As Agency Founder, Martin sets and guides the overall business plan of the agency. But in addition he is actively involved in client relationships creating content strategies that create award-winning communications and marketing campaigns.

Prior to founding the agency in 1996, Martin was a journalist, working in local tabloid papers before moving to the Daily Express and then the Financial Times.

He is chairman of the Alumni Advisory Board for Cambridge University. Between 2008 and 2010 he sat on the main board of the PPA and was chairman of the customer publishing trade group, the Association of Publishing Agencies. Until the end of 2014 he was also a board member of the Content Marketing Association. These roles, combined with his work on accounts as diverse as EY, the RSA and Heineken, give him great insight into the world of marketing and communications.

He has a passion for all things digital and a pair of Google Glass can now be found accumulating dust in the bottom drawer of his desk.

Ben is an inspirational creative director, responsible for all the creative output at Wardour.

Like many at the agency, he started his career in the world of print, on titles for organisations as diverse as Nasdaq and Asda.

He now leads a close-knit team of designers whose output is truly multimedia. It spans everything from photography and illustrations to videos, infographics and animations. He guides them to deliver arresting work whatever the platform – from websites and apps to magazines, brochures and annual reports.

In his time at Wardour, Ben’s team has won a huge array of awards, ranging from internal comms gongs for best magazine and web campaign to the highly prestigious best corporate photo (of a man on fire) from the Association of Photographers.

Ben joined the agency in 2008, having had successful freelance experience at some of the most prestigious agencies in the UK, as well as an in-house career at Publicis.

Emma joined the account team in January 2014 and helps coordinate the activities of the account team as well as leading key projects herself.  She has particular expertise in the translation of projects from the mass market to the personal. In 2014, she led the programme to build the personalised content platform for EY, called myEY. In addition, Emma runs the consultancy offering at Wardour, working with consultants in a range of expertise areas to deliver strategic insight to our clients at all levels. This runs alongside her responsibilities for planning and research.  Emma joined Wardour from the networking business Editorial Intelligence, where she was managing director, looking after the day-to-day operations of the business, new business development and clients such as Vodafone, Barclays, the John Lewis Partnership, ICAP and Tata Consultancy Services.

Julian has a wealth of experience working on multi-channel branding and communication campaigns. He understands the commercial value of giving brands purpose and how to create a robust and unique brand identity for a business.

A skilled strategist and project planner; he is adept at working with senior stakeholders to manage corporate and cultural transformation. Always able to work as an extension of our clients’ teams he can drive complex comms and employer brand projects across multiple locations, focused on big-picture strategy.

He has worked for a range of clients, including: Arup, Barclays, British Airways, Charles Taylor, Renewi and Morrisons.

Jeannine is a multi-dimensional finance director who keeps the company on the straight and narrow. ACCA-qualified, she brings a wealth of agency and media experience to the team, having cut her teeth at WPP and WARC.

Since joining in 2019 she has helped Wardour make sense of the month financials at the board as well as guiding the client services teams on their forecasts and billings.

Outside of work she loves music and the delights of bringing up an energetic and wonderfully noisy son.

Tim is an experienced editor and project manager who spent a decade as a writer and editor on consumer magazines before moving into content marketing 20 years ago.

Since then, he has worked with a range of blue-chip clients, including ITV, HSBC, Vodafone, Barclays, Sky and Manchester United, on everything from magazines and books to websites, ezines, videos and apps. Highlights of his time at Wardour include editing a magazine for Gemalto that was voted International B2B Magazine of the Year at the CMA Awards for an unprecedented five years in a row, and working on a huge range of projects for EY.

As Content Director, he leads a team of 10 content creators and works on editorial and consultancy projects for a range of clients in the financial and professional services sector.