The Agents

Secret Agent Marketing is a team of talented and experienced media professionals. HQ is Marlborough, Wiltshire, but our Secret Agents are situated throughout England.

Agent Louisa - Marketing

Louisa Davison is an arts marketer of over ten years experience. At the moment she works mainly on projects she has helped set up, such as We Love Marlborough. She has worked on public relations and marketing for festivals, arts centres, galleries and concert venues, most recently The Corn Exchange (Newbury) Trust. Louisa set up Secret Agent Marketing in 2004 and has worked with Swindon Borough Council Arts Services and Kennet Valley Arts Trust and private businesses; on promotion, public relations and marketing audits, research, planning and evaluation. She also has strong relationships with designers, printers and web designers and has an excellent knowledge of the local and national arts scene both artistic and political. Agent Louisa is based near Marlborough

Agent Pete - Public Relations

Public relations consultant Peter Davison has thirteen years’ experience in local newspapers. Until December 2005 he was the editor of the Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard newspaper, which he led to an award in the Newspaper Society’s Newspaper of the Year Awards 2004 for Best Weekly Newspaper in Wales and the South West.Pete started his career at the Marlborough Times in Wiltshire in 1992, and in 1995 received an award in the BT West of England Press Awards in the category of Weekly Newspaper Journalist of the Year. He is president of Marlborough Chamber of Commerce and vice president of the Marlborough Area Development Trust.

Agent Sue – Public Relations, Copywriting, Writer

Secret Agent Sue Bradley is a real all rounder: a journalist and copywriter with a real ability to find newsworthy stories. During her 15-year career on weekly and daily newspapers she has worked as a reporter and news editor and the experience she has amassed means she is well-equipped to plan campaigns and write sparkling and accurate copy. Sue has written about everything from murders to underwater oil drilling over the years, although her special interests include locally-produced food and drink, the environment, business, community projects and history. Sue’s work has won her several accolades, including awards in Gloucestershire Media’s 2005 feature writer and reporter of the year competitions. Meanwhile the local food campaign that she planned and wrote for the Gloucester-based Citizen was noted as one of the factors that led to the publication being named Regional Newspaper of the Year in 2004. Before becoming a journalist, Sue worked in debt recovery and tractor sales. A Moonraker by birth, she has lived in the Cotswolds for more than a decade and maintains a keen interest in both Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.When she is not writing, Sue enjoys working on her allotment, cooking, finding out about her ancestors and looking after her children.

Agent Anna – Development and Project Management

Anna Sexton is an arts professional with over 15 years experience in commercial and voluntary sector community arts projects in local, regional and international settings. Anna has administrative, business, curatorial, event, financial, human resource and strategic planning skills gained working with a broad range of arts/cultural organizations: Acid Jazz Records, The Whitechapel Arts Gallery, Immediate Theatre, Thompson’s Gallery, Beyond The Valley, Kennet Valley Arts Trust/Riverbank, Curious Company, Concrete Canvas Arts/Blue Sky Arts & Media. Anna has a successful track record of raising funds for revenue and capital projects from trusts, foundations, statutory, corporate and individual sources. She founded Open To Arts [www.opentoarts.com](2007) which has evolved as an arts development agency to create sustainability for artists, communities and the environment. The agency will run as a collective to support partnership working across sectors at grass root and strategic levels. Agent Anna is based near Salisbury.

Agent Murray – Business Development and Marketing

Murray Kenneth was founder and managing director of Marlborough-based internet and catalogue retailer Urchin. An MBA with 15 years experience of increasing shareholder value in small and medium-sized businesses, Murray brings particular expertise in business development and strategic planning for start-ups and growing businesses. Murray also brings specific B2C marketing experience to Secret Agent Marketing, including the design/implementation of e-commerce solutions and digital marketing programmes including email marketing, paid search and affiliate marketing. His traditional offline experience includes catalogue production (planning, creative, print), database segmentation, mail planning and CRM Agent Murray is based near Marlborough.

Agent Colin – Podcasts/Original Music

With an extensive background in Australian media, Ozzie Colin McGinness has not only been there, but commissioned the T-shirt. Colin cut his teeth as a presenter, music director and producer for a radio station throughout Australia, and for commercial radio in the UK. He created podcast company Wonkana Productions in 2005 and creates music under the name of 1st of eleven. His comedy series Waiting for Death is available on iTunes.