KEY STAFF

Tim Allnutt
Tim Allnutt
Partner - Media
Tim Allnutt runs CHI’s communication planning unit.

His department places creative communication thinking at the heart of the creative development process. It ensures that we bring an objective, ‘platform neutral’ view to the planning of communications, and as we’re part of the planning and creative team at CHI, we can ensure the creative idea is magnified effectively through all the right channels.

Prior to joining CHI&Partners, Tim was Planning Director of Initiative Media. Before that, he was a media board director of Western International Media, where he worked on General Motors, Tesco, and was also part of the team that worked with Lowe London on the COI/FSA ‘pensions miss-selling’ project.

Tim has also worked at BBH as a planner and started his agency life at Lowe Howard-Spink in the early 90’s.
Ewan Paterson
Ewan Paterson
Managing Partner - Creative
Spent five years at Y&R; writing campaigns for Pirelli, Colgate and Hush Puppies.

Had the good fortune to be offered a job by BMP. Spent six years writing campaigns for Volkswagen, London Transport, American Airlines, the Labour Party and Lego. Followed by three years as Joint Creative Director of the agency. Culminating in the Cannes Print Grand Prix and runner-up as Cannes Creative Agency of the Year 2004.

In 2004 joined BBH London as a Creative Director; looking after British Airways, Flora, Castlemaine XXXX and Boddingtons.

In 2005 became Executive Creative Director of CHI&Partners.
Neil Goodlad
Neil Goodlad
Managing Partner - Planning
Neil began his advertising career at Simons Palmer Denton Clemmow Johnson in 1996 as an account planner on Goldfish and Nike.

He joined Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe in 1999 and became a Planning Partner there in 2000.

A Campaign Face to Watch in 1997, they named him one of London’s 10 Hottest Planning Director’s three years later.  

He joined Clemmow Hornby Inge in March 2002 and in 2004 became Joint Managing Director.

Neil is also responsible for Account Planning at CHI and will ensure your time in Planning is spent working with his team to develop briefs, manage research and partake in Big Ideas Days’.
Nick Howarth
Nick Howarth
Managing Partner - Account Management
Nick joined Ogilvy & Mather as a graduate trainee in 1990 having graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. He worked on the agency’s Kraft, Golden Wonder and American Express Business.  Nick worked on the Amex testimonial campaign that featured Sir Terence Conran, Anita Roddick and Richard Branson.

In 1995 he joined HHCL and over the next ten years worked across a broad range of business including Britvic, Unilever, Mars, Guinness and BSkyB.  Notable campaigns that Nick worked on whilst at HHCL included Pot Noodle ‘Slag of all Snacks’, the launch of ‘Go’ the low cost airline and was responsible for Bird’s Eye bringing back ‘Captain Birdseye’.

Nick became Client Services Director in 1999, Managing Director in 2001and CEO in 2004 before joining CHI&Partners as a Managing Partner in 2005.
Sarah Gold
Sarah Gold
Managing Partner - Account Management
After graduating from Cambridge University with a degree in French & German, Sarah joined Lowe Howard Spink.  During her time there she helped develop famous and award winning campaigns for clients such as Heineken, UDV, Weetabix, Reebok and Olympus cameras.

Sarah was promoted to the Lowe Board and was the youngest member on that for several years.  She headed up the Agency's successful pitch for the Orange business which contributed to Lowe being made Agency of the Year in 2000. In January ‘01 she was promoted to New Business Director and in the November joined Clemmow Hornby Inge as their New Business Director.

In July 2003 Sarah was promoted to Managing Director and in July 2006 she was listed as one of Management Today’s top 35 UK women in business..
Warren Moore
Warren Moore
Founding Partner - Direct
Warren Moore started his career as an art director in GGT Advertising.  In 1996 he was appointed Executive Creative Director of Clarke Hooper.

From here he moved to AMV Group and was appointed to lead the creative department of their digital company - Traffic Interactive.

In 2001 he moved to Proximity London where he led a multi-discipline creative department of 70.  Here the team won over 40 industry creative awards under his leadership.

Warren is a founding partner of Hall Moore CHI, specialising in direct, digital and data.

Warren and Simon will be responsible for your time with their team working on taking Big Ideas through the line and producing response led communications
Simon Hall
Simon Hall
Founding Partner - Direct
Simon Hall Launched Barraclough Hall Woolston Gray in 1991.  In 1995 the agency was named Campaign’s direct agency of the year.

In 1999 the agency was acquired by Omnicom  which allowed Simon to broadened his skills through merging their sales promotion and digital offerings into Proximity London.

In 2001 Proximity Worldwide was launched and the company grew to over employ 2,200 people in 36 countries.  

In 2002 Simon was made Chairman of the IDM

Simon is a founding partner of Hall Moore CHI, specialising in direct, digital and data.

Simon and Warren will be responsible for your time with their team working on taking Big Ideas through the line and producing response led communications.
Charles Inge
Charles Inge
Founding Partner - Creative
A First at Oxford

Fifteen years at Lowe’s, rising to Creative Director in 1999

More than 60 gold and silver awards

Two consecutive Cannes Grand Prix (Independent TV 1999, Stella Artois press 2000) – the only creative to have won this twice

IPA Effectiveness Grand Prix (Tesco 2000)

Lowe Lintas awarded Campaign Agency Of The Year and Ad Age European

Agency Of The Year 2000, and British Television Agency Of The Year 2001

Johnny Hornby
Johnny Hornby
Founding Partner - Account Management
From Edinburgh University graduate to Ogilvy & Mather trainee

To CDP as Board Account Director in 1995, and a Face To Watch in Campaign

Responsible for Honda across Europe, as well as Panasonic, MGM, Early Learning Centre and JAL

From Client Services Director at CDP to Group Account Director at TBWA in 1998

Responsible for Nissan, Virgin, the COI, The Big Issue, Holsten, Absolut, Apple and Habitat

Joint Managing Director of TBWA in 2000, responsible for winning and running the campaign that saw Labour to a second landslide victory in 2001
Simon Clemmow
Simon Clemmow
Founding Partner - Planning
Postgraduate research at Reading University into graphic design  and communication effectiveness

Account Planner at GGT in 1983

Founder of Simons Palmer Denton Clemmow & Johnson in 1988

Executive Planning Director of TBWA GGT Simons Palmer following Omnicom’s acquisition of both GGT and Simons Palmer and merger of them with its TBWA Worldwide network in 1998

Chief Executive Officer of TBWA/London in 1999

One of ‘The Brainy Bunch’ – indeed, one of the ten ‘stars of the last decade’ –  according to Campaign in 2001