Our Team
We work as a Flock and celebrate our diversity of experience, style, and personality. Our ways of working are inclusive bringing the best from our experienced team.
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Simon Francis
Executive Chairperson / Co CEO
Simon has extensive experience of marketing transformation through integrated and effective marketing and communications. He has run Creative, Media, Digital & Digital Media, Branded Content, Econometric & Poster buying companies, having been CEO, EMEA for Saatchi & Saatchi, and Aegis Media, MD EMEA for OMD. He has also held senior positions at Leo Burnett, MindShare and ZenithOptimedia.
Simon has enjoyed working towards transforming a number of World Class companies and brands such as Diageo, Carlsberg, Heineken, Adidas, Nike, Sony Electronics, Mobile, Music & Pictures, IBM, Apple, HSBC, Toyota, Kia, PSA, Bridgestone, Pepsi, Coca Cola, Sara Lee, Beiersdorf, Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline, Unilever, P&G, T-Mobile, Vodafone and Emirates to name a few.
He has won IPA Effectiveness Awards as well as Cannes Lions, M&M Global, Media Week and Campaign Creative and Media Awards for clients such as Nike, Sony and Sony Pictures etc. Whilst in charge of the creative offering at OMD, the agency won most awarded network of the year for five straight years at Cannes, was either M&M Global or Campaign Network of the year for each of the five years, and whilst at Saatchi & Saatchi the agency became the first and only agency ever awarded in every single award category from Titanium & Integrated, through to Promotions, PR and Media.
When he is not helping clients Simon can be found fishing, shooting or ferrying his two young daughters around the West Sussex countryside.
John Partridge
Marketing Consultant
John began his career at Dorland Advertising as Media Planner/Buyer in 1979, spending 13 years in full service Agencies with the last 8 years at McCann Erickson as a Media Group Director on the board of the Agency working on accounts Black & Decker, Esso, NS&I, Cathay Pacific and Martini.
He then joined the Sales Department of Sky Television. At Sky he was responsible for a Sales Group selling to major media buying agencies and managing the sales for the launch of Nickelodeon – a joint venture between Sky and Viacom. That role developed into acting as the Commercial Director for Nickelodeon.
In mid 1995 he was appointed as the launch Deputy Managing Director of the Paramount Comedy Channel (now Comedy Central), he was made MD in April 1996. He managed all aspects of the channel for the first six years of its existence and led the team that launched and managed Paramount Comedy Espana achieving profitability for both channels during his tenure.
After spending a year on gardening leave, i.e. fishing all over the world, he was engaged as a consultant to set up an online gambling operation for Harrah’s Entertainment.
Since that time he has consulted for major media companies and advertisers in the UK and Europe. Media companies such as Viacom, News International and IPC Media (Time Inc.) and advertisers such as Unilever, Associated British Foods, Eurostar and IKEA helping with such things as structure, system builds, transformation and pitch management.
When not at work enjoys being tormented by Everton, Somerset and Bath, fly fishing and French builders.
Florian Voigt
Principal Consultant
Florian is a results-driven marketer with a track record in managing and leading complex client organisations, delivering award-winning work and directing fully integrated campaigns for international clients such as Jaguar, Toyota, Audi, O2, Pernod Ricard, Nestlé.
He started his career more than 18 years ago in Frankfurt/Germany and moved to London in 2008 where he started working at Saatchi&Saatchi London, helping the agency to transform the Toyota Europe account. During his time there he was responsible for changing the agency processes to deliver a fully integrated approach by introducing digital and social into Toyota’s Pan-European marketing mix. In his role he was responsible for running pitches for launch campaigns within Saatchis European network, overseeing strategy, creative development and production – in true Germanic style, he managed to significantly increase production efficiencies for Toyota in Europe. He successfully managed Toyota’s image crisis in 2010, when Toyota was in the news for recalling over 2.3million vehicles worldwide. In his latest role he managed the relaunch of the Jaguar brand, reigniting global market growth by leading integrated campaigns.
At Flock he led marketing transformation projects for clients such as Campbells US, McDonald’s US, Britvic, Mondelēz Europe, Honda Europe, Toyota Europe and is the lead consultant for Marketing Operations. He is a passionate Eintracht Frankfurt supporter and adopted Arsenal as his surrogate team – he occasionally wonders if that was a good decision or not. In his free time he can be found jumping into muddy puddles, either with his 5 year old son or at the Regent’s Park football pitch.
John Whelan
Chief Finance Officer
John holds a BA in Accountancy and Financial Management gained from Sheffield University in 1982. He qualified as a Chartered Management Accountant in 1985.
John owned his own accountancy practice for over 30 years, focussing on businesses that needed professional financial assistance to help them develop and grow their business. He has a proven record of working with growing companies. The clients were from a variety of sectors including private equity, venture capital, an online travel agency, a film production company, an optical manufacturer, advertising agencies, an online publisher and empathy consultancy.
John has been married for 30 years, is a qualified cricket umpire, a Samaritan volunteer for 20 years and a volunteer with Sussex Police Search Team. He also loves all things Irish!
Maarten Albarda
Senior Consultant
Tim Letheren
Marketing Consultant
Katie Elsey
EMEA Regional Lead
Katie is a Junior Consultant at Flock, working with our Consultancy team to transform the way our clients deliver their marketing operations and outputs.
Prior to joining Flock, Katie worked in a variety of marketing and communications environments across a number of sectors in design and branding agencies and most recently as a Consultant for Oystercatchers.
Katie is passionate about delivering practical, game changing pieces of consultancy and has previously delivered marketing excellence programmes for brands such as GVC, EY and Boden.
Katie is also a volunteer programme manager for the Be Awesome Night School, an organisation which provides affordable training to women in creative industries.
Estigia Cruz
Client Account Manager
Estigia graduated from New York State University at Oswego with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and has a Graphic Design certificate from Baruch College.
Prior to joining Flock, Estigia began her career at The Leading Hotels of the World, a collection of over 400 luxury hotels. In her role, she managed the office of the CMO and VP of Digital Product Development & Marketing. She led several projects, such as digital design products, supporting B2B and B2C marketing strategy, planning and supporting the execution of brand events, including event communications, creation and design of presentations and materials.
When not at the office she is traveling and experiencing new destinations and cultures. She also loves spending time with friends and family, is a savvy dancer, ice cream lover, fluent in Spanish and enjoys perfecting cooking recipes.
Aysha Haynes
Co CEO
Aysha has over 10 years’ of experience working in Operations and managing large, cross-functional projects across all departments both within the public and private sector.
She has a natural ability to nurture & coach, a personality trait that presents itself in all roles that she undertakes. Aysha is passionate about helping and supporting people through their career and currently provide coaching and mentoring to aspiring leaders and graduates in successfully developing their career pathways.
Aysha is recognised as an industry expert in driving performance excellence through people and managing change effectively in environments of rapid growth. She regularly speaks at HR events, workshops and conferences including the industry recognised CIPD professional body for HR and people development.
Outside of work Aysha loves to cook at home, as well as eating out. She is currently researching and developing the production of her own cooking and dining experience book. She also loves to dance a lot…and where possible she enjoys travelling…mainly to hot countries.
Nicole Afflick
Associate Consultant
Nicole has been working in the marketing industry for 6 years, and has spent the past 3 years managing global projects across a variety of industries.
Over the past few years, Nicole has developed a skill for facilitating and enhancing client-agency relationships, shown in the running of global pitches and managing multi-agency 360 appraisals. She has managed some of Flock’s great clients including Toyota, Philips Domestic Appliances, Danone, Pandora and many more.
Nicole loves spending time visiting galleries, eating at lovely restaurants and wandering round a good Sunday market finding local gems.
Bonnie Chu
Principal Consultant
Bonnie brings over 20 years of agency-side and startup experience in integrated marketing building fortune 500 brands, deep in in digital including: online advertising, social media, mobile, branded
content, and e-commerce. She’s held senior leadership roles at leading agencies such as AKQA, Code & Theory, DDB, and McCann. Experience in planning, executing, and analyzing complex marketing programs from $5k to $50MM in NA, EMEA, and APAC, for brands such as Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, L’Oreal, JP Morgan Chase, Vogue, and British Airways.Bonnie has also spent 7 years as a growth advisor consulting with small businesses and startups on business development, user acquisition/retention, brand strategy, and content production.During off hours, Bonnie looks to maintain her 27 year snowboarding streak and grows 58 types of vegetables, fruits, and houseplant on her NYC fire escape garden.
Kemi Bowley
Growth & Partnerships Manager
A multi skilled events manager and sales consultant, with a variety of skills and experience and a demonstrated aptitude for problem solving, building relationships, budget management, and supply chain management
15+ years in Event management, sales, strategic account management , project work and supply chain management Responsible for supporting the day to day running projects and communication, event management and finance support
Over 20 years Business Development and Sales experience including Account and Relationship Management, B2B, B2C, face to face and direct sales. Highly acclaimed for cultivating lasting, mutually beneficial business relationships. Personable, yet results focused. Target driven while being approachable, constantly striving to maximise potential sales and bringing on new business.
Jack Prior
Product Manager
The vast majority of my career has been spent in the automotive industry, where I utilised and developed my extensive project/product management skills in order to delivery bespoke and high production products. I have experience managing a team of developers who were responsible for implementing changes to a range of automotive products. High level stakeholder management was key to managing these tasks, as well as the ability to translate technical detail into visual representation, KPIs and detail success planning.
I am a highly social person and in my free time I enjoy listening to music and going to gigs. I am also a self-confessed “tech nerd” and enjoy designing and building products using my 3D printer.
Gerard Ward
Marketing Consultant
Gerard is a global content expert with a deep understanding of marketing, advertising, and multi-channel content creation. A strategic thinker he’s worked with some of the world’s best brands, and agencies including Saatchi, Ogilvy, JWT and Tag. He works closely with clients helping them realise their ambitions by building bespoke global content models tailored to their immediate and future needs. Whether restructuring creative departments, launching content studios, or building and running the USA region for the world’s biggest content agency, Gerard builds networks that are dynamic and scalable, with clear process and governance: built to deliver great creative thinking, sustainable growth, and improved ROI.
Chris Pointon
Product & Tech Consultant
An internet entrepreneur and technologist, Chris has worked in areas including mobile and desktop apps for major brands, massively multiplayer games, and social media management systems.
He has been technical co-founder of six companies. Two exited, two are still operating, and two were “learning experiences”.
Chris has a BEng in Computer & Electronic Engineering and is a Fellow of the RSA.
Guy Abrahams
Marketing Consultant
With over 30 years in strategy roles in creative and media agencies, I was most recently at Zenith as Global Strategy Lead on pitches and key clients. As a strategy lead was responsible for devising and deploying new media operation models reflecting the changing digital landscape to ensure global strategy was translated into better local execution. As an industry thought leader, I have also spoken at client and industry conferences locally and globally including Eurobest, Dubai Lynx, Cannes Festival of Creativity, DMEXCO and the IAA World Kremlin Congress in addition to judging numerous awards including Festival of Media Awards, M&M Awards, Global & UK Effies. Once ranked top 10 Best Media Thinkers by Campaign UK, I am known as a multi award winner with a reputation as an effective creative thinker and the founder of the London Vermouth Company.
Khia Pryce
Operations Executive
Khia began her journey with Flock as an Intern, supporting on delivering a range of global projects, from retail brands to FMCG brands, along with creative outputs in design and copywriting.
Khia now leads Flock’s internal D&I initiatives, driving Flock’s recruitment process, and managing internal and external stakeholders.
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Iain Lewis
Client Account Manager
Iain is a recent graduate from Exeter University where he studied joint honours in Economics and Philosophy. His undergraduate degree gave him knowledge and skills in business and quantitative aspects, as well as, articulation skills both written and spoken.
He is a marketing executive at Flock and is loving the nature of the work as it provides him with exposure to fantastic clients and stimulating work where he can use his skills and learn many more!
For client projects Iain performs project management, industry research, data analysis, and deck creation. His main focus has been on project managing global pitch processes and marketing operations processes & model audit and recommendations.
In his free time he enjoys running, watching Liverpool play football, and sampling the bars and restaurants around London!
Halima Kalim
Marketing Lead
Halima is the Marketing Lead at Flock, leading the strategy for our global marketing and communications.
Halima enjoys developing content that connects and finds common ground with our key audiences. She also has a keen interest in design and visual story-telling. She has previous experience working with clients to transform their marketing, including brands such as Shell, Asda and Nomad. Recently. Halima also has experience in CRM working with clients in the luxury hospitality industry to deliver email, social and loyalty campaigns using a single customer view.
Lucy Scudder
Insights & Data Analytics Lead
Lucy’s focus is on data analytics and she works across a range of consultancy projects at Flock, including procurement, pitch management, marketing capabilities and performance assessments. With previous Flock clients including Mazda, McCormick, ASDA Walmart, Travelopia, Duracell and more.
Prior to Flock Lucy worked in marketing and agency environments, most recently leading analytics for a media agency where she drove a successful data and analytics practice working with pharmaceutical clients including GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, Sanofi, Reckitt Benckiser, Lilly and Actelion.
Danielle Cutler
Client Account Manager
Danielle graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2019, studying Communication and Media with English Lit. Before joining Flock she worked in an in-house marketing team for a B2B conference production company, as well as trying her hand at HR.
During her time at Flock Danielle has developed her project management and client relationship skills, working on projects for Danone, Nomad Foods, Pandora and Colgate Palmolive.
Alongside this, she is creative at heart. She led her university’s design and marketing team for the on-campus magazine, danced competitively for 8 years as well as currently running a small Instagram-based business doing line drawings.
Nick Bonney
Senior Consultant
Nick started Deep Blue Thinking in 2018, having previously led ABA Research as Managing Director.
Nick has over 25 years experience in the research industry and brings a unique client side perspective having led the insight function at Orange, M&S, EE and The National Lottery. Nick was made a Fellow of the Market Research Society in 2018.
Deep Blue Thinking have just been nominated for the MRS Independent Consultant Award for the second time in three years.
Ifeanyi Lefeuvre
Project Manager
I am a young graduate from McGill University in Canada where I obtained a bachelor’s degree with a double major in International Development, Sociology as well as a minor in Economics.
I have experience in Marketing, Sales and Project management acquired in the UK, France and Canada.
Having a multicultural background (Nigerian, Senegalese, French and English) has facilitated my understanding and discernment of people’s diverse perspectives. I believe this cultural diversity is why I love to travel so much and what over the years has allowed me to adapt to new environments so comfortably.
In my spare time I have been known to shop till I drop but that was a past life haha! But now I enjoy the simple things in life like a cheeky glass of Pinot Grigio.
Lisa Lucas
Media Consultant
Lisa has worked in strategic marketing and media in the commercial and non-profit sectors across local and global roles in the US, UK and the Netherlands.
With a background in marketing and content development, she’s led client teams across media strategy, planning and buying and worked on various brand global transformation projects agency-side. Experienced with econometrics, digital strategy, digital in-housing, partnerships and global governance, she’s passionate about effective, purpose-led marketing that is outcome focused.
Kristina Huddart
Consultant
Kristina Huddart is an independent DAM consultant who helps brands and cultural heritage organizations to find, implement and make the most of their digital asset management (DAM) practices.
Kristina has over 9 years of experience in the DAM industry working on the client-side across industries including finance, startup, charity, cultural heritage, energy, retail and eCommerce, and events sectors. Kristina is also a thought leader, author, speaker and educator.
Kristina specialises in building strong, successful DAM operations with the right combination of people, process, data, and technology. She provides services to organizations including:
– selecting and implementing DAM systems
– building DAM practices including metadata and taxonomy design, governance structures, data migration, and more
– leading change management and user adoption of DAM and surrounding Marketing Technologies
– supporting companies with evaluating and optimizing their existing DAM operations
Claire Walters
Consultant
Claire is a highly motivated senior leader in Media and Sourcing with significant Agency and FMCG experience. A change maker who has a breadth of commercial and operational experience working for 11 years within Agency Networks followed by 11 years at Mondelez delivering Responsible Marketing Procurement, Ecosystem Management and Marketing Transformation.
Some recent career highlights include Global Agency, Owners and MarTech roadmap design & management; Global Pitch Governance and Contracting; Media Performance model evolution & implementation and design and build of a data solution for an in-house digital media team
Matthew Blay
Marketing Consultant
Matthew is an accomplished strategist, problem-solver, and analytical digital marketing expert with 20+ years of progressive experience in providing integrated business and marketing solutions to diverse clients.
He has a proven track record of driving business growth and innovation using technology.
A strategic thinker with a keen eye for emerging trends and technologies, and a proven ability to drive change and transformation.
With experience in both international digital sales and partnerships, he can also bring a commercial perspective to deliver value for clients.
Matthew lives in South-East London and tries his best to enjoy a round of golf at weekends.
Adrey Low
Consultant
Adrey has more than 25 years of experience in the brand strategy and communications business. She spent the large part of her career working for BBH, leading and managing some of their biggest regional/global businesses like Johnnie Walker, Unilever, Coke, Levis, Singapore Tourism Board and many more.
She spent the last 10 years running her own strategic consultancy.
Over the course of her career Adrey had worked on a broad range of comms & strategic projects, from helping start-ups write their brand and marketing plans, to brand refreshment exercises for big corporations to creating and executing regional and global marketing and brand campaigns.
Adrey lives in Singapore with her husband and son. Her non-work pursuits tend to centre around art, cooking, and anything green, assuming she ever gets a moment to herself.
Allen Singer
Consultant
Allen uses his decades of experience in operations, specializing in helping large organizations adapt and transform their operations and strategy that span marketing, media agency, creative agency, and publishers.
Allen’s expertise with numbers and process are a long way from his start as an Art Director. That road included stints as EVP Director of Operations at Grey Healthcare Group, SVP Director of Operations at Zenith Media, and 4 lead operations roles at three different holding companies. In industries like pharma, adtech, medical devices, banking, and telecommunications for world class companies and brands, Verizon, Chase, Sonic, Darden, Pfizer, GSK, Integral AdScience.
Allen explored his deep understanding of the intersection between agencies, brands, and vendors, developing operating models that ease the messiness of the marketing ecosystem while enabling teams to create their magic. He holds credentials like Certified Scrum Master (SCM), Certified Product Owner, and Certified SAFe Agilist
Allen still carries the curiosity and creativity that launched his agency career as a creative. From his experiences cycling through Italy, as an exhibited photographer, and through work in South Africa building a Habitat for Humanity home, Allen shows the power of an unconventional thinker.
Jill Benedict
Senior Consultant
Jill is a seasoned marketing practitioner and operator, known as a catalyst for transforming brands and businesses. With 25+ years of extensive global agency and corporate leadership expertise in B2B, B2C and DTC across 30+ industries, as well as time running a marketing technology company, she has become a trusted resource and advisor to some of the world’s most respected global brands and coveted start-ups.
Jill has worked within companies such as Diageo, PepsiCo, the NBA and The Corcoran Group, as well as for agencies and consultancies such as JWT, Publicis, Interbrand, and Siegel+Gale, and Faith Popcorn’s BrainReserve.
She is laser-focused on improving operations for her clients, so they can focus on customer experience and growth.
Peter Grossman
US Regional Lead
Peter is an accomplished, versatile, growth – oriented executive with extensive experience in brand building, digital strategy and innovation. He has led and grown two NY creative agencies. He has partnered with hundreds of global brands across numerous categories and channels to optimize customer experiences and unlock business growth through creativity.
Peter is known as a builder of teams and culture and an entrepreneurial thinker with best-in-class experience. At the same time, he is solidly grounded in delivering the kind of results expected from a marketing practitioner.
Veska Uzunova
Global People & Culture Lead
Veska is a business psychologist, experienced facilitator, and mentor with 11 years in the HR profession, carrying out global cultural change initiatives aimed at improving employee experience and organisational effectiveness. She specialises in coaching, staff wellbeing and leadership development with global clients from the media, tech, food & beverages industries. Veska has two psychology degrees and is a member of the Institute of Leadership and Management & the CIPD.
Veska is passionate about gender equality, cultural diversity and creating an inclusive and equitable workplace that fuels innovative thinking. She has designed and delivered successful global Diversity & Inclusion strategies & campaigns for small and large organisations, spanning across relevant people policies to creating ‘safe spaces’ for everyone at work. She is a certified Professional Behaviour (DISC) Analyst (CPBA) and Mental Health First Aider.
Claire Perkins
Consultant
With experience spanning multiple sectors including retail, finance and Pharma, Claire has delivered for partners such as Bayer, Takeda, MSD, AstraZeneca, AkzoNobel, Philips, Morrisons. Having spent most of her career leading multifunctional agency teams in the space of creative, content, digital and CRM, her approach is user-centric and data led.
In the last 10 years she has driven major transformation programmes in digital communications, leading programmes of change across global client teams, translating the complicated to action-orientated plans.
Key projects include: Global digital transformation of Akzonobel digital footprint; MSD Omnichannel planning readiness and capability development; PayPal web optimisation programme; and Takeda global patient app and web platform.
Global experience: UK based – International clients predominantly EU, some US and some Asia
Vivian Kaufman
Account Executive
Vivian is Customer and results driven marketing professional with experience in maintaining client relationships, user experience, digital marketing, media insights, and project management. Skilled at building cross-functional relationships and managing multiple stakeholders. Demonstrated success in building trusted partnerships with clients by delivering actionable insights reports. Proactive and committed to driving growth and achieving client satisfaction. Strong analytical skills with proven abilities to derive insights from data and tell a story. Passionate about exceeding targets and delivering unforgettable customer experiences in fast-paced environments
Sydney Hayes
Account Executive
With a dual background in Marketing and English, complemented by a Master’s in Global Marketing Management, I had my professional start at the cross-industry digital marketing agency 829 Studios. There, I honed my skills in blending creativity and strategy to craft impactful campaigns, serving local non-profits and international travel organizations alike.
Before joining the dynamic team at Flock, my path led me from blogging about transcreation and localization content during an internship in London to spearheading Patient Access scheduling, registration, and marketing solutions as a Project Manager at healthcare software corporation Epic Systems.
Beyond the professional realm, I’m passionate about nurturing my love for English literature through avid reading and freelancing as a developmental editor since 2017, where I’ve worked on a diverse range of projects including podcasts, scripts, novels, and short stories.
Soundarya Chintapatla
Account Executive
A Master’s graduate focused on Marketing and Strategy from Warwick Business School, I possess a dynamic blend of creativity and strategic acumen. During my professional stint, I have fueled the growth of over 15+ brands across diverse sectors from Luxury Hospitality to FMCG. To throw some light on my personality, I am known to be a person with the sunniest disposition with an insatiable curiosity to explore the world. Whether I’m exploring new destinations, whipping up delectable treats in the kitchen, or getting lost in a canvas, I thrive on embracing life’s rich tapestry of experiences. As a part-time artist and full-time food enthusiast, I find joy in the intricacies of the art of life. With an optimistic outlook, I am always up for new adventures and make meaningful contributions in everything I do.
Tracy Molyneux
Financial Controller
I am a qualified accountant with over 20 years experience of working in audit and finance teams.
Having moved into industry in 2002 I have gained extensive experience of running finance teams and ensuring accurate and complete financial data is recorded and reported to key stakeholders. I enjoy explaining financial matters in non-financial terms to people elsewhere in a business.
I enjoy being busy and having lots of different tasks on the go at any one time.
In my spare time I represent Bedfordshire at badminton and my husband & I have two teenage children who I taxi everywhere!
Kirsty Whittaker
Account Executive
I graduated from the University of Plymouth with an Events Management degree . I have over 7 years’ experience working across various industries including television and healthcare. During this time I’ve developed key skills in project management and relationship building which has enabled me to confidently manage events with thousands of people.
Before joining Flock, I worked as an Events Manager for a media charity where I project managed a diverse range of events from panel discussions to prestigious award ceremonies.
In my free time I enjoy high energy spin classes, playing tennis, reading in the garden, and discovering new food and drink spots around London with my friends.
Naseeka Busawon
Operations Executive
Naseeka has extensive experience in operations, working for a plethora of retail brands over the last 10+ years. Naseeka enjoys reading, travelling, art, wondering around museums and discovering new exhibitions. Naseeka is a big film fan and she loves finding new and exciting restaurants in London.
Cormac Loughran
Global Sales Lead
Cormac is an experienced Senior Board professional (Marketing Director / CMO /Business Development Director) in global blue-chip corporates (incl, HMV, Kingfisher, Dentsu, Ebiquity and Publicis) and PE/VC backed businesses. Cormac has been fortunate to work with a number of high profile brands during this time including Volkswagen Audi Group, British Airways, Nestle, Unilever, Stellantis, Samsung, Microsoft and Amazon.
Cormac is a proud father to Peony and Lily and a keen cyclist.