Mark Gray: Director, Strategic Business Development
Mark's vision to re-engineer HR using a combination of traditional marketing principals and interactive technologies was realized when he founded graylink in 2002. Using the notion that little difference exists between recruiting and retaining customers and recruiting and retaining talent, Mark began developing an integrated recruitment solution built on well-established marketing foundations.
Prior to establishing graylink, Mark was MD of Fresh Ventures, a new-venture incubator and before that, Client Partner at leading US digital services agency Razorfish. Father of 3, when Mark has any spare time, he's either crafting his next vintage of wine or having a ˜board' meeting of the surf type!
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Carl Warburg: Director, Digital Delivery
Carl's forte is in defining and delivering digital solutions. A champion of usable and simple design, Carl has worked across a range of applications and industries, for the likes of Diageo, British Airways, Unilever and Nissan in the European market, delivering everything from simple banner ads to e-commerce solutions.
Approachable, level-headed and pragmatic, Carl is driven by the notion that technology should be intuitive and user-friendly, not just functionally rich. A disciple of the User-Centred Design school of thought, Carl is responsible for ensuring that graylink's technology does what it's users want it to.
Prior to joining graylink, Carl was Head of Digital Control at TMW (Europe's largest independent Direct Agency) and before that, Digital Producer at leading US digital services agency Razorfish. Father of a bonny lass, Carl's spare time is spent riding waves, playing guitar or indulging his passion for all things African.
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George Craig: Creative Director
Trained at the Ogilvy Red & Yellow school of advertising in Cape Town and with experience in global advertising agencies, George has a passion for brands and advertising. His goal is always to push the limits to make the brand king.
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Peter Schmitt: Director, Europe
A highly energetic, focused and tenacious entrepreneur, Peter has worked globally within a variety of industries since graduating as a mechanical engineer in 1990. During his first job at Eskom, South Africa's power utility, he was told to slow down.
Experience in management consulting, marketing consulting, plastics manufacturing and senior sales roles within global banking and ERP software companies, have endowed Peter with a pragmatic business style, complimented by creativity and passion.
Rebellious by nature, Peter is inspired by the idea of changing the rules. His other passions include snowboarding, surfing, competitive cycling, cooking, wine, reading, sailing and scuba-diving. He enjoys all of these, living in Biarritz, SW France.
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Andy Coe: Director, Business Consulting
Andy is accomplished in catalysing and delivering the people-related elements of organisational change projects, including merger, demerger, cost-cutting, process change and technical implementations.
Inspired by new, challenging and changing environments, Andy passionately believes in achieving sustainable business success through the engagement, coaching and development of people. Throughout his career with companies like ICI, Zeneca, Astra Zeneca and Syngenta, Andy has achieved considerable success across functional and cultural boundaries with managers, teams and industry groups in the UK, Europe, North and South America and Asia.
Before joining graylink, he established a successful independent UK based Change Management Consultancy. Outside of work Andy has a wonderful 12 year old daughter and enjoys many hobbies including windsurfing, tennis, skiing, snow boarding, riding and driving fast.
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Louis Niven: Non-Executive Director
Louis has worked in Asia for the last 25 years - if you, like the Russians do, consider the former Soviet Union as part of Asia. Louis loves the idea that companies should get the maximum from their human capital and is focussed particularly on ways for companies to achieve this. Louis loves working with the team at graylink and enjoys leveraging his day job with Sales Performance International where he is a partner in the Asian business.
Louis is married to Jane and has two growing sons who regularly take pleasure in beating Dad in swimming, snowboarding, sailing and wake boarding. Louis does not enjoy this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Derek Pearmund: Non-Executive Director
Derek has had global experience ranging from an early start-up company in the US, providing the first computerised reservation systems in the '60s, starting a Financial Services company in Bahrain in the '70s, to more than 20 years with Visa International. As well as his directorship with graylink he holds directorships in banking and financial services, involving much travel in Africa and the Middle East.
Derek now lives in Dorset, England, is married with children now at school and also working in England, Japan and with one son owning and running vinyards in the US. His hobbies are flying microlight aircraft and driving classic cars. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
