Our People

 

Keith Austin 80x100Keith Austin - Managing Director
Clarity of vision and years of big brand experience have helped Keith take EMS from start-up to market leader in just 9 years. The continual challenges he places on both the business and the team are keeping us in pole position, where we intend to stay.

 
 

Iain Johnston 80x100Iain Johnston - Chairman
With a wealth of experience in steering small and fast-growing businesses to success, Iain is sharply focused on building on our achievements. He’s the brains behind many of the systems and processes that make our client services so robust and effective.

 

Justin Isles 80x100Justin Isles - Client Services Director
Justin’s career has pretty much always been on wheels and all our clients benefit from his drive and expertise! He manages our talented team and oversees every detail of our roadshows from conception to completion, ensuring the highest possible standards throughout.

 

David Legg 80x100David Legg - Finance Director
Innate ambition, enthusiasm and drive seduced David to join us in 2005 – and he brought with him two decades of top flight financial experience. Expansion and re-investment in our business, plus implementation of internal accounting systems, are now in the same safe pair of hands.

 

Claire Wilson 80x100Claire Wilson - Senior Account Manager
Claire was our very first Account Executive, joining Keith in 2000 to double the workforce! As such she has forged excellent working relationships with our longest standing clients, adding new technologies and providing insightful assessments of tour performances to refresh and improve services.

 

Gemma Hirrel 80x100Gemma Hirrel - Senior Account Manager
Gemma’s creative approach and solid academic background bring fresh inspiration and energy to every project. Her experience across every sector, enthusiasm for problem solving, and empathetic relationships with her clients have made her an invaluable member of the team.

 

Shelley Rees 80x100Shelley Rees - Account Manager
Shelley’s literary background and experience in the publishing sector have no doubt contributed to her impressive and finely honed skills in managing internal communications campaigns. She unfailingly applies a focused ROI approach to ensure that client’s goals and objectives are delivered and maximized.

 

Brian Trow 80x100Brian Trow - Operations Manager
Brian is formidably capable, regimental in his approach, and possesses an exhaustive logistical knowledge of Europe, Russia and the Middle East. His team of Unit Managers can be deployed at any time in the fleet he keeps maintained to the highest possible standards.

 

Manton Austin 80x100Manton Austin - Technical Sales Manager
The technical whizz of the team, paying unblinking attention to every last detail, Manton has full responsibility for all new vehicle builds and fit outs. His time is spent scouting for new innovations, delivering new designs, sourcing new suppliers and continually striving to keep our edge.

 

Nic Whelan 80x100Nic Whelan - Business Development Manager
Nic is blessed with the ability to clearly envisage client objectives and deliver creative, bespoke campaigns that always hit the mark. Goal-driven and inspiring, with over a decade of mobile events experience, he’s a natural leader for our talented team of Business Development Execs.

 

Suzie Nield 80x100Suzie Nield - Business Development Manager
Suzie has played pivotal roles in several award-winning healthcare and charity campaigns over the years. Vast experience, vision, and sensitivity to the nature of social marketing campaigns made her the perfect choice to head our new division servicing the NHS and other healthcare providers.

 

Kate Price 80x100Kate Price - Marketing Manager
As guardian of the EMS brand, Kate manages all aspects of our marketing communications from print to press, digital to direct marketing. Using the same techniques we employ for our roadshows, her sterling efforts to raise our brand profile in a niche industry have been notably successful.