Please note I do not accept connection requests from people I haven't met. Labour councillor for Chester City and Garden Quarter, alongside @PaulChamberlain and @BenWalker I am also a Governor Grosvenor Park Primary School and am currently collaborating on the #InvestChester campaign designed to raise Chester's profile to investorsI continue to take on small consulting projects in tourism and marketing I'm an INSEAD MBA, known as an effective business connector with a strong marketing pedigree and a high level of financial literacy. My executive roles have included CEO of Marketing Cheshire, Executive Chair of Cheetham Bell JWT Manchester, Partner at Planning Express and Strategic Planning Director at Ogilvy and Mather London. My non-executive roles have included Rensburg, a financial services plc, now part of Investec, Teamtalk, a listed media company that pioneered online sports content, Manchester Metropolitan University, the Halle Orchestra, Storyhouse, Chester Bid and the Tourism Society My main skill sets are marketing, tourism and business development. I have worked for several multinational communications agencies and delivered award-winning marketing and communications campaigns with outstanding return on investment, I have considerable expertise in areas such as customer insight, consumer research both quantitative and qualitative, digital marketing and market research. I have won 5 IPA Advertising Effectiveness Awards and in recent years have judged a number of marketing and digital award schemes. I have recently co-authored a Northern Marketing Award winner for Soreen.