Media Contacts

Graduated from: City University, London
Years in the industry: 8 years
Previous agencies: NetBoosterUK
Previous clients: ADT Fire & Security
Joined MPG: December 2009
Working on: Thomson, First Choice, Sporting Index
Loves: My wife and two boys, the foxes (aka Leicester City FC) and Warm Weather
Hates: Cold Winters, Tubes and Firstgreatwestern
Favourite movie line: ' but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you?...' Jose Pesciin Goodfellas

Title: New Business Director
Graduated from:  University college London
Years in the industry: 4
Previous agencies: NetBooster
Previous clients: Millennium Hotels, Etihad Airways
Joined MPG: January 2010
Working on: Digital new business
Loves:  films, theatre, and cricket
Hates:  Getting up early, spiders, football
Favourite movie line: ‘Life's a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you're gonna get’ (Forrest Gump)

Graduated from: Middlesex University
Years in the industry: 4
Previous Clients: T-mobile, Orange, WWF, Dell, Halifax.
Joined MPG: 4th January 2010
Working on: The Right Media exchange and all things technical
Loves: Manchester United
Hates: Being stuck in traffic!!!
Favourite Movie line: See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky? Or, look at the question this way: Is it possible that there are no coincidences?
Swing away Merrill, Merrill swing away

Graduated from:  Boston University, USA
Years in the industry:   10 years
Previous agencies: Digitas, ID Media, Carat, Horizon Media
Previous clients: Pfizer, Cadbury, History Channel, General Motors, SC Johnson, Gillette
Joined MPG: September 2009
Working on: BBC, EDF Energy, Magners, East Coast
Loves: Sunshine, beaches, family, laughter, and chocolate
Hates: Flight delays
Favourite movie line: Life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what you are going to get - Forrest Gump

Graduated from: MPhil from University in Bergen, Norway
Years in the industry: 10
Previous agencies: Bates, AltaVista, Tradedoubler
Previous clients: Amex, Tesco, Dell, HP, Nokia, Lloyds, Ladbrokes, BA, Expedia, KLM, Arcadia Group
Joined MPG: 2009
Working on: AXA, Hotels.com, Clarks, Photobox
Loves: the three S'es: sushi, skiing and sailing
Hates: being wrong
Favourite movie line: "Smile, it enhances your face value"

Graduated from: University of Arts, London
Years in the industry: 4
Previous agencies: Ogilvy, Facebook
Previous clients: Nissan, 888.com, Pathe, Universal, ITV
Joined MPG: Jan 2010
Working on: All clients implementing social media
Loves: Arsenal
Hates: Alex Ferguson 
Favourite movie line: Hercules, Hercules, Hercules
Nutty Professor

Graduated from: UWE Bristol
Years in the industry:
Previous Agencies: Neo@Ogilvy, Carat NYC, TradeDoubler, Carat UK
Previous clients: P&G, AMEX, IBM, BGI, E! Entertainment
Joined MPG: 2007
Working on: All digital accounts
Loves: Making the most of every opportunity
Hates: Heights and spiders
Favourite movie line: "I had this guy leave me a voice mail at work, so I called him at home, and the he emailed me to my BlackBerry, and so I text to his cell, and now you just have to go around checking all these different portals just to get rejected by seven different technologies. It's exhausting."

Graduated from: South Bank Architectural School
Years in industry: 23
Previous Agencies: Aerodeon (founder) Saatchi Network, Watts Lord, Teamworks
Previous clients: Procter & Gamble, Diageo, BBC, Hewlett Packard, AT&T
Joined MPG: June 2nd 2008
Working on: Barclays, Magners, BBC
Loves: RnB; Blues; Jazz
Hates: Briefcases on wheels
Favourite film line: “You talkin' to me?” – Taxi Driver

Graduated from: Leeds
Years in industry: 10
Previous Agencies: Walker Media,DGM
Previous clients: Barclays, Vision Express, Dial-a-phone, Comet etc.
Joined MPG: 1st Jan 2009
Working on: National Lottery, Nationwide, National Express, EDF
Loves: Photography, travel, trying new foods
Hates: Smugness, mushrooms, heights
Favourite film line: "These go to 11" - Spinal Tap

Graduated from: Southampton
Years in industry: 13
Previous Agencies: Starcom, Leo Burnett, FCB
Previous clients: All new business
Joined MPG: May 2007
Working on: All new business
Loves: Chocolate and flowers
Hates: Too many Powerpoint slides
Favourite film line: “I shall never forgive myself”
“You always say that Charlotte. And you always forgive yourself” – Room with a view

Graduated from: Cambridge University
Years in the industry: 7
Previous agencies: TBWA/GGT (now Tequila/ London), Response One Ltd
Previous clients: The Open University, AXA Sunlife, The National Trust, egg, The Royal British Legion
Joined MPG: June 2009
Working on: BMI, Pioneer, Magners, TUI, Hamelin, C2C
Contributes: Data-driven marketing strategy, customer relationship management and campaign analytics
Loves: Stand-up comedy, cheese, lovely shoes, tea, rugby and George Clooney
Hates: Sun cream, spiders, arrogance, rudeness
Favourite movie line: "Surely you can't be serious?"  "I am serious...... and don't call me Shirley."

Graduated from: IADE, Lisbon - Portugal
Years in the industry: 7
Previous agencies: Mediaedge:cia, Google Inc.
Previous clients: Star Alliance, Monster, Microsoft, Sony Ericsson, Visa, Renault, Tuxedo/MasterCard
Joined MPG: July 2009
Working on: Expedia, Hotels.com, Nationwide, TUI, National Express, EDF Energy
Loves: Accomplishment and results
Hates: Hang ups and time wasters
Favourite movie line: "Do or do not. There is no try." Yoda, Star Wars

Position: Head of Mobile
Graduated from: LSU
Years in the industry:  8
Previous agencies: Aerodeon, co-founder  first mobile agency in the UK
Previous clients:  P&G, Diageo, Nestle, Sky, Orange.
Joined MPG: June  2008
Working on: BBC, National Express, Nationwide
Contributes:  Mobile strategy, planning and free ring tones…
Loves:  My mobile phone
Hates:  Paying its bill!
Favourite movie line:  “What kind of sandwich ain't too fattening? A half a sandwich.”, Analyze This

Graduated from: Ogilvy & Mather TV buying department
Years in the industry: 19    
Previous agencies: Initiative, All Response Media, Walker Media, Brann, MediaCom Direct, O & M
Previous clients: Orange, Tesco, M & S, AXA Sun Life, Barclaycard, Oxfam, Norwich Union
Joined MPG: April 2008
Working on: Everything direct response
Loves: My wife, my children, running, cooking and red wine
Hates: Rude people, people who think they know it all and South West Trains
Favourite movie line: "I'll have what she's having" - When Harry met Sally (1989)

Graduated from: BSc Media Technology from Teesside University
Years in the industry: 9
Previous agencies: Mindshare (2000-2005) , Eyeconomy (1999-2000)
Previous clients: HSBC, First Direct, Abbey, WeightWatchers, RAF, Britvic, Pepsi, Lufthansa, ING Direct, Expedia & Jaguar, Kellogg & Kimberly Clarke
Joined MPG: 14th December 2005
Working on: Camelot, P&O Ferries, Ask.com, Pioneer, Eidos, EDF
Loves: Sunshine, fine wine & Pearl Jam
Hates: Lawn-mowers, haircuts and sunburn
Favourite movie line: "You're gonna need a bigger boat" - classic line from Jaws.

Graduated from: University of the West of England:  Bristol  (UWE)
Years in the industry: 9
Previous agencies: Zentropy Partners
Previous clients: Hewlett Packard, Compaq, Unilever, Reebok
Joined MPG: May 2003
Working on: Thomson, First Choice, AXA SUnLife Direct, Photobox
Loves: Dancing, get me a podium and I'm there!
Hates: Rainy days. Very depressing
Favourite movie line: "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy." Life Of Brian

Graduated from:  Southampton University
Years in the industry: 16
Previous agencies: Man & boy at MPG (offline initially. Moved online in 1999)
Previous clients: Microsoft/Intel/Cartier/Dockers/P & G
Joined MPG: 1997
Working on: as above
Contributes: Light-hearted view to the worst situation &  opportunity for lots of Essex jokes!
Loves:  My wife and 3 kids, my Fiat Coupe, Office Banter and French Sauvignon
Hates:  Lack of effort, Arsenal
Favourite movie line: "Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop once in a while, you could miss it"   ( Ferris Bueller’s Day Off ( 1986))

Graduated from: Manchester University
Years in the industry: 20
Previous agencies: Colman RSCG
Previous clients: Barclays, Microsoft, Intel, P&G, ICI, Cartier
Joined MPG: At it’s inception
Working on: TUI, Expedia Inc, National Express
Contributes: Experience of one who has been around a while, team builder,
Loves: Shooting, twin daughters (oops, and wife!)
Hates: Missing, politics (office variety)
Favourite movie line: “who are you who are so wise in the ways of science?” (Holy Grail)

Graduated from: The University of Leeds
Years in the industry: 10
Previous agencies: i-level, advertising.com, katzy communications
Previous clients: William Hill, Smile Bank, SafeDoor, BT
Joined MPG: January 2006
Working on: Ensuring that we have the best relationships with publishers and that this translates into the best rates for our clients
Loves: family, football, comedy, music, advertising
Hates: delays at airports, Sunday drivers, migraines, people turning up late for meetings, bad hair days
Favourite movie line:  There's no Messiah in here! There's a mess, all right, but no messiah. - 'The Life of Brian'

Years in the industry: 14
Previous agencies: CIA Medianetwork International, Outrider UK, Outrider New York
Previous clients: Microsoft, Novartis, Guinness, Intel
Joined MPG: 2002
Working on: Camelot, Ask.com, Nationwide, National Express, Everything really
Loves: Accuracy / getting it right, family, technology and it’s relentless pace of change, video games
Hates: lack of care, commuters, lack of respect for others
Favourite movie line: “What's he paying you boys? I'll double it and we'll beat the shit out of him.” - Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid