Turns out, I lived near one of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers and, years later, in the middle of my marketing degree, I was excited to be accepted for a marketing job there. At the time, the double-decker A380 was getting ready to be revealed to the world and I felt privileged to see it up close in Toulouse, France. Even better, during the aircraft’s first visit to the UK, the pilot let me try out the cockpit.
Marketing has taken me all around the world and, for over 20 years, I’ve worked with leaders of global brands as well as incredible SMEs and start ups, helping them succeed by standing out as origineurs. Nine years ago, I took the bold step to go it alone, setting up my own marketing agency, called Milan Creative, so I could choose the projects where I could make the biggest impact. I went from managing multi-million pound marketing budgets to starting from scratch but being an origineur is exhilarating.