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Executive Management TeamExecutive Management TeamPiers Pottinger, aged 55(For biographical details see page 32)Christopher Satterthwaite, aged 52(For biographical details see page 32)Mark Smith, aged 53(For biographical details see page 32)34 Chime Communications plcAdrian Coleman, aged 45Adrian Coleman is one of the foundingpartners of VCCP, which was launched inJanuary 2002. Since joining Chime, Adriannow heads up the Advertising and MarketingServices Division, which includes VCCP, VCCPDigital, VCCP Search, VCCP Blue, BMT andSFW. Prior to this he was Chief Executive ofthe AMD Group (Chime-owned) where heoversaw the media group, responsible forpublishing, design and online, as well asadvertising. Before joining AMD, Adrianwas a partner at HHCL & Partners, a directorof IMP and he started his career working forExxon on the client side. Overall, he has abroad understanding of the marketing mixthrough his previous experience.Viki Cooke, aged 54Following a successful career in advertising,communications and planning, Viki is now jointchair of Chime’s Research and EngagementDivision. Viki has played a leading role indeveloping new thinking about the drivers ofcorporate reputation, the use of deliberativemethods to help shape policy and ways ofidentifying, understanding and engaging withhard-to-reach audiences ranging from thoseat risk of social exclusion to chief executives.Viki is also a Trustee of Global Action Plan andChanging Faces and is a member of WarwickUniversity Council.Sue Farr, aged 53Sue Farr has been a member of theManagement Team of Chime since 2003 andis currently leading Chime’s strategic andbusiness development programme. Prior toChime she was European Managing Directorof Golin/Harris, an IPG-owned public relationsgroup, where she ran several businessesacross Europe. Most of Sue’s client-sidecareer has been spent in broadcasting, firstlyas Director of Corporate Communications forThames Television plc (1990-1993), whichsaw her launch UK Gold, and subsequently asDirector of Marketing for the BBC (1993-2000),where she was responsible for marketingstrategy, planning and implementation acrossall the BBC’s public service brands.Sue is a Trustee of Historic Royal Palaces,Non-Executive Director at Motivcom and adirector of The Marketing Society since 1984,she was the first woman Chair in 1991 – 1992.She was a non-executive director of NewLook plc from 1994 until 1996. She wasChairman of The Marketing Group of GreatBritain in 1999 – 2001. She was voted theAdvertising Woman of the Year in 1997, aWACL Woman of Achievement in 1998 andawarded The Marketing Society ‘Grand Prix’in 1998.Jim Glover, aged 43Jim has worked in the sports marketingindustry for over 16 years. After beginning atIMG specialising in golf clients, Jim joined USbasedgolf management company CornerstoneSports, managing the European office. In 1994he set up Lighthouse Communications, one ofthe first independent agencies to offer thecorporate world independent, impartial adviceon sponsorship. Over the next ten years,Jim built the company into one of the leadingand most respected independent consultingagencies in Europe, responsible for creatingsuccessful sponsorship programmes forHeineken International, GlaxoSmithKline, MMCand Ford. In December 2005, he oversaw thesuccessful acquisition of Lighthouse by leadingsports marketing agency Fast Track and wasasked to join the merged company asManaging Director with responsibility for theclient-facing elements of the business.