AAR Group

London, United Kingdom

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91 Wimpole Street
London W1G 0EF
Телефон: +44 (0)20 7612 1200
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Paul Phillips

Paul Phillips

Managing Director

Телефон: +44 (0)20 7612 1200


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Основан в: 1975

Сотрудники: 17

Основан в: 1975

Сотрудники: 17

AAR Group

91 Wimpole Street
London W1G 0EF
Телефон: +44 (0)20 7612 1200
Электронная почта:
Веб-сайт:
Paul Phillips

Paul Phillips

Managing Director

Телефон: +44 (0)20 7612 1200

AAR Group Руководство и члены команды

Victoria Fox

Victoria Fox

CEO

Телефон: +44 (0)20 7612 1200

Victoria was appointed as CEO in April 2019. Having had a successful 20 year career agency side, she brings a wealth of experience of running agencies across a number of disciplines to this role. Most recently CEO of LIDA, M&C Saatchi’s global customer engagement agency. In her tenure, the agency doubled in size and won top industry accolade ‘Campaign Agency of the Year Customer Engagement’ for 2 consecutive years and demonstrated growth in the face of complete digital transformation.

In her career, Victoria has had stints in digital, advertising, shopper marketing and CRM agencies. This breadth of experience will come in handy, especially in the joined-up marketing landscape in which today’s CMO operates.

In the last 2 years, Victoria took on the role of global sponsor for Diversity and Inclusion across the M&C Saatchi network. Victoria is very active in this space and sits on the WACL (Women in Advertising and Communications London) Executive committee and is Chair of the WACL Future Leaders Award 2018/19.

Victoria is also honoured to have been named a Global Champion of Women in Business by the Financial Times two years in a row, in both 2017 & 2018. 

Paul Phillips

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Paul Phillips

Managing Director

Телефон: +44 (0)20 7612 1200

Paul is Managing Director of AAR and has been at the company since 1998 prior to which he spent 16 years working in advertising and media agencies (DDB, Horner Collis & Kirvan, WM Media, Mediaedge:cia). Time is split between consulting on client projects thar range from international multi-agency reviews to domestic business building between clients and their agencies. "The best job in the world? Quite possibly! 18 years as a consultant working with brand owners that take our counsel and support in striving to get the best from their agency partners. Seeing the very best that agencies have to offer led and staffed by super-intelligent, creative, articulate and entertaining people both at home and on the international stage. Coming into work looking forward to what might happen almost every working day. Not bad really when you take a moment to think about it. The best aspect of the job is the variety and being lucky enough to work with the highest calibre talent our business has to offer. The worst is that I'm playing less and less golf. This will have to change!  "

Maria Farrell

Maria Farrell

Chief Commercial Officer

Телефон: +44278 26 53 48 68

Maria joined AAR in April 2015 and oversees all aspects of our finance function.

Having qualified as a Chartered Accountant with BDO Stoy Hayward, Maria gained experience in the retail sector, Asprey plc and Diesel London, before joining a digital content agency. She has more than 10 years’ experience working in finance roles within agencies. 

Robin Charney

Robin Charney

Lead Consultant

Телефон: +4420 7612 1200

Robin joined AAR from Adobe. She’s been a client-side marketer for over twenty years and now leads the Marketing Ecosystem Design Practice where she helps clients shape the right resourcing models across both agencies and internal marketing capabilities for future growth. She also leads all Digital and Innovation agency sourcing projects to build lasting partnerships for brands across their platform, UX, CX, Ecommerce, content and social requirements.

When not working on client projects, Robin is the creator and host of Fightback – AAR’s business innovation podcast – where she interviews senior change makers inside some of the most iconic heritage brands about their fightback against disruption. Across series one and two, Robin has interviewed people from Boots, GSK, NatWest, Sainsbury’s, KFC, Vodafone, WPP, Barclays, Centrica and The Co-op about their fascinating stories of transforming heritage brands from the inside. 

Rebecca Nunneley

Rebecca Nunneley

Lead Consultant Creative

Телефон: +44 781 882 1833

Rebecca joined AAR as Business Director in August 2020, working within our ‘Build’ practice to deliver brand, advertising and creative agency selection projects.

Bringing with her five years’ of pitch consultancy and management experience, Rebecca really understands the modern marketing landscape. She brings a fresh perspective to the selection process, helping brands shape and drive the right agency partnerships for the future.

She also works closely with our community of agencies, advising them on how to stand-out in an ever changing, competitive market. 

Hannah Astill

Hannah Astill

Lead Consultant Media

Vonnie Alexander

Lead Consultant CRM/CX

Телефон: +44 (0) 20 7612 1200

Vonnie trained as a marketer at Europe's largest direct marketing agency WWAV, before moving client-side to Yves Rocher as Marketing Manager. Here she developed a new business concept to bring retail and mail order together which was adopted by the group board in Paris for the whole of Europe. She then returned to an agency as group account director at Carlson and then most recently Bates-owned 141 where she ran the agency's largest integrated account.
Vonnie has extensive experience of running and launching marketing programmes for clients including Tesco, Halifax and Marks and Spencer - as well as experience in retail, fundraising and public services.

Andrew  Bloch

Andrew Bloch

Lead Consultant, PR

Andrew partnered with AAR to lead our PR practice in October 2020.

In May 2020, Andrew stepped down from his day-to-day role as managing partner of Frank, the PR agency he co-founded in 2000, to become a non-executive director. He is a board advisor to a number of high growth tech start-ups. He is an advisor to leading M&A company, PCB Partners. Plus, he has acted as official spokesperson and PR advisor to Lord Sugar for over 20 years, and has handled the PR for all The Apprentice winners and their companies since the show started in 2005.

With all this knowledge and experience, he will bring a fresh perspective to pitching in the PR space.

Andrew will also be a key member of the brains trust within AAR to help brands design the right solutions to deliver against evolving their marketing needs. 

Meg Colborne

Meg Colborne

Associate Consultant

Meg joined the AAR team in February 2021 as Junior Business Manager, supporting the team across all our consultancy practices.

Meg also assists in delivering our marketing and new business strategy as well as helping to bring AAR events to life. 

Kate Donaldson

Kate Donaldson

Business Manager

Kate joined the AAR team in September 2015 with over 15 years’ experience as a PA/Operations Manager based in the luxury travel sector.

Kate’s primary focus is working alongside our consultants across organisational design and pitch management projects. 

Kirsty Boyd

Kirsty Boyd

Business Manager

Vicky  Gillan

Vicky Gillan

Lead Consultant

Телефон: 020 7612 1200

Vicky joined AAR in 2007 and leads all of AAR’s relationship and working practices consultancy and training programmes.

She works with marketing teams and their agency partners across all disciplines, helping them to soundly embed their relationships, assess how well they are working together and build processes and skills that make their marketing output better and more efficient.

Vicky brings a wealth of experience and expertise from over 20 years as a senior marketer working in a variety of sectors including FMCG (Procter & Gamble), media (emap) and financial services (Barclays).

Her recent projects include helping the BBC to deliver greater levels of creativity in their marketing communications and training 120 marketers across eight business units at The Co-operative Group in how to get the most out of their agency partnerships. 

Kerry Glazer

Kerry Glazer

Chair

Телефон: +44 207 612 1200

Kerry’s communications industry career spans three decades and she is one of the industry’s most prominent figures.

Her career includes spells at JWT, WCRS, Limbo (BBH) and Kendall Tarrant (now The Talent Business). She joined AAR as Commercial Director in 1999, was promoted to Managing Director in 2000, and CEO in 2006, and has recently moved to the role of Executive Chair of AAR, having handed the reins of company leadership to Victoria Fox.

Kerry’s passion and focus at AAR has always been best practice in client:agency relationships, pioneering the development of tools and consultancy to help the two parties work more effectively together.

She is a member of numerous industry bodies and groups; Kerry is the current NABS President, a member and Past President of WACL, and member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply Specialist Knowledge Group for Marketing, the Marketing Society, and Direct Marketing Society. Kerry is also Chair of timeTo, the initiative to end sexual harassment in the advertising and marketing industry. 

Rory Jenkins

Junior Business Manager

Martin Jones

Martin Jones

Counsel

Телефон: 44 (0)20 7612 1200

Martin joined J. Walter Thompson in 1985, initially working in the agency’s Information Centre. He joined the New Business Department a year later and worked his way up, ultimately becoming New Business Director in 1991.

He left JWT in 1997 to join AAR as Managing Director and, over the last twenty two years, Martin has worked on over 850 pitches and seen more than 4,000 pitch presentations. He has assisted clients as diverse as John Lewis, Smart Energy, Alzheimer’s Society, Addison Lee, KFC and Halfords advising them on the most appropriate agencies for their needs and working with them throughout the pitch process.

Martin works with agencies advising them on their new business efforts and leads AAR’s Business Development Apprenticeship, helping those who are new to new business to build their skills and experience. 

Katrina Law

Katrina Law

Business Manager

Katrina joined AAR at the start of the millennium from a retail administration background in a project management role. Over the past two decades, Kat has provided logistical and organisational support to countless clients looking to review their agency arrangements or to maximise performance from existing relationships.

Kat manages all AAR Events for both brand owners and agencies, including our popular Seminar programme and our highly successful Business Development Apprenticeship. She is also responsible for ensuring our Agency Christmas Party goes with a bang each December, so any complaints about the wine or canapés should go to Kat!

In addition, Kat is also our brand guardian, ensuring AAR’s bold visual identity is spot on across all touch points and that our collective tone of voice is reflective of our brand ethos, personality and values.

Finally, Kat is responsible for the delivery of all marketing communications, including all AAR product collateral, surveys, research papers, our annual magazine, Pulse, and our weekly newsletter for marketers, Vantage. Kat looks after our social media accounts and our website, as well as working closely alongside Robin Charney to deliver and market AAR’s very own podcast, Fightback. 

Emma Regan

Project Manager

Tony Spong

Tony Spong

Lead Consultant

Телефон: 020 7612 1200

Tony joined AAR in 2007 having previously worked for over 25 years client and agency side. With an in-depth understanding of marketing and marketing communications he consults on a wide range of topics, from innovation and brand strategy to customer experience and design. He is able to put vital context around brand challenges and provides vital insights to help agencies compete more effectively.

He also runs the agency seminar programme ensuring it stays fresh and relevant to the shifting sands of our industry. He has judged many awards over the years and supported various trade bodies. Most recently he was invited to sit on the DMA Creative Committee in 2017.