
RUSSELL ABBOTT
Consultant
Russell has over 25 years experience in marketing communications and has managed two successful agencies during that period. He founded WDPA in 1990 with a partner and built it to £2m turnover before selling to Souk Communications in 2005.
Over the years, Russell has worked with a number of blue chip clients including Tesco, Britvic, Homebase as well as a number of SMEs. His passion for business is as strong as ever and he now really enjoys helping smaller companies to develop and grow, bringing insights from my experience of working with some of the largest UK companies. Russell's skill set covers marketing consultancy, brand development, improving financial rigour including margin and cash flow improvement as well as sales development.
SIMON CLARKE
Consultant
Simon is an experienced marketing professional with over 35 years experienced gained on both the corporate and agency side of the business where he has held senior marketing and board level positions. He has worked in diverse markets ranging from biscuits to telecoms and on brands including Jacob’s, Cadbury’s, WH Smiths, Xerox, Avaya and many more.
Recent projects have included full marketing strategy development and execution for 3rd party IT maintenance company Data-Shield, a series of digital transformation workshops across Europe on behalf of Microsoft for some of their European channel partners, running digital marketing campaigns for Ghost Telecom and developing partner recruitment campaigns for App start-up company Job Hawk.
