committee

The APG committee has gone through some re-organisation.  There are now five committee members, each responsible for one of our key areas: Communications; APG Awards; Training; Events; Stimulus and New Thinking; and Finance.  They are supported and advised by a wider group, drawn from previous committee members.  In addition, for each area of endeavour, various APG members give valuable assistance with the practicalities of getting things organised.  Committee members and helpers are all volunteers, and there's always the opportunity for APG members to offer their time and talents to help make what we do more successful.   Contact us if you'd like to help -- it needn't ncessarily involve a huge time commitment.  mail@apg.org.uk Malcolm White, APG Chair

Malcolm White, Founder of krow, is the Chair of the APG and looks after Communications malcolmwhite@krowcommunications.com

Richard Huntington, Head of Planning, United London ~ Before joining HHCL in 1997 Richard put in time at both AMV.BBDO and BHWG. Over the years he has made rodeo sexy, produced food porn for Diet Tango, helped men confront their fear of the phone and made Iceland the most opinionated supermarket in Britain. Richard has his last Tango ad banned for encouraging bullying, oops!   richardh@hhclunited.com Looks after APG Awards.

Vanella Jackson, Chief Executive of Hall and Partners Europe  ~ Vanella began her career at Hedger Mitchell Stark in 1981. Followed by Y&R, BBH and Woollams Moira working on accounts such as Heinz, Sony &Asda. In 1989 she set up her own planning consultancy specialising in communications before returning to advertising in 1994 as JWT's european planning director. She joined AMV BBDO in May 1998 and moved to Bates UK in 2002.   v.jackson@hall-and-partners.co.uk    Manages APG Training.

Russ Lidstone, Russ Lidstone, Chief Strategic Officer, Euro RSCG London  ~ After working for Coca-Cola as an ethnographic researcher specialising in the youth market, Russ started his career in advertising at McCann-Erickson, and has since traversed the hills of planning at BDDH, HHCL, before taking Head of Planning roles at Lowe and JWT. Russ joined Euro RSCG as Managing Partner and Chief Strategic Officer in 2006  russ.lidstone@eurorscg.com    APG Events and Evening Meetings

Matt Willifer  Planning Director, M&C Saatchi  matt.willifer@mcsaatchi.com    APG Treasurer