Advisor/Consultant

independent

Alex started his career at Unilever and knows more about your hair and your armpit that most people. He has worked in senior international marketing and commercial roles for Unilever, Orange, Royal Mail and TomTom on the client side - and Saatchi & Saatchi, Interbrand, BrainJuicer/System1, among others on the agency/supplier side. He is a former Chair and fellow of the Marketing Society, a fellow of the Marketing Academy and has been a member of marketing and research societies in the UK, US, South Africa and Australia. He was Chair at Watch Me Think for 7 years and is also an advisor to several private equity/venture capital funds. Alex joined Scotwork in 2022 as a negotiation skills tutor - but attended his first course with them back in 1990. In a long career he has negotiated contracts ranging from a £7bn price control with HM Government, via a £1.2bn global media spend with Orange, to buying the house his wife wanted in 1998. He has lived in 10 countries, worked in more than 40 and visited over 120. Alex is also a local councillor, elected to represent the Residents' Association on Elmbridge Borough Council. When he isn't working Alex watches a lot of sport and acts as a figure of fun to his wife and four children.