The serious stuff...
Graduate of English & History at the University of Birmingham. Full member of the CIPR, received a Distinction for the CIPR Advanced Certificate and Merit for the CIPR Diploma. Now completing the CIM Professional Diploma.
Runner-up in the Lift Off category of the 2008 Switched On Business Awards and Birmingham Young Professional of the Year 2009 Finalist.
Career highlights:
Getting local school uniform supplier onto national BBC Breakfast News
Delivering such ROI for a bio-fuels client that demand outstripped supply
Convincing major building industry heavyweights to lend their support to a client event.
Personality profile
Ambitious, thoughtful, clever, and a good listener.
Admires most
My mother for surviving against the odds - say goodbye to your loved ones; I don't think so! Also, people like Jacqueline Gold who are able to take on a failing family business and turn it into a successful international brand.
Extraordinary talent
Ability to write quickly when 'inspired' by a deadline!
What flicks my switch?
Visiting tigers that have been well looked after in zoos/safari parks - I have to be dragged away. Body combat aerobics class (when it isn't cancelled) and dancing to EBM/industrial/gothic dance music in clubs/seeing bands live.
Favourite film
Dirty Dancing is one I can watch over and over again. I really like the Pirates of the Caribbean and Shrek movies as well. And for something really moving, try Angelina Jolie in Gia.
Favourite track
Depends on the day and time. Anything from generic pop rock/indie played on Kerrang radio through to bleepy gothic dance music - like ordinary dance music but with lyrics! I like Sleeping Sun by Nightwish and Soilbleed by Grendel - complete contrast.
Favourite invention
The internet - it has made the world bigger and smaller at the same time, allowing instant access to news, information and people across the world. It makes the job of the communicator richer and more challenging by freeing up controls and regulated channels of communication.
Other people...
Angela Podmore
Simon Partington
Rebecca Sloan
Guy Ashworth
Jane Doyle
Majella McCabe
