CLARK, DAVID KELLY
Job Chief executive, MindShare.
Company MindShare, 40 Strand, London WC2.
Work tel +44(0) 20 7969 4324.
Born 16 June 1966.
Place of birth US.
Lives Clapham.
Family Kathryn Clark (wife); Abigail Clark, Olivia Clark, Henry Clark
(children).
Career milestones Undisclosed.
What one principle in life do you live by? Undisclosed.
What advice would you give someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Undisclosed.
Your alternative career? Undisclosed.
Name your three closest friends in the business Undisclosed.
Favourite consumer magazine Undisclosed.
Favourite business magazine Undisclosed.
Favourite newspaper Undisclosed.
Favourite TV programme Undisclosed.
Favourite radio programme Undisclosed.
How do you unwind? Undisclosed.
What is your greatest extravagance? Undisclosed.
Name one thing about yourself that might surprise others Undisclosed.
If you were an ad, what would your strapline be? Undisclosed.
Lowdown Clark isn't always the easiest of company but he has managed to
fit into the UK media scene well. His friendship with James Murdoch did
not help MindShare when the agency surprised everyone by failing to win
the Sky media account.
CLAYDON, JONATHAN KENT
Job Chairman, Claydon Heeley Jones Mason Group.
Company Claydon Heeley Jones Mason Group, The Glassmill, London SW1.
Work tel +44(0)20 7924 3000.
Born 19 April 1961.
Place of birth Conceived in Sydney, born in Kent.
Lives Notting Hill and the Cotswolds.
Family Partner, Annie Woolf. Children, Hope, Kezia and James.
Career milestones Being appointed a senior trader (global commodities)
for Cargill in Geneva in 1987 aged 26.Co- founding Claydon Heeley in
1990 . Taking the business into Omnicom in 1998. Co-founding Jones Mason
with DDB in 1999 and merging it with Claydon Heeley in 2001. Co-
founding Agency Republic in 2001.
Co-launching Livetech Europe in 2004.
What one principle in life do you live by? Always tell it exactly as it
is.
What advice would you give someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Always tell it exactly as it is.
Your alternative career? Directing Oscar- winning movies, I expect. Or,
arguably more realistically, either journalism or doing what I did
before - trading in the global commodities markets.
Name your three closest friends in the business From inside my own
company, three very gifted colleagues: Leo Campbell, Nigel Jones and
Dave Woods.
From outside: the very smart Michael Birkin (DAS/Omnicom New York), the
very wise Peter Mead (Omnicom Europe) and the very energetic Martin
Brooks (Agency Republic).
Favourite consumer magazine Wallpaper. Though I've read Autocar every
week since I was four.
Favourite business magazine Campaign, of course.
Favourite newspaper Probably the three Observer monthly supplements.
Favourite TV programme News at Ten, The Office or Bear in The Big Blue
House, depending on who I'm with.
Favourite radio programme A three-way tie ; Front Row, Jonathan Ross and
Today.
How do you unwind? With my kids or my pillow.
What is your greatest extravagance? Well, it's proving to be my 1964
Aston DB5, although I still choose to think of it as an investment.
Name one thing about yourself that might surprise others I once wrote
comedy scripts for BBC Radio. What will surprise no-one is that they
weren't very good.
If you were an ad, what would your strapline be? "Because I'm worth it."
Lowdown Respected toughnut who is destined for a greater role within
Omnicom.
CLEMMOW, SIMON PHILLIP
Job Planning partner, Clemmow Hornby Inge.
Company Clemmow Hornby Inge, 7 Rathbone Street, London W1.
Work tel +44(0) 20 7462 8500.
Born 30 June 1956.
Place of birth Cambridge.
Lives Marylebone, London.
Family Wife, Liz. Son, Nick (15).
Career milestones Co-founding Simons Palmer Denton Clemmow & Johnson in
1988. Becoming chief executive of TBWA\London in 1999, co-founding
Clemmow Hornby Inge in 2001.
What one principle in life do you live by? Don't worry about things you
can't control.
What advice would you give someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Learn the fundamental skills of planning before hanging around with the
creatives.
Your alternative career? Academia.
Name your three closest friends in the business Johnny Hornby and
Charles Inge at CHI, Robert Senior at Fallon.
Favourite consumer magazine Cosmopolitan.
Favourite business magazine Campaign.
Favourite newspaper The Telegraph.
Favourite TV programme Have I Got News for You.
Favourite radio programme Anything on Radio 5 Live or Heart 106.2.
How do you unwind? By drinking, reading, listening to music, watching
sport.
What is your greatest extravagance? Three houses.
Name one thing about yourself that might surprise others I don't answer
the telephone.
If you were an ad, what would your strapline be? "Big ideas for
ambitious brands."
Lowdown Clemmow is the unlikely advertising hero. He's not interested in
schmoozing and would rather starve than eat at The Ivy. The clarity of
his thinking, however, makes him one of the business's most
well-respected planners.
CLIFT, SIMON JAMES
Job Global president, marketing, Unilever home and personal care.
Company Unilever, Unilever House, Blackfriars, London EC4.
Work tel +44(0) 20 7822 6089.
Born 12 March 1958.
Place of birth Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire.
Lives West Kensington, London.
Family Dog, Brazilian foster son.
Career milestones 1982-86: marketing trainee, Elida Gibbs UK. 1986-89:
marketing manager, Unilever Portugal. 1989-91: marketing manager,
Unilever Austria. 1991-94: marketing director, Unilever Mexico. 1994-97:
brand development director, Elida Gibbs UK and deos category Europe.
1997-2000: managing director (Elida Gibbs division),Unilever Brazil.
2000: chairman, personal care, Latin America. 2001- present: president
marketing, home and personal care.
What one principle in life do you live by? Undisclosed.
What advice would you give someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Undisclosed.
Your alternative career? Undisclosed.
Name your three closest friends in the business Undisclosed.
Favourite consumer magazine Undisclosed.
Favourite business magazine Undisclosed.
Favourite newspaper Undisclosed.
Favourite TV programme Undisclosed.
Favourite radio programme Undisclosed.
How do you unwind? Undisclosed.
What is your greatest extravagance? Undisclosed.
Name one thing about yourself that might surprise others Undisclosed.
If you were an ad, what would your strapline be? Undisclosed.
Lowdown A Unilever lifer, Clift is one of the most admired clients in
the business. The visionary marketer and his loyal staff of hundreds
have a task on their hands because Unilever sales have stalled this
year. Perhaps its new "path to vitality" and the extra work he is
putting BBH's way will address the imbalance.
COCHRANE, POLLY CLARE
Job Director of marketing, Channel 4.
Company Channel 4, 124 Horseferry Road, London SW1.
Work tel +44(0) 20 7396 4444.
Born 5 April 1956.
Place of birth London.
Lives Hammersmith, London.
Family Partner, Tom Sykes. Children, Finley (4 ) and Oscar (18 months).
Career milestones 1988-90: WCRS, account manager. 1990-92: Cowan Kemsley
Taylor, account director (worked on the launch of Vanity Fair). 1992-96:
Conde Nast Publications, UK communications manager, Vanity Fair.
Guardian Media Group, product manager on The Observer, promoted to
development manager, The Guardian and Observer. 1996-98 : marketing
manager, promoted to head of advertising and promotions (Channel 5
launch). 1998-present: Channel 4, controller of marketing, promoted to
director of marketing responsible for on- and off-air marketing and
press across all channels.
Launched 4creative with Lisa Green in 2000.
What one principle in life do you live by? Leaving work at 6pm.
What advice would you give someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Now matter how much you like a company, don't hang around too long if
you can't see the next new challenge on the horizon.
Your alternative career? Architecture.
Name your three closest friends in the business Not prepared to divulge
or stick to three.
Favourite consumer magazine Conde Nast Traveller (for blue skies, luxury
bedrooms and general escapism).
Favourite business magazine Broadcast (for Emily Bell and Thommo
Towers).
Favourite newspaper The Guardian most of the time (Financial Times on
Tuesdays).
Favourite TV programme Desperate Housewives - the one to watch in 2005.
Favourite radio programme Jimmy Carr and Iain Morris on Xfm (Sunday
mornings).
How do you unwind? Swimming (preferably in the Maldives but usually in
Chiswick).
What is your greatest extravagance? Expensive underwear.
Name one thing about yourself that might surprise others I don't keep
much hidden.
If you were an ad, what would your strapline be? "I can't believe it's
not better."
Lowdown Now that the BBC's former marketing supremo, Andy Duncan, is the
chief executive of Channel 4, there were rumours that Cochrane would be
among the first to leave. She has not, and the broadcaster continues to
pump out smart work.
COLEMAN, ADRIAN MICHAEL
Job Partner, Vallance Carruthers Coleman Priest.
Company Vallance Carruthers Coleman Priest, Greencoat House, Francis
Street, London SW1.
Work tel +44(0) 20 7802 5803.
Born 10 October 1963.
Place of birth Cardiff, Glamorgan.
Lives Reigate, Surrey.
Family Wife, Kathryn. Three children, Ella, Clara and Eve.
Career milestones 1989: board director at IMP. 1992: partner at HHCL.
1999: chief executive at AMD. 2002: partner, VCCP.
What one principle in life do you live by? Fair and reasonable.
What advice would you give someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Go on your own earlier.
Your alternative career? A poor golf pro.
Name your three closest friends in the business Charles Vallance, Rooney
Carruthers and Ian Priest but, apart from these villains: Chris
Satterthwaite at Chime, Peter Warner at Haselemere and Mike Chajkin at
Leo Burnett.
Favourite consumer magazine Landscape Design.
Favourite business magazine Harvard Business Review.
Favourite newspaper The Times.
Favourite TV programme Phoenix Nights.
Favourite radio programme Gardeners' Question Time.
How do you unwind? Golf, tennis, children, classical music.
What is your greatest extravagance? A house in France.
Name one thing about yourself that might surprise others I like the
French.
If you were an ad, what would your strapline be? "When can I see it?"
Lowdown The level-headed Coleman has proved himself to be the perfect
anchorman at VCCP. His approachability and understated people skills
have helped ensure the agency is giving the industry's big boys a run
for their money.
COLERIDGE, NICHOLAS DAVID
Job Managing director, Conde Nast; vice-president, Conde Nast
International.
Company Conde Nast Publications, Vogue House, 1 Hanover Square, London
W1.
Work tel +44(0) 20 7499 9080.
Born 4 March 1957.
Place of birth London.
Lives Holland Park, London, and Worcestershire.
Family Wife, Georgia Metcalfe. Three sons, one daughter.
Career milestones Columnist, the Evening Standard; editor, Harpers &
Queen; editorial director, Conde Nast; managing director, Conde Nast.
Helped launch GQ, Vanity Fair, Traveller, Glamour, CondeNet. Author of
ten books, five of them - The Fashion Conspiracy, Paper Tigers,
Godchildren, With Friends Like These and Streetsmart - bestsellers.
2003: chairman, Fashion Rocks. 2000-03: chairman, British Fashion
Council . 2004-present: chairman, Periodical Publishers Association.
What one principle in life do you live by? Arrive early, respond fairly.
What advice would you give someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Intense interest in journalism and publishing, energy helps, gossip,
parties and laughter are a good thing. A sense of mischief is a bonus.
Avoid hubris and insanity, if possible.
Your alternative career? Explorer, bishop or politician.
Name your three closest friends in the business Stephen Quinn,
publishing director, Vogue; Robin Wight, chairman, WCRS; Charles Moore
at The Daily Telegraph.
Favourite consumer magazine Vanity Fair.
Favourite business magazine The Spectator.
Favourite newspaper The Daily Telegraph.
Favourite TV programme History and archaeology programmes.
Favourite radio programme The Today programme, Radio 4.
How do you unwind? Long walks, Bloody Marys, Bullshots, sunshine,
writing fiction.
What is your greatest extravagance? Four children and their relentless
school fees, hot summer holidays, country house.
Name one thing about yourself that might surprise others Ten days in
jail in Sri Lanka accused of international terrorism.
If you were an ad, what would your strapline be? "He IS the inside
track."
Lowdown The wonderfully quotable Coleridge ("Glamour is like viagra, we
get it up every time") is intensely proud of his magazine portfolio.
A journalist by discipline, he has a few tales to tell and counts his
infiltration of Prince Andrew's 21st birthday bash, disguised as a
chauffeur, as one of his proudest achievements.
COLLIER, MARK
Job Managing director, Dare.
Company Dare, 8-10 Great Titchfield Street, London W1.
Work tel +44(0) 20 7612 3600.
Born 16 August 1960.
Place of birth Woking, Surrey.
Lives East Sheen, London.
Family Wife, Fiona. Son, William. Daughter, Emma.
Career milestones 1984: Hedger Mitchell Stark, account executive. 1985:
Collett Dickenson Pearce, account executive. 1985-87: Bartle Bogle
Hegarty, account manager. 1987-93: Smith Jones Brown & Cassie Films:
producer.
1993-96: BBH, head of TV. 1996-97: BBH, head of agency production.
1997-98: BBH, assistant managing director. 1998-2000: BBH, joint
managing director.
1 July 2000: founded Dare.
What one principle in life do you live by? You get out what you put in.
What advice would you give someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Find role models you can believe in (I've had three of the best in
Bartle, Bogle and Hegarty). In starting a business, find the right
partners (I've got two of the best in John Owen and Flo Heiss), and be
prepared to work twice as hard and earn half as much!
Your alternative career? I've always wanted to be a feature film
producer.
Name your three closest friends in the business Stuart Macleod at Map
Films. Chris Denington at Zinc. Thomas Cowper Johnson at Brand Wave.
Favourite consumer magazine Cornwall Today.
Favourite business magazine Marketing Services Financial Intelligence.
Favourite newspaper Barnes, Mortlake and Sheen Times.
Favourite TV programme Too busy on the internet to watch television.
Favourite radio programme News, weather, shipping forecast on Radio 4.
How do you unwind? Taking our golden retriever, Monty, for walks in
Richmond Park. Playing the drums too loud and long prog rock.
What is your greatest extravagance? Debentures at Twickenham.
Name one thing about yourself that might surprise others The best I can
come up with is that I'm an allotment holder.
If you were an ad, what would your strapline be? "Who Dares wins!"
Lowdown Building Dare from scratch has proved that BBH's former joint
managing director has the entrepreneurial streak that marks out the best
in the business.
COLLIN, WILL
Job Partner, Naked Communications.
Company Naked Communications, 159-173 St John Street, London EC1.
Work tel +44(0) 20 7336 8084.
Born 18 August 1967.
Place of birth Normanton-on-the-Wolds, Nottinghamshire.
Lives Hackney, London.
Family Partner, Fran.
No children.
Career milestones 1989: started at BMP DDB as a graduate trainee account
planner. 1992: won an IPA effectiveness award for Alliance & Leicester.
1994: founding member of BMP Interaction. 1996: promoted to BMP board.
1997: moved to New PHD as communication strategy director. 2000: founded
Naked Communications. 2002 -present: Naked named agency of the year by
Marketing, Campaign and Media Week. 2003: Naked Amsterdam launched.
2004: appointed to IPA council. Naked expands to Australia and Nordic.
What one principle in life do you live by? Keep your promises.
What advice would you give someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Be lucky.
Your alternative career? I nearly took a graduate traineeship in
marketing at Lever Brothers.
Name your three closest friends in the business Jon Wilkins and John
Harlow, they're my partners at Naked. Dean Webb at McCann Erickson.
Favourite consumer magazine This doesn't really count but I'd say The
Guardian Guide.
Favourite business magazine Campaign. Honestly.
Favourite newspaper The Guardian.
Favourite TV programme The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.
Favourite radio programme The Today programme on Radio 4 and Christian
O'Connell's breakfast show on Xfm.
How do you unwind? By lazing around at home, gradually working my way
through the paper.
What is your greatest extravagance? Planning dinner engagements with the
help of the Michelin Guide.
Name one thing about yourself that might surprise others I am rubbish at
chess.
If you were an ad, what would your strapline be? "Does exactly what it
says on the tin."
Lowdown Acknowledged as the planning brain that drives Naked, Collin's
sparky personality rescues him from complete geekdom. Relatively smartly
dressed for a Naked founder because he tucks his T-shirts into his
jeans.
COLLINS, DAMON
Job Creative director.
Company Between jobs.
Work tel Not applicable.
Born 3 June 1966.
Place of birth London.
Lives Richmond, Surrey.
Family Wife, Gabriela. Children, Felix (7) and Gigi (4).
Career milestones Working for Dave Trott (until he left Gold Greenlees
Trott). Working for Paul Arden (until he left Saatchi & Saatchi).
Working for David Abbott (until he left Abbott Mead Vickers). Working
for Frank Lowe (until he left Lowe & Partners). Being made creative
director by said Mr Lowe.
What one principle in life do you live by? Treat others as you would
like to be treated yourself. (If not better.)
What advice would you give someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Work harder than everyone else.
Your alternative career?
Christ knows.
Name your three closest friends in the business Friends? This is
advertising!
Favourite consumer magazine Hello!.
Favourite business magazine I refuse to answer the question on the
grounds that it may incriminate me.
Favourite newspaper The Daily Telegraph. (Reason: Matt on the front page
is my son's godfather.)
Favourite TV programme The Simpsons.
Favourite radio programme Do they still have radios?
How do you unwind? See "family" section.
What is your greatest extravagance? See "how do you unwind?" section.
Name one thing about yourself that might surprise others I have no
desire to direct. (Probably on my own here.)
If you were an ad, what would your strapline be? Well branded, memorable
and, hopefully, rather witty.
Lowdown A victim of the turmoil at Lowe, Collins left the agency mid-way
through the year. Loves motorbikes. A gentle manner makes female
colleagues swoon in his presence to no avail - Collins is strictly a
family man.
CONNOLLY, DAVID
Job Adjudicator, Ofcom.
Company Ofcom, Riverside House, 2A Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1.
Work tel +44(0)20 7453 4444.
Details Not supplied.
Lowdown The TV industry's gumshoe. True to his "Scottweiler" nickname,
Connolly may have beaten David Cuff to the job of Ofcom adjudicator but
he's not been overwhelmed with work. Subsequently, he has been
attempting to drum up business by provoking agencies into action.
COOK, BARRY
Job Managing director, Leo Burnett.
Company Leo Burnett, Warwick Building, Kensington Village, Avonmore
Road, London W14.
Work tel +44(0) 20 7071 1200.
Born 22 March 1958.
Place of birth Morden, Surrey.
Lives East Molesey, Surrey.
Family Wife, Lisa .Children, Gus, Joe and Martha.
Career milestones Tim Braybrooks, Tim Delaney, Tim Braybrooks, Jeremy
Pemberton and Alan Page, Patrick Woodward, Jeremy Pemberton, Nick
Hastings, Nick Bell, Jim Thornton and Paul Shearer, Jim Thornton.
What one principle in life do you live by? Levity is the best policy.
What advice would you give someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Don't - make your own footsteps. The journey will be much more
fulfilling.
Your alternative career? Cook/play the sax/paint.
Name your three closest friends in the business Nick Hastings at Euro.
John Poorta at Leo Burnett. Scott Van der Helder at Publicis.
Favourite consumer magazine Elle Decoration.
Favourite business magazine Fast Company.
Favourite newspaper The Daily Telegraph on Saturdays.
Favourite TV programme Pimp my Ride.
Favourite radio programme The Today programme, Radio 4.
How do you unwind? Cook while listening to music.
What is your greatest extravagance? My resignation.
Name one thing about yourself that might surprise others My shoe
collection.
If you were an ad, what would your strapline be? "Barry Cook. Half man,
half dolphin."
Lowdown Even agency heads go through mid-life career crises and Cook,
genuine as ever, chose to resign rather than struggle on in a job he no
longer wanted to do. Whatever difficulties he has encountered at Leo
Burnett, he is not short of admirers in the business.
COOMBER, RON
Job Head of the Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre.
Company Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre, Franciscan Court, 16
Hatfields, London SE1.
Work tel +44(0) 20 7633 2935.
Born 12 June 1950.
Place of birth London.
Lives Beckenham, Kent.
Family Divorced. No children.
Career milestones 1. Starting at Carlton in early 1992 with Martin
Bowley, setting up its sales department and watching it grow over the
years as other ITV companies were acquired. 2. Working alongside Jane
Marshall in 1999 to create Carlton Active. 3. In 2000, playing a major
role in establishing industry-wide standards for the conversion of
commercial transmissions to a widescreen format. 4. Finally, taking over
at the BACC at a time when there's a hell of lot going on!
What one principle in life do you live by? As you get older (and
hopefully wiser), you realise this isn't a rehearsal and you should do
whatever you want in life because you won't get a second chance.
What advice would you give someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Don't! But, if you must, one principle you should stick to is to
maintain a high level of integrity. Be as honest as you can because
something will always come and bite you on the bum later in life. And
more, importantly, always be honest with yourself.
Your alternative career? My schoolboy ambitions were to work in a TV
studio as a cameraman but I was told by the careers adviser at school to
go into the civil service. God only knows where I might have ended up.
Name your three closest friends in the business Jane Marshall at ITV
Interactive. Debbie Chalet at Carlton Screen Advertising. Chris Smith at
Ofcom.
Favourite consumer magazine Time Out.
Favourite business magazine Campaign - what else?!
Favourite newspaper The Daily Telegraph.
Favourite TV programme Have I Got News for You.
Favourite radio programme Sorry, I Haven't a Clue.
How do you unwind? Good food, fine wines and the occasional Havana.
What is your greatest extravagance? A Porsche.
Name one thing about yourself that might surprise others I flunked out
of school before taking my O' levels as I was too preoccupied with
chasing girls around the bike sheds and playing guitar in the school
band. I did eventually gain two mediocre O' level passes in subjects
that have been of no use whatsoever in my career.
If you were an ad, what would your strapline be? "What you see is what
you get." (I know it's not original but I never was very creative.)
Lowdown Coomber needs all his diplomatic skills as the head of the BACC,
which
pre-vets TV advertising. He is proving to be a catalyst for change at a
body that has been criticised for being out of touch. He is regarded as
honest and trustworthy with a good feel for advertising and an
understanding of the pressure agencies are under.
COPUS, ALISON
Job Marketing director, Virgin Atlantic Airways.
Company Virgin Atlantic Airways, Manor Royal, Crawley, Surrey.
Work tel +44(0)1293 747 389.
Born Available on application for those wanting to send birthday cards.
Place of birth Wales.
Lives Vauxhall, London.
Family Partner and children.
Career milestones 1993: drinking at a party with Steve Ridgway and MT
Rainey, after which I joined Virgin Atlantic in 1994. 1994: selecting
socks with Terence Stamp for his wardrobe for a shoot with
Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe. 1996: Working with Network in Johannesburg
for our launch was a shot in the
arm. 1998: Five-day party for our inaugural to Barbados, St Lucia and
Antigua. 1999: Richard arrived on stage at Cannes on a Harley to pick up
our advertiser of the year award. 1999: caused rickshaw gridlock in
central Shanghai on way to our inaugural party. 2000: launched in Delhi
- Jim Kelly, Robert Campbell and Colin Gottlieb wore turbans for our
Delhi inaugural. 2001: September 11. 2004: great launch party for Upper
Class Suite, marked a return to good times (I hope).
What one principle in life do you live by? If it's worth doing, do it to
excess.
What advice would you give someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Try to make more interesting mistakes than
I have.
Your alternative career? I would have been rich.
Name your three closest friends in the business Couldn't possibly limit
myself to six when I have the joy of working with MT Rainey, Jim Kelly
and Mark Roalfe (not forgetting Robert Campbell), plus Colin Gottlieb
and Nick Manning, Mike Curtis and Darren Whittingham and Geoff Payne.
And, of course, the marvellous Ginnie Leatham and Breda Buear here at
Virgin Atlantic.
Favourite consumer magazine Private Eye.
Favourite business magazine None of them except Campaign.
Favourite newspaper
All of them.
Favourite TV programme
The Singing Ringing Tree.
Favourite radio programme Radio 4 Today programme.
How do you unwind? Obscene amounts of champagne and shiatsu massage.
What is your greatest extravagance? As above.
Name one thing about yourself that might surprise others Nothing, I am
an open book.
If you were an ad, what would your strapline be? "Never knowingly
under-committed."
Lowdown Ten years with Virgin Atlantic and with one agency in a business
where marketing directors usually move on after two years and accounts
change hands quickly shows Copus's commitment and passion for this
extraordinary brand.
CORBIN, CHRIS
Job Director, The Wolseley.
Company The Wolseley, 160 Piccadilly, London W1.
Work tel +44(0)20 7499 6996.
Details Not supplied.
Lowdown Adland's most famous maitre d' who, along with his business
partner, Jeremy King, is now pulling in the agency lunchers at the
Art-Deco styled Wolseley on Piccadilly. He is anxious to stress that it
is not The Ivy in exile. He's just too sentimental about the old place.
COSTELLO, CHRISTINE
Job Chief executive, SMG out of home.
Company SMG, 3 Waterhouse Square, 138-142 Holborn, London EC1.
Work tel +44(0) 20 7882 1102.
Born 21 June 1957.
Place of birth Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.
Lives Clerkenwell in the week and Hythe, Kent, at weekends.
Family Husband, Alan Jackson (a journalist).
Career milestones Started at News International as a sales trainee at
The Sun and the News of the World. Lived through the move out of Fleet
Street to Docklands. Moved to Express Newspapers in 1986, ending up as
group sales director ten years later. Moved to SMG in Scotland in 1997
as commercial director of the publishing division. Worked on the launch
of The Sunday Herald, the first new Sunday in Scotland for ten years.
When Pearl & Dean was acquired in 1999, I became managing director of
one of the most iconic brands in media. Vice-president of the Cinema
Advertising Association and vice-president of SAWA, the worldwide cinema
advertising body. Became chief executive of SMG's out of home division
in 2001, taking responsibility for the outdoor company Primesight as
well as Pearl & Dean.
What one principle in life do you live by? Be true to yourself in all
things.
What advice would you give someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
When starting out, work hard, trust your instincts and, when necessary,
be brave. Once you're established, stay flexible in your outlook and be
prepared to embrace new opportunities, even when they come from the
left-field.
Your alternative career? In my first job at News International I often
got misdirected mail for The Sun's agony aunt, Deidre Costello. Maybe I
could have followed in her footsteps.
Name your three closest friends in the business I hope they know who
they are.
Favourite consumer magazine The New Yorker.
Favourite business magazine Variety.
Favourite newspaper All the Saturdays : Financial Times, The Times, The
Guardian and The Sunday Herald online.
Favourite TV programme Taggart (a hangover from my time working in
Glasgow).
Favourite radio programme Sport on 5 Live.
How do you unwind? Walking by the sea.
What is your greatest extravagance? A second home.
Name one thing about yourself that might surprise others Had I a been a
boy, my parents would have called me Elvis.
If you were an ad, what would your strapline be? "Rise above the
expected."
Lowdown Costello sits as one of the triumvirate running a division of
SMG's assets and her part of the empire is the strongest performer.
Highly competent and businesslike, she is popular in the outdoor world.
COULSON, ANDY
Job Editor, News of the World.
Company News of the World, 1 Virginia Street, London E9.
Work tel +44(0)20 7782 4000.
Details Not supplied.
Lowdown A decline in circulation may be an issue for the News of the
World but its editor has had a good year. The paper has upped its
quotient of impressive scoops, the most notable being its Rebecca Loos
buy-up.
His low point came when the paper was forced to apologise and pay
damages over allegations regarding Kate Moss.
COWIE, PETER
Job Business development director, J. Walter Thompson.
Company J. Walter Thompson, 1 Knightsbridge Green, London SW1.
Work tel +44(0)20 7656 7533.
Born 26 November 1960.
Place of birth Hampstead, London.
Lives Middle of nowhere in Oxfordshire.
Family Wife, Rebecca. Children, Hannah (20), George (18), Mildred (15).
Career milestones Started as a postboy at Ogilvy & Mather and blagged my
way on to the graduate training scheme. Went on to work on the agency
side at CDP, WCRS and Abbott Mead Vickers. And on the client side as a
founding partner of an interactive TV company, Two Way TV, and an online
share trading dotcom, Sharepeople.com. (That's all I'm prepared to own
up to!)
What one principle in life do you live by? Never shit on clients or
colleagues.
You never know where they will turn up later.
What advice would you give someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Remember, it's only advertising.
Your alternative career? Feature-film producer.
Name your three closest friends in the business Simon Bolton at JWT (by
my side). Andrew Robertson at BBDO (in a plane). Martin Sorrell at WPP,
(in my dreams).
Favourite consumer magazine The Week.
Favourite business magazine Campaign (narrowly pipping The Grocer).
Favourite newspaper The Daily Telegraph.
Favourite TV programme Big Brother.
Favourite radio programme Radio 5 Live. Wake up to Money with Mickey
Clark.
How do you unwind? I run from Paddington station to JWT and back again
each day.
What is your greatest extravagance? A 45-year-old Massey Ferguson
tractor (brum brum).
Name one thing about yourself that might surprise others I used be an
international oarsman and once rowed with Stephen Redgrave.
If you were an ad, what would your strapline be? "Mission Impossible."
Lowdown The effervescent "top banana", as his business card states, is
certainly no shrinking violet. But the gregarious new-business director
met his match in Christine Hamilton, who took a shine to him after they
met by chance over dinner one evening.
CRAIGEN, JEREMY JOHN
Job Creative director, DDB London.
Company DDB London, 12 Bishop's Bridge Road, London W2.
Work tel +44(0) 20 7258 3979.
Born 7 May 1963.
Place of birth Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
Lives Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey.
Family Wife, Pippa.
Daughter, Lily.
Career milestones Joining BMP DDB in July 1990. Becoming director of
creativity in 1996. Being made joint creative director in 2002 and sole
creative director in 2004.
What one principle in life do you live by? Work hard, play hard.
What advice would you give someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Be yourself.
Your alternative career? An out-of-work actor.
Name your three closest friends in the business Ewan Patterson at BBH,
Neil Dawson at TBWA and Nick Morris at Academy.
Favourite consumer magazine Decanter.
Favourite business magazine Campaign.
Favourite newspaper The Daily Telegraph.
Favourite TV programme Any life sports programmes, particularly
football, golf, rugby and cricket.
Favourite radio programme The Essential Selection.
How do you unwind? Play golf, cook, travel.
What is your greatest extravagance? My wine cellar.
Name one thing about yourself that might surprise others Sadly, there
isn't anything I do that surprises people any more.
If you were an ad, what would your strapline be? "Unboring."
Lowdown Earlier this year, his creative partner, Ewan Patterson, left
Craigen to run the DDB creative department single-handed. Entertaining
and acerbic, Craigen had a first-class reel before taking the creative
director's chair, which always helps when judging creative work.
CRANMER, MARK
Job Chief executive, EMEA , Starcom.
Company Starcom, 24-27 Great Pulteney Street, London UK W1F 9NJ.
Work tel +44 (0)20 7453 4444.
Born 10 March 1958.
Place of birth Epsom, Surrey.
Lives South-west London.
Family Wife and four sons.
Career milestones Being lucky enough to choose a job in advertising in
1975. Enjoying eight years at Lowe in the heady 80s. Having my career
rescued by joining Bartle Bogle Hegarty in 1993. Being here for the
start of Starcom. Making the Campaign A-List for a second time.
What one principle in life do you live by? Believe that what you do is
worthwhile, so it's worth doing well.
What advice would you give someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
I'd encourage them to follow someone cleverer than me.
Your alternative career? Entertainments director for Motley Crue.
Name your three closest friends in the business I can't answer this
because I don't want to lose 25 per cent of my friends.
Favourite consumer magazine The Week.
Favourite business magazine Campaign, of course!
Favourite newspaper Metro and Financial Times on Tuesday and Saturday.
Favourite TV programme Sky Sport football.
Favourite radio programme Christian O'Connell on Xfm.
How do you unwind? I shout at the kids and my PA.
What is your greatest extravagance? Lovely holidays.
Name one thing about yourself that might surprise others I can't sing or
dance.
If you were an ad, what would your strapline be? "Never knowingly under
opinionated."
Lowdown The best thing about Cranmer is that everyone seems to have an
opinion about him. Despite his apparently volatile temper, the fact that
he is able to command such loyalty from his staff speaks volumes about
the true nature of the man.
CRIDGE, MARK
Job Managing director, Glue London.
Company Glue London, 31-39 Redchurch Street, London E2.
Work tel +44(0) 20 7739 2345.
Born 4 September 1973.
Place of birth Paisley, Renfrewshire.
Lives Camden, London.
Family Married to Nerma, no children. Parents, David and Helen.
Career milestones Joined the Birmingham internet start-up tw2.com before
two years at Modem Media in London. Established Gluemedia in October
1999 to give the internet a kick up the arse. Following the parent
company's collapse in September 2001, relaunched the agency as Glue
London. Just 18 months later, made Campaign's new-media agency of the
year 2002 and subsequently Marketing's new-media agency of the year
2003. This year bought out St Luke's stake in Glue to make us
independent.
What one principle in life do you live by? There's only one way to find
out.
What advice would you give someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Be prepared to get your hands dirty.
Your alternative career? I was almost an architect but got distracted.
Name your three closest friends in the business The people I work with.
Favourite consumer magazine The Wire.
Favourite business magazine Fast Company.
Favourite newspaper The Economist.
Favourite TV programme Anything on Hallmark.
Favourite radio programme I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.
How do you unwind? I talk like a pirate.
What is your greatest extravagance? Chocolate.
Name one thing about yourself that might surprise others I used to sport
bright red, shoulder-length dreadlocks.
If you were an ad, what would your strapline be? "Whatever it takes."
Lowdown That Cridge saw it as his role to "give the internet a kick up
the arse" shows he knows how to spot an opportunity and to have a lark
while doing it.
CROSS, NICK
Job Chief marketing officer, Egg.
Company Egg, 1 Waterhouse Square North, 138-142 Holborn Bars, London
EC1.
Work tel +44(0)20 7526 2500.
Details Not supplied.
Lowdown A thoughtful marketer whose career included a stint on the
agency side before being lured across to the client world. Cross's first
job was at the brand strategy consultancy SRU. One of his clients was
Bartle Bogle Hegarty and he accepted a job there. One of his UK clients
at BBH was Selfridges and (a pattern is emerging) he went there as
marketing director. Cross joined Egg in 2001.
CROUCH, BRUCE
Job Creative partner, Soul.
Company Soul, 4 New Burlington Street, London W1.
Work tel +44(0)20 7292 5999.
Born Undisclosed.
Place of birth Undisclosed.
Lives Undisclosed.
Family Undisclosed.
Career milestones First job as production assistant. Youngest group head
at DDB at 21.First D&AD silvers. Working for Bartle Bogle Hegarty for
more than a decade. First Cannes golds. More D&AD silvers. Being chosen
by John Hegarty as his successor. Executive creative director at BBH.
Formation of Soul.Coca-cola as first client. Putting media and creative
back together before anyone else had thought of it. Success of Keepy
Uppy, the game and now the company for non-advertising creative output.
What one principle in life do you live by? Live your principles. Don't
talk about them.
What advice would you give someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Don't follow anyone.
Your alternative career? Attempting to be as good a sports journalist as
Brian Glanville.
Name your three closest friends in the business Andy, Kev and Duncan -
my Soul brothers.
Favourite consumer magazine The Week.
Favourite business magazine Campaign.
Favourite newspaper The Currant but, if anyone in advertising asks,The
Guardian.
Favourite TV programme Borat and Sky's Saturday night interactive
football.Genius.
Favourite radio programme Fighting Talk on Radio 5 Live when Johnny
Vaughan is presenting.
How do you unwind? Swimming for miles and walking Buster, my black lab.
What is your greatest extravagance? Petrol to away games.
Name one thing about yourself that might surprise others I am (or was) a
closet ornithologist. My prized possession is a collection of antique
plates of british birds by Kirkman and Jordan.There, damn you, I've
outed myself!
If you were an ad, what would your strapline be? "It does exactly what
it says on the tin."
Lowdown Advertising's tallest creative has come out of the closet as a
former twitcher. Evidently, Crouch does not take himself too seriously
and has a realistic grasp on the world inside and outside work.
CROZIER, ADAM
Job Chief executive, Royal Mail Group.
Company Royal Mail Group, 148 Old Street, London EC1.
Work tel +44(0)20 7250 2888.
Details Not supplied.
Lowdown Crozier has followed an eventful and controversial career path
since quitting as the joint chief executive of Saatchi & Saatchi.
Powerful enemies at the Football Association made his job there
untenable. Now, as the chief executive of Royal Mail, he has had to
carry the can for the corporation's failure to meet service quality
targets.
CULLINGHAM, TONY
Job Course director, West Herts College.
Company West Herts College, Hempsted Road, Watford .
Work tel 01923 812 000.
Details Not supplied.
Lowdown Cullingham's evangelism has helped make West Herts College's
advertising courses one of the best in Britain. A tough and demanding
tutor, he has been a scathing critic of agencies that fail to take their
training responsibilities seriously enough.
CUNNINGHAM, JANE
Job Planning director, Ogilvy & Mather.
Company Ogilvy & Mather, 10 Cabot Square, London E14 .
Work tel +44(0) 20 7345 3000.
Born 6 February 1969.
Place of birth Dublin, Eire.
Lives Kilburn, London.
Family Getting married to Matt Willifer next year.
Career milestones Joined Grey London as a planning graduate trainee.
Left after 18 months to join BMP DDB. Stayed there for several years and
left to set up a planning department at Tribal DDB. Became managing
director a year later and navigated the agency through the stormy waters
of the dotcom crash. When things settled down, joined Ogilvy & Mather as
London planning director.
What one principle in life do you live by? What goes around comes
around.
What advice would you give someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Hire people better than you, so you can relax and enjoy yourself.
Your alternative career? Working in a sandwich bar.
Name your three closest friends in the business Matt Willifer at Heresy,
Philippa Roberts at Ogilvy & Mather, Malcolm White at Euro RSCG.
Favourite consumer magazine Vanity Fair.
Favourite business magazine Don't have one.
Favourite newspaper The Guardian.
Favourite TV programme None.
Favourite radio programme Just a Minute.
How do you unwind? I go to the cinema.
What is your greatest extravagance? Every now and then I buy a painting
I can't really afford.
Name one thing about yourself that might surprise others Undisclosed.
If you were an ad, what would your strapline be? Undisclosed.
Lowdown Cunningham is the voice of female reason in the male-dominated
workplace at O&M. And, with her no-nonsense, plain-speaking approach,
she knows just how to deal with the boys.
D
DACRE, PAUL
Job Editor, Daily Mail.
Company Associated Newspapers, 2 Derry Street, London W8.
Work tel +44(0)20 7938 6000.
Details Not supplied.
Lowdown Associated Newspapers' publicity shy editorial supremo stuck his
head above the parapet to attack his bete noire, Alastair Campbell, at a
Commons select committee hearing this year but otherwise got on quietly
with the job for which he is paid £899,000 a year.
DAVIDSON, ANTONY
Job Creative director, Wieden & Kennedy.
Company Wieden & Kennedy, Elsley Court, 20-22 Great Titchfield Street,
London W1.
Work tel +44(0)20 7299 7536.
Born 25 February 1964.
Place of birth Frankton (at home), Warwickshire.
Lives Borough, London.
Family Single.
Career milestones Most of my best work has been improved by the people
around me. I have been lucky to work with some amazing creative people,
who care as much as I do. BMP, Leagas Delaney, Bartle Bogle Hegarty and
Wieden & Kennedy all had incredibley talented people working there,
without whose help and guidance I would not be where I am today. High
points invariably occur when great work runs, which also requires great
clients. So thank you War on Want, Crooke's Healthcare, Volkswagen,
Adidas, Levi's, Nike and Honda.
What one principle in life do you live by? Walk in stupid every morning.
What advice would you give someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Surround yourself with good people.
Your alternative career? No idea, but something creative.
Name your three closest friends in the business 1. Kim Papworth 2. Kim
Papworth 3. Kim Papworth.
Favourite consumer magazine Thisisamagazine.com.
Favourite business magazine Undisclosed.
Favourite newspaper Metro.
Favourite TV programme Six Feet Under.
Favourite radio programme Garrison Keillor's radio show.
How do you unwind? With difficulty. Friends outside the business are
really important.
What is your greatest extravagance? Agym membership I never use.
Name one thing about yourself that might surprise others Undisclosed.
If you were an ad, what would your strapline be? "Is that the best you
can do?"
Lowdown The louder half of the Wieden & Kennedy creative directors,
Davidson has spent a big chunk of the past 18 years with partner, Kim
Papworth.
Davidson, who has won awards galore, attributes much of his creativity
to his father, who is an inventor in the Heath Robinson mould.
DAVIES, RUSSELL
Job Head of planning, Wieden & Kennedy.
Company Wieden & Kennedy, 20-22 Great Titchfield Street, London W1.
Work tel +44(0) 20 7299 7510.
Born 11 March 1966.
Place of birth Derby, Derbyshire.
Lives Great Titchfield Street, London.
Family Anne, love. Arthur, son
Career milestones Being on Razzmatazz between Joe Jackson and Fiction
Factory. Writing jokes for Roy Hudd. Watching Yellowhammer going down
the pan. Presenting Right to Reply. Making Dylan Williams his first cup
of tea in advertising. Exchanging gentlemanly bons mots and apercus with
Mark Lund and Tom Knox. Inventing the internet. Being advised that
shorts were henceforth unacceptable for meetings with Bill Gates.
Working with Nike. Freestyle. Run London. Winning Honda. Factory. "Cog".
Hiring Stuart Smith. Chairing APG. Working with Tony, Kim and Neil.
What one principle in life do you live by? There's always time for a cup
of tea.
What advice would you give someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
Find the one thing in life you really believe in, then do a bunch of
other stuff.
Your alternative career?
Sleeping more.
Name your three closest friends in the business Dylan Williams. Malcom
White at Euro. Neil Christie at W&K.
Favourite consumer magazine The New Yorker.
Favourite business magazine Wired.
Favourite newspaper Derby Evening Telegraph.
Favourite TV programme Porridge.
Favourite radio programme This American Life.
How do you unwind? To be honest, I don't really wind in the first place.
What is your greatest extravagance? Egg, bacon, chips and beans.
Name one thing about yourself that might surprise others I'm relatively
good at my job.
If you were an ad, what would your strapline be? "I'm as disappointed as
you are."
Lowdown After a sabbatical, Davies is back at the helm of W&K's planning
department. However, his fortune may lie in publishing and he has
recently received an offer to transform his website, which reviews
greasy spoons, into a book.
