys after joining the company as head of sales in 2018. KAP Toys founder, Nat Southworth, told Toy World that Neil has ‘driven the business’ sales to new heights’, but having agreed to work with KAP Toys for an initial period of three years, Neil is going to once again attempt to get his work-life balance in order – six years down the line.

A year ago, Neil was awarded a coveted Golden Teddy at the Toymaster May Show 2023, and today, KAP Toys’ today is a significantly different business to the one Neil joined in 2018.

Nat explained: “Neil is an absolute professional and a total gentleman, as many in the international toy community know. A very worthy Golden Teddy recipient, I first met him (fully suited) in a very hot Dallas Trade Centre for an Asda FOB appointment during the SARS outbreak of 2003. I went on to buy a lot of WWE from him and subsequently worked with him when I joined Vivid Imaginations.”

He added: “Neil is a brilliant human being and what he has helped us achieve at KAP Toys since 2018 is nothing short of remarkable. As the company has grown and migrated to more domestic business, we’ve needed to ask more and more of Neil when he would rather be a little more flexible. I am genuinely delighted we convinced him to work with us beyond that initial three year period, but at the same time we have to respect his wishes and reluctantly we accept he will be leaving KAP Toys. I am not sure how we can ever thank him enough for everything. If anyone needs sales orders and can offer Neil the flexibility he craves, then please don’t hesitate to contact him.”

Neil is interested in supporting growing businesses who can accept him operating independently. Interested parties can get in touch on by contacting: NSL/CN Sales Consultancy –  neil@cn-sales.co.uk / 07887 998 528.