Management profiles - Billington Cartmell

John Gellett

Group CEO

John joined the Billington Cartmell Group as CEO in October 2012. Previously he founded ZGC, a full-service below the line agency, in 1989. Following its sale in 1997 he was appointed COO of Mosaic’s European business, overseeing its expansion from a UK platform to a Europe-wide operation with 200 staff in nine countries. After leaving Mosaic in 2002, John served as MD of The Communications Agency and Travel for Industry Group, and more recently as MD of Ovation London, which is part of the FSS Group.

Alex Young

Managing Director, B2C

With over 17 years’ integrated marketing experience, Alex is responsible for our Consumer Brands division. He has worked for a number of leading ATL, DM and promotional agencies, and his team is responsible for numerous award-winning campaigns, most recently scooping Best Online at the ANNAs for our Peperami ‘Fanimal’ campaign.

Tim Morrow

Finance Director

Tim fully embraces our company ethos of creativity for commercial advantage. Having trained at KPMG’s Media Business Unit, Tim cut his teeth in magazine publishing before going on to head up the finance team at John Brown Media. Since joining Billington Cartmell in 2007, Tim has played a pivotal role in the domestic and international growth of our business.