The Council
Lesley Jones
Came to the world of media in 1988 when I joined The Daily News in Birmingham as a sales rep. Went on to work for Newsquest Media Sales managing their Midlands Office with responsibilities for all advertising agencies outside the M.25 up as far as Stoke on Trent with a portfolio of around 300 newspapers. In 1999 left the media industry for a 12 month period coming back in 2000 (just couldn’t keep away!) to work for Associated Newspapers as...
Steve Price
Hello. I'm Steve and I'm one of the founding partners of Unsuitable and our sister digital agency, One Black Bear. I'm a designer by trade and have been doing 'design and that' in all it's guises for over 20 years. I'm passionate about simple, powerful thinking and getting the detail right. I'm also trying to get my 28 handicap somewhere near respectable....
Ollie Purdom
Hi. I’m Ollie, co-founder of Pitch; specialist recruiters to the creative, marketing & PR sector. Recruiters often get a bad press but we hopefully escape this by working hard to develop close links with the industry that we're passionate about. And by giving a bit back along the way.Which is one of the reasons I joined PACE Council, my main remit being to help organise insightful training events and to help PACE build closer links with the student community; the...
Graeme Thurman
Hi, I'm Graeme. I joined Advek in August 2006 to work with the current owner towards his retirement in 2009. After a successful first 12 months, I felt the time had come for me to take full control of the company and enable the existing Directors to take early retirement. I am now the sole Director and Shareholder of the company and I am really enjoying opening doors a getting opportunities I never thought would be possible. I am very...
