Colin was group marketing and communications director from 2004 until he retired in 2015 and continues to be involved in specific projects. A former national newspaper journalist, he was later marketing and PR manager for a leading football club where he was instrumental in marketing the then novel concept of executive suites that sponsors could use as offices during the rest of the week.

For 15 years he was a director of our PR company, where he specialised in professional firms, education and training and property businesses. He advised on the communications aspects of more than 20 major strategic change situations involving mergers, acquisitions, business launches and rebranding.