 Monica Green, director
One of the three owners of the business, Monica combines strategic and hands on client work with her board director’s role.
Favourite TV show: Strictly Come Dancing and Desperate Housewives
My favourite place is: Relaxing on a sun soaked beach with a good book
Relax by: Cycling or walking in the beautiful North Yorkshire countryside, as long as there’s a pub along the way.
Passions: Salsa dancing, food and family
Favourite food: Thai
Currently reading: Doris Day biography
 Karen Nixon, director
Another of the company owners, Karen also combines her role as board director with client handling work at account director level.
Hero: My grandma, for never letting anything get her down for long
Favourite places: home, bed, Sherlock’s tearoom in Whitby or anywhere warm and sunny
Currently reading: Michael Palin Diaries - the Python Years
Favourite TV shows: Father Ted, That Mitchell & Webb Look, The Mighty Boosh
Relax by: spending time with my husband, friends and family, pottering, good food and a glass of wine or two, reading. I recently took up rollerblading but it's probably just a phase.
 Jayne Davies, director
The third owner of the business, Jayne is operations director, finance director, IT director and HR director all rolled into one!
Passions: Family, friends, travelling and Bruce Springsteen
Favourite film: Love Story
Favourite food: Thai
Favourite website: www.backstreets.com
Relax by: listening the music, going to the cinema, good food and wine with friends
 Alison Storrie, design account director
Ali looks after clients and comes up with creative designs that help them sell what it is they want to sell.
Passions: besides my baby girl - are climbing, rowing, films, music and seeing friends
Heroes: Steve Redgrave and Tim Foster - Rowing Olympic gold medallists.
Favourite film: At the moment it’s Pride & Prejudice, staring Keira Knightley.
Playing on the iPod: Beautiful South, Jack Johnson, Green Day, Take That,
Stereophonics, Radiohead, Will Young...
Favourite food: Roast Beef Sunday lunch with Yorkshire puddings.
 Alyson Wagstaff, PA
Alyson looks after the account handlers on the first floor and keeps things ticking over behind the scenes.
Currently reading: Richard Hammond’s Autobiography
Favourite food: Mediterranean
Heroes: My father and my husband
Relax by: Socialising with friends and family and holidaying
My favourite place: New York and Perth and home when the weather is awful outside
 Hannah Trinder, account manager
Hannah’s one of two PR account managers who make sure campaigns run smoothly and provide a day-to-day contact for clients.
Hero: Grandma Olga – 86-year-old sudoku genius with a wicked sense of humour
Favourite films: Moulin Rouge and The Piano
Playing on the iPod: Red by the Guillemots
Currently reading: A thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini
Favourite TV shows: 24 for gripping TV and Location, Location, Location for no-brainer viewing
Favourite website: Personally, too sad to mention. Professionally, thebusinessdesk.com
 Becky Gouldstone, accounts
Becky does the sums to make sure everything we do adds up (although she’d much rather be on the golf course).
Passions: Golf
Playing on the iPod: The Killers
My favourite place: St Andrews
Favourite TV show: Golf Night
Favourite website: www.oncourseforclothing.co.uk
Relax by: Playing golf, talking about golf, watching golf…you get the point
 Alan Markham, senior account manager
Alan’s job is to make sure client campaigns run smoothly. He’s also our resident e-newsletter expert, making sure we’ve got the software that will make our e-news campaigns do exactly what we want them to do.
Relax by: Watching football or doing active things - biking, swimming or going to the gym. Failing that, having a decent cup of coffee or watching the mighty Hull City.
Favourite food: Indian – just about anything on the menu
Things that make me laugh: People falling over
My favourite place is: Italy - mostly
Currently reading: Ricky Tomlinson autobiography
Favourite TV show: Family Guy
 Darren Willis, senior designer
Darren uses his creative streak to come up with innovative designs that will deliver real business results.
Hero: I don't have one but I'm aiming to be one myself for my daughter one day
Music: The Libertines, Ash, The Webb Brothers, The White Stripes, The Ramones, The Doors, The Strokes, The Smiths, The Sex Pistols (I like bands that begin mostly with 'The')
What makes me laugh: My wife, Nic & my daughter Catania mostly. Family Guy. People falling in water with their clothes on.
Relax by: Keeping shtum on that one!!!!
 Hugh Venables, account director
The founder of the company in 1988, Hugh now works as a consultant, providing strategic and hands on support for several clients.
Hero: Torn between Homer Simpson and William Brown (you’d have to be old enough to have read Richmal Crompton to understand)
Favourite film: Paris Texas when I’m gloomy, Four Weddings when I’m not
Playing on the iPod: Don’t have one, but Joe Venables is playing in the car a fair bit.
Favourite food: Raspberries from my allotment
Currently reading: Just finished Iain Banks’ The Steep Approach to Garbadale. Just starting Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, again!
Favourite TV show: Channel 4 News with Jon Snow
 Kate Whitehead, accounts
Kate looks after the numbers for the design side of the business.
Passions: Music and visiting new places
Hero: Emily Pankhurst
Favourite film: The Commitments
Currently reading: The Kite Runner
Relax by: Going to listen to live music
 Louise McKenzie, account executive
Louise uses her writing skills to generate great coverage for our clients in local, regional, national and trade media.
Hero: My mum
Favourite Film: What I tell people: ‘Amelie’ or ‘The Notebook’. My guilty pleasure: ‘13 going on 30’
Playing on my iPod: Scouting for Girls, Take That, The Feeling, Ben Kweller, Jack Johnson, Rod Stewart, Lily Allan and much much more - there’s a lot on my ipod!
Favourite TV show: Shipwrecked
Favourite website: Facebook
Relax by: Being near water, sunbaking, reading
 Nic Neilson, receptionist
Nic is most people’s first contact with Partners, and she juggles answering the phone with all kinds of other jobs. She also makes great tea.
Passions: Shopping
Hero: Mum and dad
Favourite film: Green Mile, Legends of the Fall, Pulp Fiction, Face Off
Playing on the iPod: Fall Out Boy, Foo Fighters
Favourite food: Cake and Indian
Things that make me laugh: Friday nights in the pub
Anneliese Seaman, PA
Anni looks after one of our account directors and works with the rest of the team to help with the admin for the business
Favourite food: Ask me what I don't like - the list is much shorter
Things that make me laugh: I find humour in most things, much to the annoyance of some people
Currently reading: The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner (for the 2nd time in 25 years)
Favourite website: E-bay (of course!)
My favourite place is: Home
 Caroline Jefferson, PA
Caroline looks after the ‘top floor’ account handlers.
Playing on the iPod: Don’t have one! But currently playing Nickleback in the car
Favourite food: Curry
Passions: Spending time with my family - especially our new grandson - and travelling
Hero: My mum - she taught me everything I know!
Favourite film: The Pacifier - or anything with Vin Diesel in it!
Relax by: Watching a good film with a large glass of vino
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