| David Morgan |
Executive Chairman |
| Dylan Bogg |
CEO Big Communications |
| Robert Day |
CEO thinkBDW |
| Chris Goodwin |
CEO RLA |
| Bruce Hutton |
CEO Bray Leino |
| Fiona Shepherd |
CEO April-Six |
| Peter Fitzwilliam |
Finance Director |
| Stephen Boyd |
Non-Executive Director |
| Chris Morris |
Non-Executive Deputy Chairman |
David Morgan
Executive Chairman
David founded Bray Leino, the Group’s largest Agency, in 1974 and was its CEO until 2008. He became Non- Executive Chairman of Bray Leino in 2008. Before founding Bray Leino he worked in a number of London advertising Agencies including Dorlands..
Dylan Bogg
Executive Director
Dylan is the Chief Executive of Big Communications and was one of the founding partners of the Agency. Dylan had built a successful business by the age of 24 and this was used as the bedrock for the launch of Big Communications in 1996. Formerly Executive Creative Director of the Big Communications Group he still oversees all creative output.
Robert Day
Executive Director
Robert is the Chairman of thinkBDW, a company he founded as Robert Day Associates in 1987 at the age of 22. Re-branded to thinkBDW in 2004, Robert has led the company to its position as the leading property marketing specialist in the UK, with turnover reaching £19m in 2008. The business was acquired by the missiontm in March 2007.
Chris Goodwin
Executive Director
Chris is Chief Executive of RLA and has over 24 years in the automotive industry at Firestone and then Federal-Mogul, with varied experience in sales, marketing and general management roles, both at regional and global levels. In 2008 he crossed over from the Client side to focus on strategic business development within the Bray Leino Group.
Bruce Hutton
Executive Director
Bruce is the Chief Executive of Bray Leino. He joined Bray Leino in 1997, after initially working in financial services and then qualitative research. In 2002 Bruce was appointed to the management team, responsible for new business and the inter-group cross fertilization of Clients and services. After leading the business through a reorganization in 2004, Bruce was appointed Managing Director of the Agency and digital business. Then in 2008 he was appointed to the position of Chief Executive, which also included responsibility for the PR, Events and Training divisions.
Fiona Shepherd
Executive Director
Fiona is the Chief Executive of April-Six and has worked in the technology industry for over 20 years, holding both Client and Agency positions and working with some of the world’s largest technology brands. Fiona was a founder partner of April-Six in 2000, founded on a passion for technology and a strong belief in customer centricity.
Peter Fitzwilliam
Finance Director
Peter is a Chartered Accountant and has over 25 years of financial and management advisory experience in both private and quoted companies across a range of industry sectors. He was Finance Director of Business Post Group plc (now UK Mail Group plc) from 1999 to 2006 and helped take it into the FTSE 250.
Stephen Boyd
Non-Executive Director
Stephen Boyd is currently Chairman of two AIM-listed companies, Pittards plc and Pure Wafer plc, in addition to holding a number of other Board positions. Stephen has a broad and extensive base of experience in the UK, Europe, USA and overseas and brings additional depth in corporate finance.
Chris Morris
Non-Executive Deputy Chairman
Chris Morris adds further operational experience to the Board as founder partner of Big Communications Group, bought by the missiontm in 2005 prior to its AIM listing in 2006. Chris has gained over thirty years' industry knowledge having previously been Managing Director of Cogent, one of the UK's top three regional advertising agencies.
Company Secretary
Peter Fitzwilliam
The Board consists of nine Directors, two of whom are Non-Executive Directors.
One Non-Executive Director, Stephen Boyd, is considered to be independent of management and free from any business or other relationship with the Company other than owning shares.
The second Non-Executive Director, Chris Morris, is not considered to be independent of management by virtue of his past operational role in Big Communications.
The Directors are collectively responsible for the strategic direction, investment decisions and effective control of the Group. There is a schedule of matters reserved for Board approval which includes, amongst other things, approval of the Group's annual budget, acquisition of new subsidiaries, property leases, significant acquisitions or disposals of fixed assets, and material Client contracts. The Board meet in person at least six times each year and has regular telephone and email contact in between meetings.
The Board is satisfied that it receives information of a quality and to a timetable that permits it to discharge its duties.
All Directors are subject to election by shareholders at the first opportunity after their appointment and are required to seek re-election at least every three years.