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    The team

    Our Business Development Managers have only one thing in common, accomplished sales and communication skill. Apart from that, they come from a wide range of business development backgrounds.

    Once on board we invest heavily in our staff, from in-house and outsourced training and development programmes to attending important industry conferences. All of this to make sure we are fully up to date with all the disciplines we are working with.

    Jody - managing partner/head of client services
    Jody
    Managing Partner/Head of Client Services
     
    Linked In

    Favourite quote:
    "These are the new leads. These are the Glengarry leads. And to you they're gold, and you don't get them. Why? Because to give them to you would be throwing them away. They're for closers." Glengarry Glen Ross.

    Favourite drink: Costa Double Shot Latte 
    Favourite band: The Temper Trap 
    Is most interested in: Winning new business for our clients!

    More about Jody.

    Steve - Managing Partner/Head of Recruitment
    Steve
    Managing Partner/Head of Recruitment
     
    Linked In

    Favourite quote:
    "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." Albert Einstein.

    Favourite drink: Nice cup of tea! Who’s making?
    Favourite band: Athlete
    Thing you are most interested in: Getting Fit and losing two stone in weight!
    Favourite campaign: For its sheer simplicity the ‘we buy any car.com’ cross media campaign (I bet you are singing it now).

    More about Steve.

    Chris strategic devlopment director
    Chris
    Strategic Development Director
     
    Linked In

    Favourite quote:
    "If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there." CS Lewis.

    Favourite drink: Glass of red wine.
    Favourite band: Simply Red
    Is most interested in: Growing businesses and looking after my many pets!

    Matt - Business Development Manager
    Matt
    Business Development Director
     
    Twitter
    Linked In

    Favourite quote:
    “If it doesn't sell, it isn't creative.” David Ogilvy.

    Favourite band: Caribou
    Is most interested in: The marketing industry, music and motorbikes!
    Favourite campaign: BMW, 'see how it feels' campaign.

    More about Matt.

    Ollie - Account Director
    Ollie
    Account Director
     
    Linked In

    Favourite quote:
    “Where words fail, music speaks.” Hans Christian Anderson.

    Favourite drink: Coffee
    Favourite band: Can
    Is most interested in: Football, economics and music
    Favourite campaign: http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/skype-live-phone-box-experiment/

    Ross - Account Director
    Ross
    Account Director
     
    Linked In

    Favourite quote:
    “Rule No.76 no excuses play like a champion.” Wedding Crashers.

    Favourite drink: Jagerbomb’s
    Favorite band: Kings of Leon
    Is most interested in: Football, skiing, and nights out
    Favourite campaign: Apple iPhone launch

    Lizi - Office Manager
    Lizi
    Office Manager
     
    Linked In

    Favourite Quote:
    “In the morning I’ll be sober, but you my dear will still be ugly.” Winston Churchill.

    Favourite drink: Gin and Tonic
    Favourite band: Kings of Leon
    Is most interested in: Music and Culture
    Favourite campaign: Orange Wednesday’s .

    Jeremy - Business Development Director
    Jeremy
    Business Development Manager
     
    Linked In

    Favorite quote:
    “I am not young enough to know everything.” Oscar Wilde.

    Favorite drink: Belgian beer/Gin & Tonic
    Favorite band: Cinematic Orchestra
    Is most interested in: Photography & Filmmaking
    Favorite campaign: MadMenYourself.com

    George - Business Development Manager
    George
    Business Development Manager
     
    Linked In

    Favourite quote:
    "Courage is knowing what not to fear." Plato.

    Favourite drink: Deuchars IPA
    Favourite band: The Cinematic Orchestra
    Is most interested in: Films, rugby, and music
    Favourite campaign: Kill your speed .

    Sam - managing partner/head of client services
    Sam
    Business Development Manager
     
    Linked In

    Favourite quote:
    "I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office." George W. Bush.

    Favourite drink: Pint of Scrumpy 
    Favourite band: Hendrix 
    Is most interested in: Guitars, I have one or two
    Favourite campaign: Carling "You know who your mates are."

    Sunny - business development manager
    Sunny
    Business Development Manager
     
    Linked In

    Favourite quote:
    "Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising" John Lahr

    Favourite drink: JD & Coke 
    Favourite band: Punjabi MC
    Is most intersted in: Cricket and very fast cars!
    Favourite campaign: New Audi R8 Spider Ad "mirror, signal, outmaneuver."

    Mark  - business development manger
    Mark
    Business Development Manager
     
    Linked In

    Favourite quote:
    "To be the man, you’ve gotta beat the man." Ric Flair, 16 times World Heavyweight Champion .

    Favourite drink: Bombay G&T 
    Favourite band: Kasabian 
    Is most interested in: The Arsenal!
    Favourite campaign: BSkyB "Supertelly."

    Kevan - Business Development Manager
    Kevan
    Business Development Manager
     
    Linked In

    Favorite quote:
    "Pressure makes diamond’s." George. S. Patton.

    Favourite drink: Jack Daniels and Coke
    Favourite band: Bloc Party
    Is most interested in: Cooking and Taekwondo
    Favourite campaign: The Cadbury’s Gorilla ad.

    Josh - Business Development Manager
    Josh
    Business Development Manager
     
    Linked In

    Favourite quote:
    “Sex Panther by Odeon. This stuff is illegal in 9 countries. It's made with bits of real panther, so you know it's good… They've done studies, you know. They say 60% of the time, it works every time.” Anchorman.

    Favourite drink: G&T
    Favourite band: The Beatles with one of my favourite songs being Paperback Writer.
    Is most interested in: Football, going to the gym and experimenting in the kitchen!
    Favourite campaign: Compare the ‘Meerkat’.

    Thom - Recruitment and Business Development Manager
    Tom
    Recruitment and Business Development Manager
     
    Linked In

    Favourite quote:
    “Action is the fundamental key to Success.” Picasso.

    Favourite drink: Guinness
    Favourite band: Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed and The True Loves
    Is most interested in: Longboarding
    Favourite campaign: T-Mobile’s flash mob dance @ Liverpool St Station. 

    Sue -  head of data strategy
    Sue
    Head of Data & Insights
     
    Linked In

    Favourite quote:
    "Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much!"

    Favourite drink: A perfectly chilled glass of Pouilly-Fumé 
    Favourite band: U2 
    Is most interested in: Psychometry, Healing, Dancing, and anything with a little leopard print....
    Favourite campaign: Lacoste Pour Homme, with Ian Lawless!;

    Donna - Head of Research
     
    Donna
    Head of Research
     
    Twitter
    Linked In

    Favourite quote:
    "Go to Heaven for the climate and Hell for the company." Mark Twain.

    Favourite drink: Lynchburg Lemonade
    Favourite band: The Gossip
    Is most interested in: Reading, pets, cooking, music, and my vegetable garden!
    Favourite campaign: Fiat Grande Punto – Trampoline

    keith - darwin account director
     
    Keith
    Darwin Account Director
     
    Linked In

    Favourite quote:
    "Anger cannot win, it cannot even think clearly." Dwight D. Eisenhower.

    Favourite drink: Bourbon
    Favourite band: Funkadelic
    Is most interested in: Reading, cooking, music, and travelling

     

     
     
     
     

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