Who are the people that make the business what it is? Read our series of Q&As and get to know the FanFinders’ team.
Name: Catrin Hughes Position: Customer Acquisition Manager Years with the company: 6 months First things first, was working at a zoo as much fun at it seems from the outside… It was. It’s probably more fun. Especially because I was in a digital role, my job was pulling together content by getting out in the …
Name: Brian Peacock Position: Software Development Team Lead Years with the company: 1 year and 3 months Before FanFinders, the most unusual or interesting job you’ve had… Growing up, most summer or Easter holidays I’d go out and help my dad refurbishing or relocating big trade stores. I can’t have been older than 12, but I’d be …
Name: Laura Driver Position: Social Media Manager Years with the company: Over 6 years Before FanFinders, the most unusual or interesting job you’ve had… When working on a retailer’s social media, part of my job was to monitor and report back to the individual stores as things were happening live. I had to read out …
Name: Jasmine Gurney Position: Head of Content & Social Years with the company: Over 2 years Before FanFinders, the most unusual or interesting job you’ve had… At one stage, I was creating new e-learning modules for a county council, only to have my sister join them in a role a few years later after I’d …
Name: Charlie Robson Position: Head of UK Partnerships Years with the company: Just over 5 years Before FanFinders, the most unusual or interesting job you’ve had… Let’s just say at one stage I was with a company using Wolf of Wall Street-style sales tactics and if I put a list together of the unusual things …
Name: Raphael Marsh Position: Creative Director and co-founder Years with the company: 7 years and counting What was the initial motivation behind creating FanFinders… After Al [Alec] became a dad, we were looking at a way to take the traditional in-person baby club sign-up online, reducing the data list-selling and the spam. So the initial …
Name: Paul Gwynn Position: CTO Years with the company: Coming up for 3 years What attracted you to FanFinders… The role offered a lot of autonomy. The technologies they had in-house were appealing and it provided a chance to create new systems you could have a lot of pride in. If being a tech-first company …
Name: Adam Gillett Position: CCO and co-founder Years with the company: 7 years Before FanFinders, the most unusual or interesting job you’ve had… I spent one summer putting up marquees for film sets all across the UK. I met lots of people – including some that were allegedly famous – but I didn’t watch TV …
Name: Neil Stephenson Position: CMO and co-founder Years with the company: 7 years Before FanFinders, the most unusual or interesting job you’ve had… When I was 18, I worked in a casino as a croupier. It was in Dundee, so marginally less glamorous than it sounds. Does company ‘culture’ matter… To be honest, I think …
Name: Alec Dobbie Position: CEO and co-founder Years with the company: At least as long as the company has existed (7 years and counting) Before FanFinders, the most unusual or interesting job you’ve had… At 20 years old, I worked in Sub-Saharan Africa as a programmer for a HR software company. I suspect that would …
