My history

Freelance Copywriter / Creative Director

August 2023 - present

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Gravity Global

69. Wilson Street, London EC2A 2BB

Creative Director Copy

February 2021 - July 2023

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Ogilvy / OgilvyOne Business / OgilvyOne dnx

Creative Director

July 2014 – August 2019

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dnx was bought by WPP in 2014 and merged with OgilvyOne’s own B2B offering. The name changed several times.

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dnx

Creative Director

October 2004 – July 2014

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When I joined dnx, the creative department was myself and a freelance designer. It subsequently grew to over 30 people.

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April-Six

Head of Copy

November 2003 – October 2004

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Following redundancy from WWAV Rapp Collins, I joined April-Six at the office in Harefield. It was here I first encountered B2B and technology.

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WWAV Rapp Collins (now RAPP)

Senior Copywriter

January 2000 – September 2003

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In January 2000, following much cajoling from one of the creative directors, I jumped ship and joined the creative department.

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WWAV Rapp Collins

Account Executive - Account Director

October 1989 – December 1999

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It was WWAV that taught me about direct marketing and the supreme importance of campaign measurement.

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Clients

Getac · MAN · Payoneer · Embraer · Airbus · AkzoNobel · EY · Mastercard · Oracle · Samsung · Nokia · Vodafone · Rolls-Royce · SITA · SAP · Business Objects · Hymans Robertson · WebEx · NICE · Gatwick Airport · Microsoft · Sun Microsystems · MORE TH>N · Sun Alliance · Lloyds TSB · Abbey National · Shelter · Trustcard · NSPCC · Legal & General · Orange

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Personal, hobbies and interests

I live in Ewhurst, Surrey with my wife of 31 years. We have two daughters (aged 26 and 22) and a West Highland Terrier called Mungo.

 

I occasionally play keyboards for The Fabulous Nobodies, a covers band based in Ewhurst.

 

I am Chairman of the Ewhurst Players (our local amateur dramatics group), and have both acted and directed over recent years. In October 2024, we staged my own adaptation of Dorothy L. Sayers' crime novel The Nine Tailors, I also enjoy writing new lyrics for songs in our pantomimes.

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I draw caricatures and cartoons, and I make rugs.