1983 - Media job on The Scotsman after selling fluffy toys and
running an ironing business as a teenager
1985 - Joins The Observer as agency sales executive
1988 - Brief spell at Maxwell Publishing, then moves to Associated
Newspapers as client sales executive on The Mail on Sunday
1992 - Moves to the Evening Standard
1994 - Switches to the other side as new-business director for a top ten
media buyer
1999 - Returns to newspapers with a new title in a top management
role.
Currently embroiled in a launch war in a northern city
Am I Mike Anderson of Metro, Ian Ashcroft of Guardian Media or Simon
Barnes of Associated Newspapers?
