FreshMinds

Meet some special people

Alistair Leathwood, Managing Director
Alistair oversees a team of 50 and is responsible for every aspect of FreshMinds’ research arm. Previously, he has been Managing Director of sister company FreshMinds Talent and commercial director for the FreshMinds Group.
 
Before joining FreshMinds, Alistair was Deputy Managing Director of Datamonitor’s Technology Practice. In a period spanning eleven years he has worked across a wealth of different technology and market sectors. He has delivered presentations and training courses in Europe, the US and Asia. Prior to Datamonitor, he was with the Thomson Corporation, where he worked in a range of consulting and management roles.

Alistair has a degree in Natural Sciences and a post-graduate degree in the History and Philosophy of Science from Cambridge University. He has an overly competitive spirit and likes anything that involves sport, the outdoors and risk of serious injury.

Catherine Skilton, Team Leader - Public Sector
Catherine heads up the Public Sector team at FreshMinds Research. Since 2005 she has worked with a range of retail and education clients, helping them to enter new markets, track brand success, develop marketing strategies and implement organisational change.

Before joining FreshMinds, Catherine worked as an Account Manager for Masterfoods and for PricewaterhouseCoopers on a long-term project for a global FMCG client. Catherine holds a first class degree in Microbiology from Leeds University. After graduating Catherine spent a year teaching English in the Japanese town of Nara and she still enjoys escaping the big smoke whenever possible.

Adam Clements, Chief Operations Officer
Adam is Chief Operations Officer of the FreshMinds Group, including both the Research and Talent brands. Prior to FreshMinds Adam was a founder of Key Revolution Ltd,  a company that span out of Vodafone Plc, and before that was Operations Director at Morse Plc in the UK and France. 

An MBA, Adam has extensive Procurement, M&A and Finance experience, and also headed up Morse’s Partner Sales channel for 2 years of above-target performance. So he's well equipped to keep FreshMinds running smoothly!

Ben Collis, Head of People
Ben oversees the human resources function across the entire FreshMinds Group. He has been responsible for over 120 new hires as well as helping FreshMinds to win “Best Agency to Work For” in the Research Excellence and Effectiveness Awards in 2006 and become Investors in People accredited.

He previously worked as a recruitment consultant for FreshMinds Talent and his qualifications include a BSc in Psychology, BPS levels A and P as well as being CIPD part-qualified. In his spare time Ben is also an accomplished sportsman, with a track record of success as a rugby player, marathon runner and triathlon competitor.