Colin Whitehead

Commercial Director

Qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1984 with KPMG, Colin spent 10 years as Financial Director and 10 years as CEO of Staniforth Public Relations and Marketing. During his time the business grew from six to 60 people, and became one of the largest and most profitable consultancies based outside London.

The company’s reputation and financial success attracted the attention of a number of acquisitive networks and in late 2002 the business was sold to Omnicom to become the TBWA’s only PR offering in the UK.

Colin continued as CEO and in the three years that followed Staniforth produced record financial results. Having helped the company fully integrate with the Omnicom network in the UK, Colin left Omnicom in April 2006 and has provided financial and business consultancy to a number of clients in the Public Relations and Marketing sectors.

After working closely with The JRW Group Limited since early 2007 Colin was invited to take on a full-time executive role and became JRW's Commercial Director and the third shareholder in April 2008.