Tim Pile

Executive Chairman

About Tim

Leads the strategic direction of Cogent. Joined in 2006 with a career spanning both Client and Agency side.

CEO of Sainsbury's Bank and a member of the Sainsbury's operating board. Retail Director of Alliance & Leicester. Marketing Director of Lloyds TSB. MD of Dewe Rogerson and Deputy MD of DMBB. A non-executive Director of Cancer Research UK for 6 years.

Tim is currently a Non Executive Director of Marshall's, Vice President of Greater Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, Trustee of the Library of Birmingham Project and a Senior Fellow of Birmingham Business School.

People

Cogent prides itself on its fantastic mix of people. Experienced client side marketers work alongside true agency strategists.

  • Alan GilmourHead of Strategy
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    Alan Gilmour

    Head of Strategy

    A vastly knowledgeable, innovative senior marketer with significant experience of developing effective marketing strategies in both the private and public sectors.

  • Andy HerbertHead of Creative Services
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    Andy Herbert

    Head of Creative Services

    Andy joined Cogent in early 2009 with 21 years' experience in design, print management and production.

  • Catherine OwenGroup Account Director
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    Catherine Owen

    Group Account Director

    An accomplished marketer who has worked across a range of sectors and disciplines.

  • Dan BurmanHead of Digital
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    Dan Burman

    Head of Digital

    With a background in both pure play and integrated agencies, Dan is experienced in all areas of the digital arena from digital strategy to multichannel implementation.

  • David JonesGroup Account Director
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    David Jones

    Group Account Director

    A commercially astute, highly experienced marketer with a varied background covering Finance, Sales, Marketing and Brand Management on a global scale.

  • Jonathan JessonHead of Business Development
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    Jonathan Jesson

    Head of Business Development

    Jonathan has spent more than 10 years in sales and marketing, gaining early commercial experience at Norwich Union and Yorkshire Post Newspapers.

  • Lee JacksonSenior Planner
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    Lee Jackson

    Senior Planner

    Lee’s role is to maximise the impact of communications through a core thought and effective use of both on and offline media channels.

  • Mark LindleyCreative Director
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    Mark Lindley

    Creative Director

    Mark Lindley's career in advertising spans more than twenty years at some of the UK's most creative regional agencies and includes a number of prestigious awards for both his above and below-the-line work.

  • Mike PhillipsonCEO
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    Mike Phillipson

    CEO

    Starting his career at Saatchi and Saatchi, Mike has gathered a wealth of agency and client-side experience, including heading up a start-up agency that grew to become a UK top 30 agency.

  • Mike RaynerStrategy Partner
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    Mike Rayner

    Strategy Partner

    'Classical' advertising education at some of the biggest and best London agencies from 1979 to 1997 (chronologically: Lowe Howard-Spink; BMP; CDP; DDB), working on major campaigns for Sony, Barclaycard, Toyota and Boots amongst others.

  • Penny BuckleyGroup Finance Director
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    Penny Buckley

    Group Finance Director

    Penny's background is as a Qualified Chartered Accountant in practice with a leading firm of Midlands accountants and is a past President of the Warwickshire Society of Chartered Accountants.

  • Richard PayneCreative Director
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    Richard Payne

    Creative Director

    After graduating from Stourbridge College of Art, where he studied Fine Art, Graphic Design and Advertising, Richard worked at a number of London based and regional agencies.

  • Stuart KendallStrategy Partner
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    Stuart Kendall

    Strategy Partner

    Graduating from Central School of Art in 1970, Stuart Kendall joined Young & Rubicam.

  • Tim GeareyHead of PR
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    Tim Gearey

    Head of PR

    Tim is an award-winning PR consultant with over 15 years’ experience in traditional media relations covering consumer, trade, CSR, social media as well as crisis management and internal communications.

  • Tim PileExecutive Chairman
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    Tim Pile

    Executive Chairman

    Leads the strategic direction of Cogent. Joined in 2006 with a career spanning both Client and Agency side.

  • Trevor MorphewGroup Account Director
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    Trevor Morphew

    Group Account Director

    Trevor joined Cogent Elliott after a career in London ad agencies that include Saatchi's, Y&R, WCRS, BMP. More recently, he was recruited by international agency Hakuhodo (the world's 4th largest agency and Dentsu's main rival), to run its UK office and to support a growing network of offices and clients across Europe.