Meet the team
As you can see we are a mixed bunch of all shapes and sizes, markets, sectors, global and local experience. But we all share a passion for making businesses grow. Please feel free to search for people by name, or select your region to bring up the Marketing Directors that are closest to you.
Our team

Philippa Ochonski
IBM, HP
Alfresco, Coremetrics

Viv Jebson
Agency work for FMCG brands e.g Tetley, Bon Marche
Simon Jersey, Sutcliffe Play Ltd

Jo Salsbury
Jo joined The Marketing Centre in 2015 as Operations Manager. Her responsibilities include HR, conferences, recruitment, assistance with IT, and general administrative requirements. As well as working for The Marketing Centre, Jo also...

Chris Burton
SC Johnson, Select Service Partner - SSP
EnergistUK, Extreme

Chris Wood
Hilton; Ford
OpenTable; Treatwell

Melissa Dawson
Coca-Cola, Schwarzkopf
MunchFit fitness food, Caboodle Storage

David Fenton
Black & Decker, Jewson
Youd Andrews, Acumed Consulting

Kirsten Bolton
Portakabin, Willerby
SolarFrame, National Metals Technology Centre

David Pemberton
Home Retail Group plc, Experian plc
Northgate, Harrogate Spring Water

Simon Iredale
St gobain Glass, Sony Music Europe
Solidor, The Fit Show

Nathan Milnes
The Growth Company Business Growth Hub, NCC Group
Nycomm Group, ANS Group

Michael Stewart
TUI, Halifax
SIL Holdings Ltd, ProGARM Ltd

Mark Harris
EDF Energy, O2
SEKO Logistics, SpinVox

Damian Traynor
Lowell, Systems Union
Mentor Systems, Brookson

Ian Webb
Lafarge Holcim, Barratt Homes
Loughborough Building Society, Antalis

Sarah White
Golder Associates, Energy Intelligence
The Smart Cube, FeedStock

Nigel Bromley
Lotus Cars, Bridgestone
ExtraCare, Heligan Group

Christine Durkin
Experian, Hutchinson Asia Telecom
Ubisense, Dolphin Telecom

Alan Jones
Sega Europ, Lendlease Europe
SDL, Gioteck

Helen Bradshaw
Dignity PLC; PSA Peugeot-Citroën
We Are Nameless (agency); My Midwife

Sarah Holgate
Landmark Information Group (SaaS); Association for Coaching (Professional Body)
Spaces to Places (Property Marketing Agency); Connections in Mind (Professional Services)

Hannah Poulton
Principality Building Society, Legal & General
V12 Retail Finance, Optimum Credit

Tony Bishop
ECCO Shoes; Dow Chemicals
Mills and Boon Reader Service; B&R Relays

Lucy Hogarth
Having worked in both agency and in-house marketing roles Lucy has developed an extensive understanding of businesses both large and small and a passion for developing brands. Clare and Lucy worked together running an integrated agency...

Emma Fisher
Cath Kidston, Starbucks
Thoughtful Clothing, DR Wakefield

Julie Brook
Grand Metropolitan, Bass, RHM Foods, Yates Group
Vital Focus Ltd, HPJ Jewellers, Instep Training and Development
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Tony Orme
Hilton Hotels, LA fitness
YorkTest Laboratories, Cartwright & Butler

Ed Olphin
Jordans, Kettle Chips
Working Lunches, Lake House Table

David Oliver
McCann Erickson, Carlson Marketing Group
Ecotricity, Saint Nicks, DMS

Simon Dutta
Rockwool, Plastic Omnium
CoreFiling, PredictX

Andy Chadbourne
Bibliotheca Group, Graphene @ Manchester University
FLG Business Technology, Intellident Ltd

Michael Williamson
E-commerce (Staples), Telecoms (O2)
Casio UK, KMX Healthcare

Sally Shuttleworth
Shell Select & Ultracity, First Choice Holidays
Phoenixplc, Dizzy Dots Trading

Selina Noton
Textron Inc, Volvo
Fisher Jones, Greenwood Solicitors, Pace Property

Nick Goring
Morrisons, Manchester United
Wagg, Clarion

Michael Mocatta
Virgin Media, Lloyds Bank
ICAAD Events, Flower Station

Nigel Rodliffe
Parametric Technology Corporation, GEC
Proactive Investors, Makevale Group

Pete Jakob
Pete is our central Marketing Director for The Marketing Centre - leading the small team responsible for all our demand generation and communications. He is an expert at marketing systems, data and processes, and helps clients transform...

Clare Methven
A background in both agency and in-house marketing roles with a strength in positioning, brand, public relations and the written word. Fifteen years of running an integrated agency and leading client-facing teams has given her a clear...

Jeremy Langley
Lumesse
babble cloud; Path Intelligence

Helen Sloman
MasterCard, Royal Bank of Scotland
Intelligent Environments Group

Rachael Ward
Samsung, Microsoft
Stopgap Limited, Tribe Telecom Limited

Nigel Leahy
WH Smith, B&Q
Tile Giant, DC White Engineering
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Vicki Mapplebeck
Fiskars, Diageo
Joyall Limited; GreenThumb Lawncare

Karen Jones
Direct Line, Aviva
Clearwater, London & Partners

Richard Hancock
FMCG (Lyons, Perrier, RHM) Technology (Tela Sonera)
SME Consulting, Business Angel, Investor, Non-Exec

Tony Galloni
Engie, National Express (Rail)
Tenesol, Marketing Krieg & Zivy

Pippa Wells
De La Rue, Control Risks
The Key Holdings Company, CNP Surveyors

Huw Johns
NTL and PHS
WigleyJohns Branding & Advertising and CODA Business Management

Fiona Bowyer
Kohler Co, Churchill China Plc
Delta Balustrades, Joloda International Ltd

Rebecca Nichols
Mattel, PepsiCo
Liz Earle Beauty Co, Tea Times Trading

Andrew Smith
Essiler, Fiskars
Business Wales AGP, FSEW

Chris Starkey
Chris joined The Marketing Centre in October 2022 as Managing Director. He has a background in both products and services businesses with leadership positions in global professional services and e-commerce organisations having previously...

Phil Kent
AkzoNobel (Dulux), Diageo
Study Group, Step by Step

David Long
Nortel Networks, Siemens
4Com, Plantronics

Lucy Wain
PwC LLP; WS Atkins Plc
Capital Capture Ltd; Gilroy Corporate Communications Ltd

Jean Moncrieff
Metropolitan Life, Burson-Marsteller
Jiberstream, ACF Technologies

Beth Cooper
Barclays, TUI UK
Inika Cosmetics, AppLearn

Shelley Cole
Boots, Coopervision
Stannah, Cyan Solutions

Brian Hardie
TNT, Royal Mail
Ibis, Axis

Elaine O’Brien
Horizon Discovery; Abcam
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Rob Croxall
EMAP, Bauer Media
Encocam, The Woodland Trust

John Donnelly
Coca Cola, Orange
CR Smith, Edinburgh Woollen Mills

Peter Schofield
Lloyds Banking Group, Inchcape
Dutypoint Group, Pym and Wildsmith

Jo Shailes
Trelleborg, GE Oil & Gas
Varitech Systems, Hillcroft Surgery Supplies and Green Transition Holding AS

Colin Stickland
Belersdorf, Argos
Allanda, Delice de France

Ged Leigh
Heimbach GmbH, Xerium
Elland Steel, Siddall & Hilton

Colette Porter
HSBC, Universal Music
Blue Chip Holidays, Multiple Credit Unions

Tamsin Fielden
Unilever, Colgate Palmolive
TRIO Healthcare, Creative Emporium

Ayo Daramola-Martin
PwC, Grosvenor
Mackin, Useful Simple Trust

Pete Jakob
IBM, Nokia
Worldwide Chain Stores, Sealpac

Maria Heckel
TUI, National Express, Nissan
848 IT Group, Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)

Amanda Treend
United Biscuits, Boots
Arran Aromatics, Cashmaster International

Matthew Gaunt
Tesco, Wickes
Majestic Wine, Volunteer It Yourself

Mia Russell
Mia joined The Marketing Centre team in 2016 as Marketing Manager, she is responsible for the execution and delivery of our data and marketing systems. Including, prospect research, email marketing, reporting and website content updates. ...

Jude Browne
Sage plc; Brewin Dolphin plc
Lycetts; Finance Nation

Alex Brayshaw
Acacium, SAP
Pegasus Software, Deepki

Peter Schofield
Lloyds Banking Group, Inchcape
Dutypoint Group, Pym and Wildsmith

Christine Moses
Balfour Beaty, AQA
Jee, Clinicare

Sam Butterworth
Hermes Europe, StepChange Debt Charity
Nexus, Astrata Group Europe

Hari Farzin
Scottish Television, Butlins
ResDiary, The Di Maggio’s Group

Helen Martin
Hasbro (Monopoly), Hiscox Insurance
Solutions4feet, Butlins

Jane Nugent
Speedy Services, Trinity Mirror
Bison Machinery, Furrows Group, Thergis

Lindsay Ball
Greggs, CARE IVF
Polyco Healthcare, Sustain

Mark Pearson
Egg, Equiniti
Selftrade, Nava Finance

Helenor Rogers
Unilever, Church & Dwight UK Ltd
Troofoods Ltd, Alias Hotel Group

Jayne Pooley
Kantar; Telefonica O2
Babble Health; Bonne Santé Alps

Helen Bradshaw
Dignity PLC; PSA Peugeot-Citroën
We Are Nameless (agency); My Midwife

David Abbott
Premier Farnell, Suttons Group
House Nameplate Co, Taylor Bracewell
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Lucy Freeman
Lucy joined The Marketing Centre team in 2018 as Marketing Manager, she is responsible for the smooth delivery of our multi-channel inbound marketing campaigns including social, website, blog and video content. Lucy has previous...

Jodie Wilson
Cummins Inc., AB Agri Ltd
Codem Composites Ltd, TextureJet Ltd

Rebecca Manville
Tesco, KFC
Emap Groundsure, Carsite

Alan Edwards
IBM, Sun Microsystems
Netstore, Peer 1 Hosting
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Michelle Alrick
Michelle joined The Marketing Centre's central team in 2017. She is responsible for managing all central marketing responses along with marketing email creation and data entry. Before joining The Marketing Centre, Michelle has previous...

Nicky Macfarlane
TUI Travel
Cognect, Real Experience Group

Mark Springall
Barrat Developments plc, Bosch
Neilcot Construction, hSo

Tim Parrack
Xerox, Cisco, Polycom
C2000, Petrotechnics

Fareeda Jaleel
RBS, Natwest, HBOS
Power Solutions UK (Ltd), Crest Medical Ltd

Maria Heckel
TUI, National Express, Nissan
848 IT Group, Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)

Emma Rainey
Infor, Bottomline Technologies
Aspera Solutions, Epaccsys Ltd

Peter Craven
Sony, Toyota
Anwyl Group, Johnsons Photopia

Fiona West
Royal Caribbean International Cruises, Deloitte
Wayfairer Travel, Holleys Fine Foods, Optima Systems Consultancy

Gary Hill
GN Store Nord Group; Blockbuster Entertainment Ltd
Hearing Direct Ltd; Van Hage Ltd

Anna Hutton-North
KPMG, MITIE
Project (EU) Ltd, Peacock Engineering Ltd

Robert Stead
Polycom, AMD, Hewlett Packard
Over 20 part-time roles and 3 start-ups
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