H+A Marketing+PR

Name: FIONA RYAN

 What makes you unique?

I’m not something that hundreds of others are

Most innovative project? 

Kenco Origins Rainforest – Recreated an El Salvador rainforest inside a hotel, with all the authentic traits, water feature... the works!

Pre H+A
Scholar, Salesperson - Tipperary Tack, Rugby Ralph Lauren, Horse Riding Instructor, Bartender, Pharmacy floor staff, Irish Ice Hockey Player

Creative thought of the day?
A drawing is simple a line going for a walk

Curious about?
Most things....I am told I ask a lot of questions!

Favourite childhood tv theme?
There are so many to choose from- Flash Gordon, MacGyver, and Captain Planet

Top 3 dinner guests?

Joshua Jackson

Chuck Bass

Jessica Alba

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Name: Nuala Ryan

What makes you unique?

The fact that I’m me and no one else is.

Driving passion?

Keeping a little bit of summer in my life, even when it’s winter.

Most innovative project?

Launch of Unilever Food Solutions’ World Menu Report 3

Pre H+A

Journalist, tour guide, shoe salesperson

Creative thought of the day?

Don’t let the Muggles get you down.

Most likely to say?

Totes!

Favourite childhood tv theme?

Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles

Top 3 dinner guests?

Michael Schumacher

Paul O’Connell

Lance Armstrong

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Name: Warren Davidson

What makes you unique?

My fingerprints, my moods, my diplomacy, my laugh

Driving passion?

Family, Football, Surfing (if I ever get the time) and gripping TV

Pre H+A

Recruitment Marketing.

Most innovative project?

Working on an episode of the Apprentice sponsored by a client. From two days filming to social media to putting a website live on the night of the show it was a great project to work on.

Creative thought of the day?

Record all your creative thoughts

Curious about?

People and their behavoir

Favourite childhood tv theme?

That's easy, The A Team you fool

Top 3 dinner guests?

David Beckham, B A Baracus, Eddie Aikau

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Name: Paul O'Flynn

What makes you unique?

My Molecular Genealogy.

Driving passion?

Baking the perfect Lemon Cake 

Most innovative project?

Martha’s Place (a project from way back when in blighty).

Creative thought of the day?

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today . . . or is it the other way round?

Most likely to say?

Precious Little.

Curious about?

Tomorrow.

Favourite childhood tv theme?

Top of the Pops or Thunderbirds.

Top 3 dinner guests?

Delia Smith (to cook)

Paul McCartney (to sing a few old songs) and

Lee Evans (for a few laughs)

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Name: Edwina Davoren

What makes you unique?

Strong personality – driven, caring and loyal. Others might say I have a tendency to day dream and be occasionally clumsy. 

Driving passion?

Brands – I love working with brands, whether it’s developing a brand strategy, communicating a brand or learning more about successful brands.

Most likely to say?

A Joke. Perfect if you ever find yourself in an awkward moment, need a good laugh or just to cheer someone up.

Curious about?

Other people and what make them tick - particularly those that are really creative such as novelists, musicians or entrepreneurs.

Favourite childhood TV theme?

Home and Away or Inspector Gadget

Top 3 dinner guests?

Billy Connelly

Marilyn Monroe

Steve Jobs

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Name: Sorcha Holohan

What makes you unique?

My husband (Brian Healy, see above) has always told me that I am the most focused person he knows, coming from him that's scary! 'Determined' might be more apt. Oh yes, and small handbags.

Driving passion?

All things visual, especially shapes, love curves and always being progressive.

Most innovative and challenging project?

Most innovative and challenging project:  It's current, my PhD.

Pre - H+A :

Fashion/Knitwear Designer,  Blarney Woollen Mills, Oscar Haug, SORCHA (own luxury brand), Teaching Design across 2nd and 3rd level practice.

Creative Thought?

First think wide and lateral, then dig deep.

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Name: Cathal McGrath

What makes you unique?

My fingerprint and the lessons I've learnt from my past experiences.

Creative thought of the day?

"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." Walt Disney

Most likely to say?

"I will, yeah!" - Meaning no. That's the Corkonian in me. Hard to lose the local language.

Curious about?

How the money drains from my bank account so quickly! Never cease to amaze me.

Favourite childhood tv theme?

Seasame Street or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme Song

Top 3 dinner guests?

Adele

Michael Parkinson

Alan Carr

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Name: Ann-Marie O'Sullivan

 What makes you unique?  

1st Chair of the PRCA from outside Dublin in its 22 year history.

Only lady tenor in the 160-strong Fleischmann Choir!

Driving passion?

To deliver for our clients every time

Most innovative project?

Cork Lower Harbour Energy Group - innovative project by GSK, Janssen, Novartis and DePuy to install 6 wind turbines to become self-generators and drop their energy costs by up to 30%. Working with the project team since 2008, our role has included strategic messaging, public consultation, media relations, sponsorship and internal communications, as well as the design and delivery of the project logo and website.

Curious about?

Why people do what they do!

Favourite childhood tv theme?

Sesame Street

Top 3 dinner guests?

Victoria Wood

Will Smith

Stephen Fry

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Name: Brian Healy

What makes you unique?

My family, when you see the way your children look at you, what else is there to say… 

Driving passion?

Skiing – the more off beat the location, the deeper the snow the better it is

Pre H+A

So far back I can hardly remember. Worked in the UK for 5 years and then came back to this industry then I set up H+A in 1999. Don't think about the past much the future is much more exciting!

Creative thought of the day?

A smile is good for your heart

Curious about?

Almost everything -

Favourite childhood tv theme?

Selwyn Froggitt

Top 3 dinner guests?

Aung San Suu Kyi
Nina Simone
My friend Ger

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Name: Caroline Downey

What makes you unique?

Cocktail of positivity and enthusiasm with a dash of reality to keep me grounded and a splash style to make the unique concoction of “me”

Driving passion?

To be the best I can be and then some... and knowing I couldn’t have done anymore

Creative thought of the day?

Don’t ask yourself what your client needs ask what makes them come alive...

Most likely to say?

- Absolutely...
- if they haven’t said no then they haven’t given us an answer...

Curious about?

People... their reasons for what they do

Favourite childhood tv theme?
- Famous Five...... “Julian, Dick and Ann, George and Timmy the dog”

Top 3 dinner guests?
Al Pacino
Tommy Tieran
Norah Casey

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Name: Gavin O'Shea

What makes you unique?
The same thing that makes everyone unique

Driving passion?
Live gigs and finding new music. Branding/corporate identity, and a love of all print finishes - the more elaborate the better.

Creative thought of the day?
Question everything.

Most innovative project?
Probably Laya Healthcare - building the entire brand from the ground up - from naming, to logo, to brand identity and the TV, radio and online campaigns. From nothing to something real

Pre H+A
World's shortest stint as a strawberry picker, (long before the design career started)

Most likely to say?
Something sarcastic

Curious about?
Benjamin Button

Favourite childhood tv theme?
Mac Gyver

Top 3 dinner guests?
Eddie Vedder, Thierry Henry, and a silent Cheryl Cole

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Name: Pat Kierans

What makes you unique?

You'd have to ask everyone else that (just dont tell me the answer)

Driving passion?

The pursuit of happiness

Most likely to say?

Come On Ireland…

Pre H+A
Marketing Executuve, Newforge Foods – UK
Marketing Manager, Patak's – UK
Marketing Manager, Bulmers
Group Marketing & Sales Manager, Thomas Crosbie Holdings
Owner, Connection Marketing Communications

Creative thought of the day?
Trust Your Instinct

Curious about?
Absolutely everything

Favourite childhood tv theme?
Sesame Street

Top 3 dinner guests?
Bob Dylan
Jesus
Michael D Higgins

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Name: Michael Dempsey

What makes you unique?

My over elaborate use of the clone tool in photoshop!

Driving passion?

To challenge the automatic response to a brief and design solutions that engage people in a way they weren't expecting.

Pre H+A

I worked for semi-states in the Connemara Gaeltacht designing bi-lingual publications and branding systems.

Creative thought of the day?

Inspiration is in the banal, it's just your viewpoint that needs adjusting!

Most likely to say?

Can I saturate the colour palette again…?

Curious about?

Where human computer interaction will go when we both speak the same language.

Favourite childhood tv theme?

The A-Team theme tune!

Top 3 dinner guests?

Eric Gill, Jim Morrison, Pablo Picasso

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Name: Mary O'Malley

Most innovative project?

Everyday is an opportunity to be new and innovative!

Pre H+A:

Impact Media for 6 years, Proactive Design for 6 years.

Creative thought of the day?

Treat your creative instinct with kindness and it will reward you well!

Favourite childhood tv theme?

Cover Up, A-Team, Miami Vice, TJ Hooker, McGyver - actually ALL 80’s tv rocked! Top 3

Dinner Guests

Oprah Winfrey,Ticht Nann and Mohammad Ali

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Name: Lucy Joyce

What makes you unique?

My family tree and where I sit in it 

Driving passion?

Main drive in life is my family but on a daily basis, I’m driven by learning something new

Pre H+A

Worked with O2 Media as the Advertising Client Services Specialist, managing a number of client accounts including Diageo, Littlewoods and PaddyPower.com

Creative thought of the day?

You can’t buy happiness but you can buy wine and it’s kinda the same thing

Curious about?

How it came about that the 1st person discovered white wine will remove a red wine stain

Top 3 dinner guests?

Margaret Atwood
Coco Chanel
Russell Brand

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Name: Kieran Joyce

What makes you unique?

My endless fascination with plane crashes. Name the date of any global air disaster and I’ll fill you in on the where, why and how.

Driving passion?

Music & Sport

Pre H+A

Head of Web Dept at Impact Media, prior to that as a programmer in Vision Consulting & JDE

Creative thought of the day?

Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.

Most likely to say?

‘Here’s an interesting fact ..’

Favourite childhood tv theme?

MacGyver / The Littlest Hobo

Top 3 dinner guests?

The Edge, John Cleese, Michael D Higgins

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Name: Martina Mangan

What makes you unique?
I have few boundaries. I am known to say anything or ask any question. I speak my mind.

Most innovative project? 
Carbery timeline DVD. It was just beautifully executed. Recently the internal launch of the laya healthcare brand.

Driving passion?
My children's smiles...  especially those sleepy early morning ones. Sailing - there is nothing quite like the sound of the wind in the sails and the sight of dolphins playing in the wake.

Pre H+A
Account manager and graphic designer at Epic Design.

Creative thought of the day?
Rebel! Break the rules. Try it out... what's the worst thing that could happen? Start a mini revolution everyday.

Curious about?
How will today's children be tomorrow's leaders, inventors, creators and experts without Encyclopaedia Britannia?

Most likely to say?
I'll only take half a slice...
There's an app for everything!

Favourite childhood tv theme?
Take Hart with Morph the plasticine man

Top 3 dinner guests
Jamie Oliver
Banksy
Mary Portas

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Name: Andy Ainley

Hired for your love of

Design, the web in general, visual art and music.

Driving force behind your work

Porridge with raisins and bits of apple. And creativity.

A good eye for

Graphic design, type and web things.

Go to guy for

Brainstorming, web site design and ad campigns.

Pre-H+A

5 years with Impactmedia: head of web then a stint as creative director.

Most compelling project

The last one I did. (Sorry a bit cheesy!)

Most likely to say

Variety is the spice of life.

Favourite TV Theme Tune from your childhood?

A-Team/knight rider/Gummi bears

Most prized possession?

A guitar my wife got me for Christmas. Life is…Wonderful

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Name: Aideen McGrath

What makes you unique?

My fingerprints. Oh, and my quirky food obsessions.

Driving passion?

Daringly simple ideas. everytime.

Most innovative project?

Not sure about innovative, but winning a PRCA gong for the Queen's visit to Cork was a career first, and last i suspect...

Pre H+A

Proud to have worked for international award-winning agencies GolinHarris and Lexis PR in London

Creative thought of the day?

"Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous." - Bill Moyers

Most likely to say?

Can I have mayo with that...

Top 3 dinner guests?

My husband (for his smarts and cooking)

Frank Gehry (because I'd like to think I'd charm him into designing my house after lots of wine) and

Ivan Yates (for no good obvious reason except he's insanely funny and I miss him from radio).

If I had a fourth invitee, it wouldn't be Nelson flipping Mandela like 99.9% of the world.

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Name: Brenda Carney

 What makes you unique?

I live in my own world. But it’s ok, they know me here. Also my family.  

Driving passions?

People, travel, words, music, love – to paraphrase Einstein, I am passionately curious about everything.

Most innovative project?

Rebuilt homes, schools and communities while living in Sri Lanka after the 2004 tsunami.
Most innovative project while with H+A: Cork Culture Night – love the creative mix of music, art, culture, film and photography.

Most likely to say?

Did you bring your lunch today? What is it? What are you having for dinner? Did you get up on time to have breakfast? What did you have?

Top 3 dinner guests?

The Kardashian family

Vincent Browne

Roald Dahl

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Name: Cian O'Regan

What makes you unique?

A love of the League of Ireland soccer, that makes you pretty unique in Ireland!

Driving passion?

My Focus. My car and my attribute I’m referring to of course!

Pre H+A?

Business studies degree and Master in Public Relations and New Media in the Cork Institute of Technology. A Marketing internship with CIT followed my studies.

Creative thought of the day?

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Most likely to say?

What happens in Vegas stays online forever!

Top 3 dinner guests?

Kevin Doyle

Alex Turner

Ricky Gervais.

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Name: Dara O'Donovan

What makes you unique?

My laugh/giggle (I'm told!)

Driving passion?

My family, friends and the need to see (rule) the ENTIRE world.

Most innovative project?

An interactive and educational children's website built to get kids excited about fruit and nutrition.

Most likely to say?

Ah well...

Favourite childhood tv theme?

California Dreams

Top 3 dinner guests?

Fearne Cotton

Schmidt (New Girl)

Lisa Eldridge

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Name: Janna Murphy

What makes you unique?  

I value my uniqueness if there were more like me I would hope they were small and easy to destroy. 

Driving passion?

To soak up as many experiences as I can and smile while I do it.

Most innovative project?

Unilever Food Solutions press office activity.

Pre H+A

B.A. Journalism and New Media at University of Limerick finished in 2012. During this time I embarked on a year of travel living in Mexico and teaching English, and then studying in Prague and traveling in Europe.

Favourite childhood tv theme?

When I wake up in the morning and the alarm gives out a warning and I don't think I ever make it on time..lalalalala…IT’S ALRIGHT COZ I’M SAVED BY THE BELL

Top 3 dinner guests?

Freddie Flintoff, Marty Morrissey , Jay Z

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Name: Jessica Higgins

What makes you unique?

My mad curly hair, my passion for working with people and my positive outlook on life.  

Creative thought of the day?

Everything we do in life shapes us a person and I believe that everything happens for a reason

Driving passion?

I love fashion and anything to do with the industry. Fashion drives me every day and it’s always on my mind – whether it’s planning my outfits for the next week, looking through fashion magazines and looking for new clients and brands to work with – Fashion is my passion!

Favourite childhood tv theme?

Saved by the Bell

Top 3 dinner guests?

David and Victoria Beckham

Chris Rock

Jackie Collins

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Name: Joe Connolly

What makes you unique?

Ideas, Ideas, Ideas.

Driving passion?

Galway and Castlegar Hurling

Most innovative project?

A week in Nairobi with GOAL

Pre H+A

I was innocent!

Curious about?

What people I meet are really like.

Top 3 dinner guests?

Michael Collins, Elvis Presley, Mary McAleese

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Name: Lisa Dennehy

 What makes you unique?

My DNA… I’m not small, I’m concentrated!

Driving passion?

My passion is to follow the road less travelled and marvel at the sights and sounds - to live the life we are meant to… each day.

Most innovative project?

Founding Upfront Model Management and Kerry Fashion Weekend

Pre H+A

PR, Event & Model Manager / Sometimes photographer

Curious about?

Why the cat got killed?

Favourite childhood tv theme?

Bosco, Animaniacs

Top 3 dinner guests?

Steve Jobs

Coco Chanel

Jesus

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Name: Maebh Fahy

 What makes you unique?

All that I am, all I have done and all I hope to do; and the fact that I can raise one eyebrow

Driving passion?

Simply to always do the best I can, be the best I can and someday achieve world domination.

Most innovative project?

Sending the media a box full of nature by putting real grass in a box to highlight all natural ingredients

Creative thought of the day?

“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!” - Dr Seuss

Most likely to say?

​"Oh my God I love this song”

Favourite childhood TV theme?

The Simpsons

Top 3 dinner guests?

​Dumbledore

Snape

Harry Potter

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Name: Tim Duffin

What makes you unique?

The road that took me here.

Driving passion?

Learning, figuring it out. Finding something new. Looking for rocks on the beach.

Most innovative project?

The new H+A website of course!

Creative thought of the day?

Is that so?

Most likely to say?

I'm hungry.

Curious about?

Technology, astronomy, geology, anthropology, history and of course The Singularity.

Favourite childhood tv theme?

The Girl from Tomorrow circa ‘91.

Top 3 dinner guests?

Buddha

Billy Corgan

Stanley Kubrick

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Name: Pat O'Hare

What makes you unique?

The ability to listen to drunken work colleagues all night and still give them a lift home. 

Driving passion?

Music.

Most innovative project?

Too many to mention.

Creative thought of the day?

What?

Most likely to say?

Word to your Mammy.

Curious about?

Why cars aren't fitted with lasers for elimination of Sunday drivers.

Favourite childhood tv theme?

The littlest Hobo.

Top 3 dinner guests?

Jamie Oliver, Heston Blumenthal and Gordon Ramsey.

I'd give them all beans on toast.

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Name: Peter Brunton

What makes you unique?

Mix of creative and technical skills, I guess.

Driving passion?

My driving passion is surfing and Internet/Web Technologies. It once was skateboarding, before I broke myself up too many times. I am also passionate about movies, coffee, wine, food & I love traveling.

Curious about?

Issues surrounding our environment, sustainability, politics, the future of the internet and how dOo they put the figs, in the figrolls.

Most likely to say?

Google it!

Favourite childhood tv theme?

Captain Planet, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and loads more.

Top 3 dinner guests?

Noam Chomsky

George Carlin

Chris Haslam 

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Name: Sean Lucey

What makes you unique?

My laugh, My Outlook on life, My personality, My farming background

Driving passion?

Being the very best I can be

Pre H+A
Amazon Technical Support
Masters Student

Most likely to say?

Boom!
Sorry?!
That would be an ecumenical matter!
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Curious about?

If George RR Martin is ever going to finish the A Song of Ice and Fire series

Favourite childhood tv theme?

Teenage Mutant Hero Turtle
Home & Away

Top 3 dinner guests?

Dara Ó Briain

Roz Purcell

Barak Obama

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Name: Robin O'Sullivan

 What makes you unique?

Longevity ?? ….but still essentially youthful (in mind anyway!)  

Driving passion?

Stayin’ alive (as set to music)

Creative thought of the day?

Creativity is the defeat of habit by originality (Arthur Koestler)

Curious about?

Everything…..EXCEPT ‘running naked through….etc.etc. Einstein said – ‘The important thing is not to stop questioning'.

Most likely to say?

P.R. is concerned with the effect of behaviour on reputation…..therefore with everything in the organisation.

Top 3 dinner guests?

Hmmm… Sophia Loren, JFK and Michael Collins

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Name: Amy Meehan

What makes you unique?

I am the one and only

Driving passion?

My son Corey

Most innovative project?

Filming with nationwide on a yacht for the arrival of the clipper yachts into Kinsale harbour.

Most likely to say?

"I know someone who works there"

Pre H+A

Cork's Red FM

Creative thought of the day?

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.

Curious about?

The After Life

Favourite childhood tv theme?

School around the corner

Top 3 dinner guests?

Victoria Beckham, Ashton Kutcher, & Kanye West

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Name: Tina Quinn

What makes you unique?  

There’s only one of me……they broke the mould!  

Driving passion? 

Travel and different cultural experiences. Wish I had more time to explore….

Most innovative project?

In the recent past – certainly the laya healthcare project. It stands out because it draws on all aspects of communication and is constantly evolving.

Pre H+A 
I worked with Robin and Ann-Marie O’Sullivan at O’Sullivan PR for almost 20 years before the merger with H+A.

Creative thought of the day? 
How can I manoeuvre my way through the roadworks today and still manage to get to work on time?

Most likely to say? 
How the hell did that happen?

Curious about?

Everything I don’t understand

Favourite childhood tv theme?

Bosco

Top 3 dinner guests?

Graham Norton

Daniel Craig

Marc Jacobs.

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Name: Aine Kilgallon

What makes you unique?

My sheer determination and unrelenting capacity to never give up until a solution is found.  

Driving passion?

Driven to find solutions & be successful and happy at work & play

Most likely to say?

“No one’s died…” (Perspective in stressful situations)

Most innovative project?

Spirit of Voice Africa Day Festival 2010 for which Kilgallon PR won best PR Agency Award at the Rocket Pyrotechnics Best of Festival Supplier Awards 2010 in conjunction with AOIFE - the Association of Irish Festival Events. Or Good4U 

Curious about?

What’s going on in the big wide world?

Favourite childhood TV theme?

The A Team

Top 3 dinner guests?

Nina Simone

Muhammad Ali – (in his prime)

Anthony Bourdain (Chef)

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Name: Steve McDonald

What makes you unique?

My large bushy monobrow – once seen, never forgotten.

Driving passion

Elegant design and great construction.

Most innovative project

Working for Virgin in Marketing was a constant challenge to come up with fresh thinking and genuine innovation, a challenge that was not always met, I may add!, but always aspired to.

Pre- H+A

Worked in Marketing for Virgin in London on a number of amazing marcomms projects

Creative thought of the day

Stay curious.

Most likely to say

“Brilliant!”

Favourite Childhood TV theme

The Flashing Blade

Top 3 Dinner guests

Jock Stein

Mandela

Santa Claus

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Name: Harry Lorton

What makes you unique?

My Genes. Spelt G E N E S 

Driving passion

Walking, not driving.

Most innovative project

Led a charity walk in the Sahara for the Simon Community. We raised
Ir£ 380,000.

Creative thought of the day

That's way above my pay grade.

Curious about?

People who aren't curious. What is wrong with them?

Most likely to say?

Grand job.

Favourite Childhood TV theme

TV? In my childhood?

Top 3 Dinner guests

Paul O'Connell

Kazuo Ishiguro

Richard Branson

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