Board Members
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Bob Warman (President) Bob Warman is a senior presenter of 'Central News', and is one of the longest serving anchormen at ITV. His television career began when he joined ATV in 1973, following his apprenticeship at the 'Birmingham Evening Mail' and 'BBC Radio Birmingham'. Bob has hosted a number of TV programmes, including 'The Price is Right' for Sky, and 'Calendar', Yorkshire's regional news magazine. Away from the studio he is involved in a number of local societies and charities, among which is the Birmingham Civic Society, of which he is vice-chairman, and Acorn's Children's Hospice, where he is a patron.
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John Lamb (Vice President) T: 07971 144064 John is press and PR manager of Birmingham and Solihull Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a role he has held for eight years. Prior to joining the Chamber, he spent a long and distinguished career in journalism. His career began when he joined the Coventry Evening Telegraph as a copy boy. He worked his way through the ranks of the regional press before landing a number of jobs on Fleet Street, which included spells at the ‘Sun’, the ‘News of the World’ and ‘Evening Standard’.
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Ed James (Chairman) T: 0121 695 0000 Ed is the breakfast presenter at 100.7 Heart fm, a role he took up in 2002. Born in Yorkshire, Ed studied politics at university, before launching his radio career in Manchester. He moved to the Midlands in 1999, and joined Heart FM after spells at Mercia FM in Coventry and Beacon FM in Wolverhampton.
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Fred Bromwich (Vice Chairman and Events Director) T: 07815 660076 Editor of Business and Finance Midlands one of the region’s leading business magazines. Immediately prior to joining BFM, Fred was an assistant director in the Birmingham office of Citigate Dewe Rogerson, part of Incepta plc, the global communications group. Prior to joining CDR, Fred spent five years as business editor of The Birmingham Post. He is also a former chairman of the Midlands branch of the Institute of Public Relations and an ex-director of Birmingham City 2000, the forerunner of professional and financial services lobby group Birmingham Forward.
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Neil Wilson (Treasurer) T: 01789 730456 Neil is a director of Stratford based chartered accountant Guest Wilson, a general practice which also specialises in corporate finance work. Prior to joining Guest Wilson in 1995, Neil had spent 12 years at what is now PriceWaterhouseCoopers, working in London, Dubai, Muscat, and Birmingham. When he left the company, he was a senior group manager, in charge of a 40 strong business unit. Neil has a degree from Oxford University and is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
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Philip Parkin (Operations Director) T: 07973 233879 Formerly a partner at a city centre business-to-business PR company, where he headed up PR campaigns for a wide range businesses in the professional sector, including a top five accountant and one of the big four banks. Also headed the company's publications division. A fully qualified journalist, he spent many years on regional daily and weekly titles, including the ‘Bromsgrove Messenger’ and the ‘Birmingham Daily News’. Was also launch news editor of motoring newspaper ‘Auto Express’.
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Adrian Kibbler (Membership Secretary) T: 07831 690940 Adrian Kibbler MCIPR is a qualified journalist who began his career with the Bromsgrove Messenger and later worked for the Birmingham Post and Mail Group. He currently is a part time News Editor and reporter with the Newsquest newspaper group where he works in Worcestershire and Shropshire. An experienced PR practitioner he held senior public relations and communications roles in the private, public and not for profit sectors working in the UK and Europe in industries including, aviation, railways, environment and utilities. He now runs his own PR consultancy akpr with clients in the UK, Europe and North America.
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Tony Bell (Sponsorship & Events) T: 07785 293633 Worked in theatre, summer seasons, panto and caberet for many years. Later joined the Birmingham Post & Mail, stayed for nearly twenty years working in advertising and editorial until 1997 when he Joined John Lamb's Press and PR team at Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Industry as Press and PR Coordinator and picture editor of the Chamber's flagship magazine Chamberlink. Became secretary of Birmingham Press Club in 2003.
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Kay Cadman (Events) T: 0121 643 8151 Kay set up Big Box Event Management in the Autumn of 2001, following a successful career as a director of WebXpress (Midlands) Limited, a Birmingham Internet consultancy. Prior to WebXpress, Kay worked at Birmingham PR company Headline Communications. Big Box merged with Core Marketing & Events in September 2004 and Kay heads up the company’s professional services team. Kay’s expertise is underlined by her extensive contacts within the region’s business community that she has recently built as immediate past chairman of Birmingham Future, the sister organisation of Birmingham Forward which represents the professional and financial service sector in Birmingham. Kay is also a trustee of Birmingham Foundation.
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Melissa Dickinson (Events) T: TBC Melissa is the Business Development and Marketing Manager at St Philips Chambers. Previously, Melissa has worked as the regional Marketing Manager at RSM Tenon and as the Marketing and Communications Manager for national law firm Clarke Willmott and prior to this marketing Manager of regional law firm Putsmans. Her experience also covers other areas such as manufacturing and recruitment where she managed the PR & Communications department at national recruitment agency Pertemps. Since leaving University has also had experience working on the news desk for both radio and a regional newspaper.
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Llewela Bailey (Events) Born in Sheffield, Llewela began her career in local radio, before moving to Central News in Nottingham in 1989. Today, she is part of Central News' main anchor team, and can be seen presenting day time bulletins and also celebrity interviews and at weekends presenting Central News' pan-regional programme. Llewela lives in Kings Heath with twin boys Harry and Ben. Her son Jack has remained in Manchester after finishing his university studies, whilst daughter Jessica has just begun a degree course at the same place. Llewela also has a step-son Tom who lives in Worcestershire. | |
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Ian Greaves (Events, Sponsorship, Business Adviser) T: 0121 232 3615 A well known figure in the Birmingham business community, Ian has joined the Press Club board to add some business flair to the organisation. In his for 26 years at KPMG, Ian has spent his career auditing and advising entrepreneurial and fast growing businesses across the region. He has spent time on secondment, including a period at the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, where he helped develop a number of initiatives with the objective of increasing revenues for all functions within the organisation. | |
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Sonya Bell (Events, Social Media) Sonya began her career in journalism, and was assistant editor at Mondiale Publishing, before moving into PR. She now runs her own PR company, Pick and Mix Media, which specialises in social media. She has a BA in English Literature gained at the University of Sheffield, and also completed a National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) Masters in Print Journalism at the same university (for which she was awarded a Distinction). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |
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Jon Griffin (Associate) T: 0121 234 5670 Jon Griffin has been Business Editor of the Birmingham Mail since 1998. He began his career at the Peterborough Evening Telegraph in 1975 then worked from 1978-79 for the Birmingham Evening Mail. He later joined the Coventry Evening Telegraph as a trainee sub-editor then the Wolverhampton Express and Star from 1980 before rejoining the Mail in April 1996.
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