Ocean is a pioneering media Group which has established a unique position in the premium Digital Out of Home (DOOH) sector and is at the forefront of creating a new global medium, Beyond Out of Home. This has been achieved in 12 years under Tim’s leadership, supported by talented management teams.
Tim specialises in media brand building and media business transformations and turnarounds. He has led businesses through consolidation, private equity investment, exit and flotation. Leveraging a successful career in TV, radio and outdoor, Tim has steered Ocean through three phases of private equity investment, followed by three UK acquisitions and the Company’s full LSE listing. Seven other acquisitions have since been completed, expanding Ocean into Northern Europe.
Ocean now spans seven countries, 370 cities and 8,256 digital screens in markets which lend themselves to fast DOOH growth using the Ocean brand and ethos.
Ocean’s position is propelled by a potent combination of the most prestigious DOOH locations, advanced proprietary technology and world class digital techniques which are unlocking the true value of DOOH in the all screen world and delivering consistent revenue growth in the UK, Netherlands and the Nordics.
A committed digital outdoor evangelist, Tim was the recipient of the International Leadership Award at the 2019 World OOH Congress.
Stephen is responsible for the financial and commercial management of the group.
He takes the lead on structuring landlord deals, legal negotiations as well as ownership of procurement, HR and IT.
He helped lead the Ocean Group through an MBO backed by LDC, the acquisition of Signature Outdoor, MediaCo and LDC’s equity sale in 2014 to Searchlight Capital.
He is a chartered accountant and winner of a BDO ‘HOT20 FD’ and a regular speaker at the ICAEW’s ‘The Entrepreneurial FD’ conference.
Richard has over 25 years experience of marketing experience, specialising in the media and advertising industry.
Richard is responsible for the Ocean brand position and brand story, a market leading brand with worldwide fame in the media industry.
Richard previously worked for a number of high profile advertising and media companies including Ogilvy and Mather, Scottish Television, ITV and JCDecaux.
Steve George
Group Chief Development Officer
Steve has over 30 years’ of entrepreneurial experience in building and selling successful, OOH businesses.
He has built and sold two independent regional OOH businesses, Vision Posters (sold to Scottish Radio Holdings PLC (SRH) in 1999) and Signature which he sold to Ocean in 2014. In 2011 Signature Outdoor won the Birmingham City Council OOH contract, the largest local authority in Europe.
During this period Steve was MD and headed up all development.
Helen Haines
Head of Brand & Events – Ocean Group
Catherine Morgan
Managing Director of Ocean Labs – Ocean Group
David Tait
Director of Ocean Studio and Group Design
Billy Byam-Cook
Head of Finance
Phil Hall
CEO UK
Marc has over 30 years ‘OOH’ experience, having joined Trainer Advertising, a Glasgow-based Poster Advertising Company in 1985, becoming a Director in 1988.
The company expanded over the next decade to become the leading player in the Scottish Outdoor Advertising market.
In 1999 the ‘Trainer’ was acquired by Scottish Radio Holdings and Marc was appointed M.D. in Scotland of the newly formed Score Outdoor.
In 2002 Marc completed a Management Buyout of Score and together with Chris Trainer, formed Forrest Media, as part of the Forrest Group of companies.
Primarily focussing on Out of Home Advertising, the extended Forrest group has interests in Retail Property development, Hydro Power Generation and Hotels.
Credited with having built the UK’s first commercially available Digital Screen in the heart of Glasgow, Forrest Media was recognised as an innovator and a lead player in the UK DOOH sector, growing a network of Giant Roadside Digital Screens across Scotland and the North of England.
In June 2018 the media business was acquired by Ocean, with Marc becoming Managing Director of the newly formed Ocean Scotland.
Nick Shaw
Chief Revenue Officer, UK
John Kilfeather
Operations & Technology Director
Kapil Kansara
Financial Controller, UK
Angela Muckle
Director of Commercial Systems
Tom Ballantine
Development Director, UK
Marie Le Hur
Marketing Director, UK
Matt Wilson
Head of Design, UK
Marie Le Hur
Marketing Director
Matt Wilson
Head of Design, UK
Steve Bernard
Head of Insight
Anna Gilbert-Duggal
Senior Marketing & Communications Manager
Shona Dobson
Marketing Manager
Giulia Consonni
Marketing Designer
Will Fothergill
Concept Designer
Chris Ward
Photographer
Max Bishop
Photographer
Felix Ursell
Photographer
Nick Shaw
Chief Revenue Officer
Rachel Sutton
Head of Brand Partnerships
Steve Barton
Group Head
Andrew Gibson
Head of Trading & Investments
Ellie Greszczuk
Head of Partner Management
Kevin Henry
Head of Content & Sponsorship
Keith Crisp
Regional Sales Director
Tony Ridd
Associate Director Revenue Management
James Marden
Group Head
Matt Tulip
Group Head
Lewis Richardson
Associate Director
Samuel Francis
Associate Director
James Middleton
Account Director
James McNulty
Account Director
Grace Lent
Account Director
Scott Webster
Regional Account Director
Kathryn McIlroy
Account Director
Navdeep Poonia
Account Manager
Tom Norman
Account Manager
Sarah-Jane May
Account Director
Rebecca Reilly
Associate Director
Olivia Breen
Account Manager
Mia McKeckney
Account Manager
Billy Jenner
Account Manager
Samantha Finch
Account Director
Gavin Georgiadis
Account Manager
Amy Hamilton
Account Manager
Andrew Graham
Account Executive
Grainne Roberts
Account Manager
Christian Mondiwa
Account Executive
Jonty Carr
Account Executive
James Racine
Account Executive
Tom Punter
Account Executive
Luisa Anghel
Revenue Management Executive
Margareta Osonjacki
Account Manager
Catherine Morgan
Managing Director of Ocean Labs – Group
Melanie Blood
Head of Project Management
Xavier Keenan
Senior Creative Solutions Manager
Joseph Banning
Project Coordinator
Bruno Jardim
Project Manager
Logan Riga
Digital Creative Solutions Manager
Billy Byam-Cook
Head of Finance
Angela Muckle
Head of Commercial Systems
Jan Mccallum
Head of Admin & Accounts, Scotland
Kapil Kansara
Financial Controller UK
Viraj Mithani
Group Systems Integration Accountant
Charles Dessain
Group Finance Manager
Chardex Pavier
UK Financial Controller
Andrew Kyriacou
Assistant Financial Controller
Benjamin Cummings
Group Finance Manager
Iwodaro Imoukhuede
Finance Assistant
Lea Sison
Assistant Accountant
Steve George
Joint Managing Director, UK
Paul Flynn
Estates Director
Sue Fleming
Key Contracts Officer
John Kilfeather
Operations & Technology Director
Tom Ballantine
Development Director, UK
Doug Swan
Head of Digital Delivery
Philip Brady
Project Manager
Sam George
Development Manager
Ashleigh Jackson
Regional Operations Manager
Len Lavelle
Operations Manager
Patricia Wilk
Digital Delivery Manager
Lynn Tetteh
Digital Delivery Executive
Karim Bacon
Digital Delivery Co-ordinator
Chris Trainer
Chairman Scotland
Marc Keenan
Managing Director, Ocean Scotland
Paul Flynn
Estates Director
Claire Scanlan
Director of Ocean Displays
Jennifer McNair
Regional Support Executive
Jan McCallum
Head of Admin & Accounts, Scotland
Debbie Ferguson
Regional Agency Sales Manager
Lorna Flynn
Direct Sales Manager, Scotland and North East
Pamela Alexander
Regional Agency Sales Manager
Emma Hayes
Digital Administrator
Gordon Galloway
Works Manager, Displays
Stuart Cupples
Graphic Designer, Scotland
James Hughes
Operations Manager, Scotland