Alison Parkhouse

Marketing

Key Roles

King Edward VII Hospital London (7 years)

Currently a Trustee and Diversity & Inclusion Lead at one of London’s leading private hospitals.

Savills (UK) Ltd (14 years)

Director, Head of  Consumer Marketing for the FTSE 250 company with a global revenue of £2.15bn and UK revenue of £925m.

Jago Dean Ltd (6 years)

Founder and MD of leading PR & communications agency in the prime residential property sector

Alison has almost 40 years of experience in marketing and communications, on both the client and agency side, with a career which spans marketing, advertising, public relations and crisis communications.

Advanced strategic, problem solving and creative abilities, combined with high levels communication skills which bring people together around complicated issues create a powerful package.

Alison.parkhouse@deananddonaldson.co.uk

Tel: +44 7771862169

Caroline Noon

Market Research

Key Roles

History

Chris Cathcart

Digital

Key Roles

History

Chris Cleaver

Brand

Key Roles

Identica & WMH&I (12 years) 

Strategy & Planning Director - working on variety of projects in multiple geographies, for blue chip fmcg, retail, financial services, and B2B clients

Brandsmiths (9 years)

Founder and Managing Director - a boutique brand strategy agency initially within the Havas stable. 

Interbrand (3 years)

Director Strategy & Innovation of this division of Omnicom which specialises in brand strategy, brand valuation, naming and design.

Clare Crawshay-Williams

Marketing

Key Roles

Weatherbys Bank (3 years)

Head of Marketing for the financial services division of the family owned Weatherbys Group founded in 1770.

Virgin Management (6 years)

Marketing Director of three new Virgin branded start ups: Virgin Pulse, Virgin Health Bank and Virgin Care.

SRU Consultants (8 years)

Account Director at the market research based consultancy founded by Peter York and Dennis Stevenson.

Clare has over 30 years experience of working both client side as a marketing director and as a consultant.  Over the years she has acquired a wide range of expertise that spans branding, marketing, communication, market research and proposition development.

Before joining Dean & Donaldson she spent three years as Marketing Director at Weatherbys Bank working closely with the management team, board and CEO to develop a clear vision of the future, change perceptions of the business and create much greater awareness of the brand.

Clare.crawshay@deananddonaldson.co.uk

Tel: +44 7703 599 362

Kim Bell

Market Research

Key Roles

Time4Children (2 years)

Currently Chair of the Board of Trustees for this charity that provides one-to-one emotional listening support for children.

Bdifferent (22 years)

Founding partner and Director of a market research and brand strategy company specialising in the financial services industry.

NPI (9 years)

Head of Brand & Communications for the investment and pension provider NPI, acquired by Australian group AMP, one of Australia’s largest financial services groups.

Working across client and consultancy roles, Kim held senior marketing roles in banking and asset management before setting up a global strategic research company, with offices in the UK and Singapore and a client base that included some of the biggest global brands in financial services.

Entrepreneurial and commercially focussed with significant experience gained across financial services, third sector and fmcg organisations. 

A specialist in brand building, insight and strategic communication and an excellent decision-maker and board influencer.

Kim.bell@deananddonaldson.co.uk

Tel: +44 7720 399 315

Mark O’Connell

People

Key roles

People Puzzles (7 years)
HR Consultant experienced in strategic and operational HR, making businesses more commercial, scalable and fit for growth.

Skandia (9 years)
HR Director and Chief People Officer responsible for all HR, employee communications, internal coach to key executives and talent scout.

Eurotunnel (10 years)
HR Director working in an integrated bi-national company covering all employee relations, resourcing, reward and development activities.

Mark has over 20 years experience leading change and business transformations, helping people succeed on the journey, or look positively and constructively for alternative options.

As part of that, he provides extensive business, HR expertise, coaching and practical advice in dealing with the real issues affecting people and how they perform in organisations.

Mark has worked with small and large clients and operates across Transport, Financial Services, Media and Retail.

Mark.oconnell@deananddonaldson.co.uk

Tel:  +44 7771 921541

Mary Fagan

Group Communications & Corporate Affairs

Key roles

ABF The Soldiers Charity, the British Army’s National Charity (8 years)

Currently Vice Chairman and Trustee of the British Army’s National Charity, one of the UK’s largest military charities, which supports serving soldiers, veterans and their families when they are in need. Responsible for the Charity’s marketing, communications and fundraising activities and member of the Governance committee. 

ITV plc. 2011 - 2018

Group Communications and Corporate Affairs Director and member of the Management Board. Advised the Chief Executive and Board on reputation and regulatory risk, crisis and change communications, policy and political affairs, media and stakeholder engagement and internal communications. As a key member of the MB helped ITV adapt and thrive through a period of unparalleled change in the UK television and wider media sector.

Royal Mail Group. 2003 – 2010

Corporate and Government Affairs Director and member of the Management Board, reporting to the Chief Executive. Devised and executed communications and engagement strategy during a period of fundamental structural and cultural change prior to privatisation of the business. Advised Board and other senior colleagues on strategic and crisis communications, change communications, reputational and regulatory risk, and on all aspects of media, politics, and stakeholder engagement.

Mary is an accomplished communications specialist with 14 years’ experience in major corporate communications and public affairs roles, sitting on the Management Boards first of the Royal Mail Group and subsequently ITV plc. She is Vice Chairman of The Army’s National Charity, where she also chairs the Marketing and Fundraising Board sub-committee and sits on the Governance Committee. She has proven track record of advising at Board level on strategic and change communications, reputation and crisis management, stakeholder advocacy, and regulatory, political and policy issues. Prior to her corporate career, Mary worked for over two decades as a business and finance journalist on titles including The Sunday Telegraph, where she was Deputy City Editor, The Independent, The Evening Standard and New Scientist.

mary.fagan@deananddonaldson.co.uk

The CEO of a fast growing business wanted to articulate a long term vision that would motivate and unite the rapidly increasing number of people working for the organisation.