Experience

Heavenly

• United Kingdom
• Marketing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Partner

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  London, England Metropolitan Area Heavenly is a multifaceted brand consultancy. Making brands, monetizing brands, inventing brands and investing in brands.



Design Bridge and Partners

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Managing Partner

  • Jan 2018 - Jul 2020

  London, England Metropolitan Area - Responsible for commercial growth and relationship health of clients, championing a culture of creative excellence, high performance and delivery. - Lead major client relationships including our single largest for Vodafone. - Key involvement in successful new business pitches for clients including AXA, Thales, Inmarsat, Get Living, Itiviti, Refinitiv and Shell. - Direct leadership of the Client Services team: recruitment, inspiration and motivation, talent-mapping and development.



Lambie-Nairn

• United Kingdom
• Design
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director, Northern Europe & Middle East

  • Nov 2015 - Dec 2017

  London, England Metropolitan Area Responsible for our offices in the UK, Germany and United Arab Emirates. Oversaw and grew relationships with clients including Airbus, Sunrise Telecom, JLL, Deloitte, Euronews, Shell, Qatar Post and Dubai Tourism.

• Regional Director, Middle East, Africa & India

  • Jan 2009 - Nov 2015

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates Opened offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Riyadh. Created and grew successful relationships with clients including flydubai, Al Jazeera Media Network, Abu Dhabi Media, Katara Hospitality, Ooredoo, Kolkata Knight Riders and Saudi Telecom – growing the latter to become the agency’s second largest client globally.

• Senior Client Director

  • Dec 2006 - Jan 2009

  London, England Metropolitan Area Responsible for key client relationships including Sainsbury’s, the BBC, Norwich Union, HarperCollins UK, Leonard Cheshire Disability and Sunrise Telecom.



Corporate Edge

• Account Director

  • Jan 2001 - Dec 2006

  London, England Metropolitan Area Managed brand strategy, naming, identity and implementation programmes for organisations, services and places. Clients included InterContinental Hotels Group, Cadbury Schweppes, BG Group, State of Jersey, Travelodge, Scottish Enterprise and Ecclesiastical Insurance.



Identica Design

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Account Director

  • Dec 1999 - Jan 2001

  London, England Metropolitan Area Won and ran the Vodafone relationship as lead brand agency, developing the brand architecture and positioning, identity, electronic brand management system, and on-going brand guardianship.



Addison

• United States
• Design Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Account Manager/Account Director

  • Mar 1996 - Dec 1999

  London, England Metropolitan Area Client leadership on corporate and investor relations communications for clients including Halifax, Cable & Wireless, Department of Health, Henley Centre and Cadbury Schweppes.



Barclays

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Marketing Communications Manager

  • 1993 - 1996

  Provided a full marketing communications service to marketing product managers, comprising planning, creative, media (ATL/BTL), artwork production and print, and running agency relationships across these disciplines. Edited two internal newsletters. Prior to this I had a variety of marketing and technical roles.