Who's Who
| Position | Name | Biography |
| Director for Wales | Richard Houdmont | The Chartered Institute of Marketing |
| Chair, Wales Board | Simon Rees | After pursuing a career in B2B marketing in the engineering sector, Simon had the opportunity five years ago to join the family business, a roofing services company in South Wales. The objective was to implement and develop the infrastructure required to continue the growth of the business. Simon is committed to marketing and after attending many of the locally-run events in Cardiff played an active role in the CIM branch committee. He was an enthusiastic advocate for the establishment of CIM Wales/Cymru and played a key role in its creation, serving as Chair on the Shadow Board which preceded the new elected Board. |
| South Wales Branch Chair and Board member | Jo Corp | Joanna is a management consultant for Strategem Limited working on entrepreneurship and marketing programmes associated with the Technium network of incubation centres, International Business Wales, MAS Cymru and Construct Wales. In the past few years she has extended her expertise to event management and has recently organised the MAS Cymru annual conference and Technium Challenge Gala Dinner. On behalf of Technium, Joanna runs the Technium Challenge competition encouraging new high growth technology businesses to develop their business plans and 'elevator pitches' to a judging panel with winners being offered accommodation in Technium. This involves arranging business support workshops / one to one advice and the judging panels. This year she secured £45,000 in sponsorship. Prior to Strategem, Joanna worked as a business development officer for UWIC and researcher for Newport Business School; she continues to work with Newport as a tutor on the CIM E Marketing Award. Jo is a Chartered Marketer and has been involved in the South Wales branch committee for 4 years. |
| North Wales Branch Chair and Board member | Carl Mather | Director of Student Support at Coleg Menai. His responsibilities include marketing, recruitment and customer services as well as learning resources and support. Carl is a native of Flintshire and a fluent Welsh speaker, and lives with his wife Dwynwen and two children in Felinheli, Gwynedd. He holds an MSc from University of Wales Aberystwyth. He has considerable experience as a Marketing manager as well as a teacher of marketing, and has been a Member of CIM since 1998. |
| Board Member | Joanna Davies | Having spent seven years heading up Audiences Wales Ltd, one of the UK's most successful arts marketing and development agencies, Joanna is now working as an arts consultant, specialising in customer insight and brand development. Her past clients include the Arts Council of Wales, the Welsh National Opera, the Wales Millennium Centre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. She is a Chartered Marketer, and also sits on the Board of the National Library of Wales. |
| Board Member | Roger Pride | Roger Pride began his career in the travel/tourism industry with Pickfords Travel before moving to Avis Rent-A-Car. Roger then had a brief spell outside the travel industry with Golley Slater and Partners, one of Wales' leading advertising agencies, before joining the Wales Tourist Board eventually becoming Director of Marketing. At the Wales Tourist Board he was responsible for developing all aspects of the Board's Marketing Strategy. He has a particular interest in Destination Branding recently jointly edited two major books on branding places as well as contributing to other branding texts. He developed the branding strategy for Wales Tourist Board, which led to several award winning campaigns for creativity and effectiveness. He is currently Director of Marketing for the Department of Enterprise Innovation and Networks with the Welsh Assembly Government. In this role he is responsible for all aspects of Wales Marketing Strategy in the fields of tourism, trade and investment and business development. He is also responsible for the personal development of all marketing staff throughout the Welsh Assembly Government. He also advises the First Minister on the wider brand strategy for Wales. He is a Director of Ryder Cup Wales 2010 Ltd. |
| Board Member | Dominic White | Dominic started his career in Marketing over 10 years ago as a graduate trainee for The Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries PLC (known by many as Banks’s). From here, he moved into Finance working for Abbey National on a range of financial services products including the launch of ISAs (Individual Savings Accounts), With Profits Bonds and Mortgage retention. He then went on to set up an Independent Financial Adviser network for Norwich Union International in Spain where he lived and worked. On returning to the UK he joined Barclays and has worked on the Woolwich brand, Private Clients and International, and latterly Barclays Stockbrokers. He took up the post of Head of Marketing for Principality Building Society in November 2005. Dominic holds an MSc from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and is a Chartered Marketer. |
| Board Guest | John Giles | Recent project work in Wales includes: 1. Industry development and strategy formulation for the Welsh dairy sector This work has brought John in to contact with a wide range of industry stakeholders as well as a full spectrum of farming and food operations ranging from micro businesses through to the larger recognized food processing businesses operating in Wales, as well as retailers and foodservice companies too. |
| Board Member | Andrew Barker | Group Managing Director, Mangar International Ltd He then began his professional career as a management trainee at Volkswagen AG in Germany. In 1990 he moved to Volkswagen Canada as assistant to the president of the company. Subsequently in 1992 he was transferred back to Germany where he took on the role of sales manager for North America.From 1994 to 1998 Andrew Barker was responsible for export sales and marketing of Volkswagen passenger vehicles to Latin and Central America. In 1998 he was transferred to Volkswagen's Asia Pacific regional headquarters in Singapore where he headed up the marketing and sales planning division for the region. In March 2005 Andrew Barker was appointed General Manager at Mangar International and subsequently Managing Director the following September. In 2006 he was appointed Group Managing Director for Mangar International and its subsidiary MFC Survival. He received his MBA from Henley Management College in 2004. Andrew Barker is also a member of the Chartered Management Institute, The chartered institute of marketing, the Institute of Directors and is a Chartered Marketer. |
| Deputy Chair | Jonathan Deacon | Head of Post Graduate programmes at the University of Wales, Newport Business School. He is a visiting lecturer at Cardiff University specialising in the commercialisation of knowledge. A founder member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing's Professional Body Board Jonathan has been active within the CIM at branch (chair) and regional level for 10 years and within the Academy of Marketing as a member of the steering groups for the SIG Entrepreneurial and Small Business Marketing and the MIG Small Business Marketing. He has recently been elected as a Fellow of the institute. He is a member of the American Marketing Association and a member of the AMA SIG Marketing at the Entrepreneurship Interface. Jonathan has published academic and practitioner related work both in Europe and the US with a focus upon Market Development for Small Firms. Jonathan is a regular contributor to the regional and national press and is nearing completion of his PhD in Marketing and Small Firms at Ulster University with Professors Carson and Gilmore. |
| Board member | Laura Dodds |
With
9 years marketing experience, Laura is currently employed as Account Director
at award winning Welsh Marketing Communication agency FBA, based in Aberystwyth
where she is responsible for managing food and drink clients including Rachel’s
Organic and Sunscoop. Previously,
Laura spent 3 and a half years working as Brand Manager for one of Wales’ best
known and most successful international companies, Ty Nant Spring Water Ltd,
where she was tasked with managing all marketing activity for the company’s iconic
brands, Ty Nant and TAU. A
committed marketer, Laura holds the Professional Postgraduate Diploma in
Marketing and is currently working towards chartered marketer status. |
| Board Guest | Rachel Jones |
Rachel
worked for Artistic Management Agency, Van Walsum before returning to |
| Board Guest | Richard Wales | Richard Wales is Senior Commercial Manager at |