Artistes of the Month
Also featured: Martin Glenn, Ian Rose
Jo Brand
Since
leaving her job as a psychiatric nurse in 1987, Jo has built a large following
across the UK, amongst male and female alike.
Her "Through the Cakehole" (Ch 4) series met with great acclaim, as did her 1996 series "All the Way to Worcester". Her diverse appeal is marked by appearances on such eclectic programmes as "Question Time" (BBC1) "Nevermind the Buzzcocks" and "Countdown" to "They Think It's All Over". She presented "Jo Brand's Commercial Breakdown" (Celador for BBC1) and her series, "Jo Brand's Hot Potatoes" (Assembly Film & TV) was very well received.
In 1992 she conquered Edinburgh where she was nominated for the Perrier Award during the festival. She has won various awards over the years, including The British Comedy Award for Best Live Perfomer, which propelled her to our TV screens and nationwide success.
Jo has written two irreverent books (both published by Simon & Schuster), "A Load of Old Balls" and "A Load of Old Ball Crunchers", about leading men and women of history plus a novel "Sorting Out Billy".
Jo is a great cabaret artist for corporate events.
Martin Glenn
Martin
Glenn was appointed CEO of the Birds Eye Igloo Group in November 2006.
Previously he was President of PepsiCo UK, one of the UK's leading soft
drinks and snack food manufacturers, where he is acclaimed for creating
a new uplifting corporate image for the company. Martin was President
of Walkers Snack Foods, whom he joined in 1992, working his way up from
Director of New Product Development, Vice-President of Marketing to become
Walkers President in 1998, and PepsiCo UK President in 2003
Martin is also an active member of the 'Business in the Community' charity serving 'Leicester Cares' - a volunteering promotion organisation, and 'The National Cause Related Marketing Campaign Committee'. Martin was awarded the Prince of Wales Ambassador Award in recognition of his work in this area (recognising in particular the successful 'Free Books for Schools' campaign which has run since 1992). Martin was also awarded Marketing Week's Chief Executive Award in 2003.
When not working, Martin tries to stay fit by running and coaching a
kid's football team. He is also a Director of Leicester City Football
Club.
Ian Rose
As
a Paralympic silver medallist and former World and European Champion,
Ian Rose is highly self-motivated. Both in his sporting and vocational
careers, he shows incredible willpower to reach for goals and achieve
winning performance.
Ian's sporting and work achievements are a benchmark for
sales, marketing and management teams throughout the UK. His world class
success follows childhood cancer which left him disabled. Typically, he
regarded it
as a challenge. His positive nature and zest for life helped him reach
for sporting stardom. The same positive approach and sense of fun helped
him set strong goals and reach for the top in IT sales.
After taking up Judo for self defence, he swiftly changed
from being a shy seven year-old who was teased about his thick glasses
into a world-class Paralympic champion. His story is unique because he
reached the
pinnacle of sports success while building up a successful career. Ian
enjoys sport but he is foremost a dedicated family man, with two children
and a very supportive wife - the perfect team.
In sport he gained his black belt at 17. In the same year,
(1989) he was selected to fight his first Visually Impaired (VI) European
Championships, winning bronze. From that point Judo became a way of life.
He succeeded
in both fully sighted and VI competitions and has been selected for four
Paralympics.
Successes include:
- Silver medallist Athens Paralympics
- Bronze medallist Atlanta Paralympics
- Four time European Champion
- Former World Champion
Sales Success Story
Sports motivation helped Ian forge a ten year career in Internal sales
where he became skilled at proactive and
reactive sales. Working for such organisations as ACER, Edify and TIS,
Ian has successfully opened opportunities in markets where others have
failed. He has the will to win in sport and at work. Success is his goal
in life.
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