• Alexander de Saint Aubin Perryman

    Account Manager

    Alex has wide experience of applying management and strategy to large PR accounts as well as managing relationships with international PR partner agencies. He has also helped to propel many of his startup clients into the limelight.

    Alex has a reputation as one of EML Wildfire’s more ‘techie’ staff members and knows a frightening amount about silicon chips and GPS systems. Alex is a Classics scholar, and is learning Japanese in his spare time as well as indulging his recently discovered passion for photography.

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Andrea Berghall

    Account Executive

    Andrea joined EML Wildfire in early 2011 after a spell working in Consumer PR where she honed her punchy press release writing skills. Andrea has also managed several social media and SEO campaigns and boasts a wealth of experience in Event Management.

    Andrea has a weakness for Eastenders and can’t resist checking storyline spoilers online. She’s secretly a big fan of glossy magazines, particularly the recipe pages and TV listings.

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Andrew Shephard

    Director

    Andrew’s engineering background and ‘fluff-free’ attitude combined with probably the broadest knowledge of technology installed in one PR brain ensures critical insight for EML Wildfire’s clients. He has driven campaigns for major forces in the semiconductor industry over 15 years including NEC Electronics, Sun Microelectronics and TSMC.

    Andrew has the patience of a saint and armed with his oversize collection of power tools, he can fix anything from a broken bicycle to the office heating system. He loves nothing more than a bargain and is forever haggling on eBay, never paying face value if it can be avoided.


     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Ben Smith

    Account Manager

    Ben joined EML Wildfire in 2007 and what he doesn’t know about Gadget press is not worth knowing. Ben’s expertise lies in helping his clients to raise their profiles beyond trade media and he has a proven track record in achieving coverage in national, business and consumer publications.

    Ben is an avid Arsenal supporter and you can usually predict his mood based on last night’s football results. He’s been known to kick a ball about in his spare time and he’s pretty much a walking guide to ‘1,000 films to watch before you die’.

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Chris King

    Senior Account Director

    Chris’s extensive experience of agency PR, ‘can-do’ attitude and track record for achieving outstanding results time after time make him a firm favourite amongst clients. His PR degree and natural teaching skills makes him a popular team leader and an expert mentor.

    Chris lives in Southampton with his wife, dog, cat, several chickens and recent new arrival, his son Woody.

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Danny Whatmough

    Account Director

    Danny built his first website at the age of 14 and founded an ecommerce start-up while still at University. After working in digital marketing, he burst into the world of tech PR, where a consensus has emerged that there really might be no stopping Danny Whatmough.  He maintains a well-read blog and is repeatedly featured in PR Week, Econsultancy and Reputation Online. 

    A professionally trained singer, Danny’s harmonies can rescue even the most doomed Karaoke performance. By contrast, if he picks up his phone, it’s time to go and make a cup of tea because his dulcet tones are liable to produce more volume than a volley of Vuvuzelas.

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Darren Willsher

    Account Manager

    Before joining EML Wildfire Darren trained as a journalist and gained experience at newspapers such as The Australian (even though he’s actually from Dorset) and the Manchester Evening News. In the time it takes most people to form a thought, Darren’s already typed up the first draft of a press release and he has the response time of a ninja when it comes to answering the phone. Working hard to improve the number of stamps in his passport, Darren is an expert in running global PR campaigns and press tours for his clients and is often found on the phone to people across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the US. 

    Darren is an expert on all things Twitter and runs social media campaigns for a number of EML Wildfire’s clients. He’s also a huge fan of live music and can often be found reviewing midweek gigs across London. There’s no situation that Darren can’t find a South Park, Simpsons or Family Guy quote to fit.

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • David Marsden

    Director

    David is an EML Wildfire Board Director and resident Asia expert. He is fluent in Japanese, dreams in Chinese and even managed to pick up some Russian along the way. He’s lived in Japan and Singapore and has been running PR campaigns in Asia for longer than he cares to remember.

    David is a keen cyclist, when he’s not falling off. He is a complete foodie but, Northern-born, he is no snob – he’s as happy with a good fry up in EML Wildfire’s local greasy spoon, as with an 18-course degustation menu at a Michelin-starred restaurant.


     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Debby Penton

    Director

    Debby’s technology PR pedigree includes directing Pan-European accounts for leading brands like Cisco Systems and Cap Gemini, but Debby is just as comfortable using her creative ingenuity to thrust startups and new technology concepts into the limelight. She also devotes time to chairing meetings of the PRCA Technology PR Committee and judging the PRCA awards.

    Debby’s senior role requires the agility to juggle endless and varied responsibilities, a position Debby was born to occupy. In a typical day, her attention jumps from high-level business decisions, to running brainstorms and honing vital details of key accounts and campaigns.

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Eleanor Dobson

    Account Manager

    Ellie works on client accounts ranging from telecoms and engineering to manufacturing and solar cells. Having worked in financial PR following university where she studied History, Ellie joined EML Wildfire in 2010 and is currently studying for a Masters in English Linguistics in her spare time.

    Don’t be fooled by Ellie’s doll-like frame – she is a force to be reckoned with and in 2010 she was given EML Wildfire’s ‘Silent Assassin Award’ for services to PR. Outside of work and study, she can mostly be found immersed in Spotify, correcting people's grammar, or organising her baking tins into size order.

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Ellen Sinclair

    Account Manager

    Ellen joined EML Wildfire following a year in Financial Services PR and has experience in sales, marketing and event management. Her background, skills and forthright personality drive Ellen to leave a trail of successful product launches, media tours and new business pitches in her wake. 

    Ellen is a thoroughly complex and modern gal. When she isn’t out drinking and watching Worcester play rugby with her friends and being ‘one of the lads’, you can find her tucked up being as girly as can be, keeping up with the cast changes of Les Miserables and playing the Wicked soundtrack on repeat in her car.

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Julian Durham

    Creative Director

    Jules has over a decade of experience delivering creative solutions for technology brands at some of London’s most prestigious B2B agencies. In his time, he has produced content for the likes of Adobe, Microsoft, Cisco, Novell, HP, Nokia and Vodafone. With experience that spans global and Pan-European campaigns, as well as working above and below the line, Jules is no stranger to the creation of commanding marketing concepts. 

    EML Wildfire’s ultimate ‘cool customer’, Jules can usually be found at his desk, listening to the latest tunes, whilst sipping a nice cup of tea (although no one has ever actually seen him make any!)

     

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Lorraine Jenkins

    Director

    Lorraine is always available to share her decades of technology PR experience with the team. As well as putting her unparalleled research and market positioning skills to use and regularly bombarding the team with industry news and trends, Lorraine is always ready to roll up her sleeves and produce hard hitting research questions or industry whitepapers to position clients as market leaders. 

    Somewhat incongruously, Lorraine mixes an interest in self discovery and homeopathy with a fascination for the call centre industry. And Nick Cave.

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Louise Andrews

    Senior Account Director

    Deftly switching her supervision between consumer and business accounts, the focus for Louise remains the same; how can EML Wildfire tell clients’ stories in a way that is faithful, relevant and engaging? This wide technology PR experience makes Louise an agile and versatile Campaigns Director and fantastic resource for the team, as comfortable with SAP, SANs and SaaS, as she is with PVRs, HD and 3D.

    Unpretentious, loyal and shrewd, Louise is the woman to have in your corner when the going gets tough and the first to celebrate when good news comes through.

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Jane Bass

    HR and Office Manager

     

    Jane’s attention to detail keeps the Client Services team at EML Wildfire strictly on track. After 17 years of supporting the agency, there is not much going on that Jane doesn’t know about. She is also EML Wildfire’s personal international travel advisor, planning and adapting itineraries in Asia, Europe and US and ensuring everyone is always where they need to be, when they need to be there. 

    Jane is a big fan of the England Rugby team when they play well. When they don’t play well, Jane is a big fan of the All Blacks. When they don't play well...

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Juliet Philip

    PR Consultant

    Juliet has been with EML Wildfire for over 12 years initially writing client's internal communications before taking on a traditional PR role. During this time she has worked with clients in the electronics / telecoms sectors alongside manufacturing and VC companies. Juliet’s strength lies in her ability to identify a story and then communicate that story to the media. She rarely takes no for an answer and her drive and dedication endear her to media and clients alike. Firm but fair, Juliet always gets the right result.

    With a flamboyant nature, Juliet can often be found dancing and singing in the office, and she cares not a jot about who is listening. Between singing, Juliet is an excellent listener who is concerned for her colleagues wellbeing and ensuring all office-folk are OK. 

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Max Tatton-Brown

    Account Manager

    Max cut his teeth on traditional B2B technology PR at global agency Axicom where he generated high quality coverage for clients like Alfresco, Quest Software, Agito Networks and S1 by day, while secretly cultivating a compulsive social media habit by night.While never at a loss for a character or 140 on Twitter, Max is a dedicated early tech adopter, mining the social media frontiers to determine the gold from the odd-looking lumps of rock. 

    Like tidal energy, Max is a force of nature and his infectious enthusiasm makes the EML Wildfire offices a slightly less predictable, but more stimulating place to work. There’s a good chance you’ll spot him at industry events, meetups and tweetups, so be sure to say hello. 

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Mona Ghobadi

    Account Executive

    Mona joined EML Wildfire immediately after graduating from Kingston University London with a First Class Honours Degree in Media and Cultural Studies. Mona combines an innovative approach to PR with the ability to structure complex tasks into comprehensive results. A German native speaker, Mona's language skills are a valuable contribution to EML Wildfire's campaigns with international clients. 

    Mona loves a heated discussion and her debates are legendary at EML Wildfire. If she is party to a discussion that she is passionate about, particularly after a glass of wine, she can be heard flying into a good-natured but high-rate speech which switches back and forth from German to English – much to the amusement of her colleagues.

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Paula Fifield

    Business Development Director

    Paula began working with the agency in 2007 as Business Development Director and was appointed as a board director in 2011. Prior to EML Wildfire, Paula worked at Sun Microsystems, Orange and Morse Group in a range of marketing, customer relationship management and business development roles. 

    Her strong Hull accent provides a constant source of amusement for Paula’s colleagues, particularly when pronouncing words such as ‘quote’ (kwoooate) and ‘five’ (faaarve).  Paula is proud mum to an adorable two year old daughter who has inherited both her mum’s Northern lilt and love of baking fairy buns. Paula won, and possibly still holds, the title of ‘Under 16 Yorkshire Shotput Champion’.

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Richard Parker

    Managing Director

    Richard is MD at EML Wildfire, fulfilling a dual role of overseeing the commercial aspects of running the business and offering strategic input and advice on clients and new business. Richard heads up the agency’s tech start-up programme and frequently delivers high-impact message definition workshops to clients.

    A keen skier and incompetent golfer, Richard is open to any excuse to make either of these work related. He is also a big Bob Dylan fan!

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Sara Merriman

    Accounts and IT Manager

    Sara has been at EML Wildfire for over 20 years and is the IT and accounting backbone of the company. Sara is responsible for ensuring that all the IT infrastructure works seamlessly and that we know where every penny is and where it's going next.

    A bit of a rugby fanatic, Sa still has the 2001 ‘naked’ England rugby team calendar up on the wall at her home. Despite freely admitting she believes it to be the worst in chav TV, Sara is completely addicted to Come Dine with Me.

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Sarah-Anne Bray

    Senior Account Director

     

    Sarah-Anne cut her teeth at Ogilvy PR, where she directed Pan-European technology PR campaigns for IT and telecoms giants like Nortel Networks, Sony Business Europe and Dell. She has applied this experience to achieve equally impressive results for EML Wildfire’s B2B and B2C clients, propelling Jabra to the number one position in the hands-free headset market. 

    Although proud of her Irish heritage and a master of the art of verbal persuasion, Sarah-Anne refuses to comment on rumours that she has kissed the Blarney Stone.

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Fiona Kay

    Account Executive

     

    Before settling at EML Wildfire Fiona spent a lot of time traveling the world. She lived in Belgium for five years, but admits she’s still not fluent in French, and worked for a luxury lifestyle PR company while in Australia. She then spent a year working for a consumer and B2B PR and events management company.

    Confident Fiona likes a good old brainstorm or heated discussion and is constantly adding to her shoe collection to satisfy her penchant for a good pair of heels.

    Fiona is originally from West Sussex but often flies back and forth to Houston where her parents are now living.

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Bemi Idowu

    Account Executive

    Bemi joined EML Wildfire in November 2011 after working in consumer lifestyle PR and a brief spell in-house for a national charity. He combines this experience with the knowledge gained from a Creative Writing and Journalism degree at Kingston University to add a touch of creativity and drive to campaigns.

    Bemi loves football and live music, and by his own admission, is ‘half man, half amazing’. He’s also known to be keen on gardening and is always up for a discussion (argument). 

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Richard Lambert

    Account Executive

     

    Richard initially joined EML Wildfire as an intern after completing a Master's degree at the University of Leeds. A strong believer in the importance of effective presentation, Richard has a long-standing interest in all things communications-related and values expert insight and on-target messaging most in effective PR campaigns.

    An avid supporter of Newcastle United FC, Richard is a keen snack food aficionado, impressing colleagues with an enviable knowledge of junk food in the UK and abroad, and an ability to eat large quantities of cakes and biscuits without putting on any weight.

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Hannah Wright

    Account Executive

     

    Hannah left Bournemouth University with a degree in Communication and Media - a course that delved within areas such as PR, marketing and journalism. Leaving the student life behind, Hannah took up several PR internships within the property and celebrity industry before a four-month internship within an interactive and augmented reality technology company, fuelling her passion for tech PR, before arriving at EML Wildfire. 

    Hannah enjoys eating out and regularly enjoys a strong-flavoured snack (normally involving some form of olive or garlic), which she typically blames on her Spanish roots. 

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000

  • Vicki Eltis

    Account Executive

     

    Vicki left Southampton Institute with a First Class Honours degree in Media Writing. She began her career as a journalist working at three regional newspapers soon becoming a chief reporter. 

    She took the plunge into PR last year, working for top PR consultant Max Clifford where she brokered national stories and worked on consumer PR accounts. 

    Vicki will often have her head down writing and making sure blogs, press releases and articles are in top shape. She loves live music, reading, eating out, LA and planning her wedding ready for this summer.

     

    Telephone: +44 208 408 8000