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Simon Martin

After graduating with an Honours’ Degree in Business Administration from De Montfort University, Simon started his career with a Top 10 marketing communications consultancy BDP (Business Development Partnership Ltd).

After three years he moved into the city working for Global Markets, a leading investment banking Executive Search consultancy. At Global Markets he established the first and only specialist board level PR recruitment company in the UK at the time. After four years he moved on to work for a number of marketing recruitment companies as a freelance New Business Director.

Simon identified that there was a need to pro-actively leave ‘the desk’ behind and forge strong commercial relationships with clients and candidates. He established The White Partnership to put his beliefs into practice. Keeping the business small and personable, he has developed a unique model that is now also benefiting from synergies with a global network of specialist recruiters.

Simon’s father was a leading professional Footballer, so sport is in his blood and remains his passion. He taught skiing in Austria and was a successful junior golfer, winning the Daily Telegraph Junior Golfer of the Year in 1988. Simon speaks German and enjoys wine and cooking.

Anne Verrept

A Brand Marketing Communications professional with global board level B2B and B2C experience, Anne has both client and agency background and delivers communication strategies and creative campaigns for agencies and consumer brands.

She started her career at MasterCard International and moved into telecomms with ITT/Alcatel. After a short foray into investment banking, she spent six years heading the International Consumer Products Division at Turner Broadcasting, promoting brands as diverse as CNN and Cartoon Network. In the agency world, she joined Leo Burnett advertising group as Head of International Youth Marketing and established the agency’s first lifestyle business unit.

Anne has worked with leading brands such as McDonald’s Europe & Latin America, Procter&Gamble, Heinz, Kellogg’s, Nokia, BBC Worldwide, C4, Disney, Khalique Luxury Goods, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Snow Queen Vodka, Virgin.

She speaks Dutch, French, German, has a degree in Economics and Modern Languages and is Advisory Board Member of Legal 2.0, a UK-based legal consultancy with an international client base. She enjoys contemporary art (photography) and music and enjoys playing tennis, albeit rather badly.