Alan Wetherall, known as Alec, was born in 1914 and worked for Linotype and Machinery in their London office from before the Second World War. His start date with the company is not known, but he was employed as an Area Sales Manager working from home and from the company's London office. He would show potential clients around the Linotype factory in Cheltenham. He retired from the company in 1969. He died in Colchester in 1999.