Experience

Comesto

• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO

  • Sep 2016 - Present

  Comesto is the marriage of my core skill of digital business and love of quality food and drinks. The UK's first platform-based F&B wholesale company. We sell quality goods at realistic prices, grouping trade buyers' orders on one platform enabling one order one invoice one delivery and low order levels saving money and space for our clients. Wholesale as it should be. Comesto is the marriage of my core skill of digital business and love of quality food and drinks. The UK's first platform-based F&B wholesale company. We sell quality goods at realistic prices, grouping trade buyers' orders on one platform enabling one order one invoice one delivery and low order levels saving money and space for our clients. Wholesale as it should be.



Catalyst Marketing

• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Development Director

  • Oct 2015 - Aug 2016

  Inbound Marketing for a broad range of Clients from F&B to large industrials. Brought on a range of really influential accounts and created a high performing sales team. Inbound Marketing for a broad range of Clients from F&B to large industrials. Brought on a range of really influential accounts and created a high performing sales team.



Ebiquity plc

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Technical Media Consultant

  • Sep 2012 - Nov 2015

  After selling my media analysis agency to Ebiquity PLC I worked with them as a senior consultant to embed and digitise my analytics and clients. During this time I represented Ebiquity in negotiations with media licencing bodies and worked with a large team of analysts to maximise the understanding of the semantic sentiment in the output of regional journalists. After selling my media analysis agency to Ebiquity PLC I worked with them as a senior consultant to embed and digitise my analytics and clients. During this time I represented Ebiquity in negotiations with media licencing bodies and worked with a large team of analysts to maximise the understanding of the semantic sentiment in the output of regional journalists.



Tomorrow People

• Australia
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Account Director

  • Sep 2013 - Jul 2015

  Inbound Marketing for tech companies. After many years in PR and Reputation Management, it was a very rewarding experience to join a digital agency right at the start of when digital was kicking off. Convincing sceptical prospects and designing growth strategies when the digital landscape was new was an education for me too. Skills and attitudes I benefit from still. Inbound Marketing for tech companies. After many years in PR and Reputation Management, it was a very rewarding experience to join a digital agency right at the start of when digital was kicking off. Convincing sceptical prospects and designing growth strategies when the digital landscape was new was an education for me too. Skills and attitudes I benefit from still.



Citypress

• United Kingdom
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Oct 1999 - Aug 2013

  PR and Reputation Management for Public Sector and F&B industries. I started the company with my own funds and ran it very successfully for 11 years. The main USP of City Press was it's understanding of regional press and our acclaimed analytical profiling service enabling press offices to tune their output to chime more successfully with regional titles. I advised on the set-up of the Newspaper Licencing agency and was an expert witness in the high profile court case PRCA vs… Show more PR and Reputation Management for Public Sector and F&B industries. I started the company with my own funds and ran it very successfully for 11 years. The main USP of City Press was it's understanding of regional press and our acclaimed analytical profiling service enabling press offices to tune their output to chime more successfully with regional titles. I advised on the set-up of the Newspaper Licencing agency and was an expert witness in the high profile court case PRCA vs NLA. In 2021 understanding that the arena in which City Press operated was ripe for digitisation, I took up an offer to sell the assets to Ebiquity PLC merging my client base with theirs, whilst working with Ebiquity on a two-year consultancy basis to further merge their reputation management division with their main media analytics service. Show less PR and Reputation Management for Public Sector and F&B industries. I started the company with my own funds and ran it very successfully for 11 years. The main USP of City Press was it's understanding of regional press and our acclaimed analytical profiling service enabling press offices to tune their output to chime more successfully with regional titles. I advised on the set-up of the Newspaper Licencing agency and was an expert witness in the high profile court case PRCA vs… Show more PR and Reputation Management for Public Sector and F&B industries. I started the company with my own funds and ran it very successfully for 11 years. The main USP of City Press was it's understanding of regional press and our acclaimed analytical profiling service enabling press offices to tune their output to chime more successfully with regional titles. I advised on the set-up of the Newspaper Licencing agency and was an expert witness in the high profile court case PRCA vs NLA. In 2021 understanding that the arena in which City Press operated was ripe for digitisation, I took up an offer to sell the assets to Ebiquity PLC merging my client base with theirs, whilst working with Ebiquity on a two-year consultancy basis to further merge their reputation management division with their main media analytics service. Show less



Diageo

• United Kingdom
• Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Brand Manager

  • Jul 1988 - Jul 1999

  Started as a graduate trainee working in Logistics and Distribution, moving on to Brand Management for various whisky brands Started as a graduate trainee working in Logistics and Distribution, moving on to Brand Management for various whisky brands