Our UK Team

Phil Gripton

UK Managing Director

A leading technology professional with over 17 years experience across a wide range of high-tech markets, Phil takes operational responsibility for bigmouthmedia in the UK, playing a key role in ensuring that the agency continues to deliver the level of performance and professionalism our clients have come to expect.

Formerly Director of the Partners business at Cable and Wireless, Phil brings a wealth of sales and general management experience to the table, and his track-record for running efficient, high-performance teams makes him a key player in bigmouthmedia’s development.

Listen to a message from Phil on how bigmouthmedia can help you to achieve online success.

Andrew Girdwood

Head of Strategy

A committed digital marketing pioneer, Andrew is responsible for the development of the agency's search marketing strategies for major clients.

One of the best known experts in the UK search business, he is widely regarded as an industry thought-leader, speaking regularly on the latest technical developments hitting the sector. An internet evangelist, when not appearing at events such as SMX, Ad:tech, Internet World, SES and the Online Marketing Show he spends his time reading patent applications from search engines, monitoring digital innovators and analysing algorithmic trends.

Since graduating with an honours degree in Computing Engineering, he has spent the last 10 years at the forefront of SEO, PPC and Affiliate Marketing.

Andrew is a prolific blogger, keeping up with industry news and events at his own blog, Andrew R H Girdwood.

Check out some of Andrew Girdwood's recent thoughts on the state of the digital industry.

Robin Richmond

Head of Digital

Robin is widely regarded as one of the leading experts in integrated online marketing campaigns and has won several industry awards for his work on major brands such as British Airways and Hilton.

After spending several years freelancing in SEO while playing poker professionally, Robin joined bigmouthmedia in late 2004. Although he has done a number of roles within bigmouthmedia – including three years as Head of Paid Search – he is now operating in the position of Head of Digital.

Within this role Robin is responsible for all the account management teams in several of bigmouthmedia’s product areas including Paid Search, SEO, Display Advertising and Affiliates.

Steven Mallon

Head of Operations

Although working largely behind the scenes, Steven is a key player in the delivery of bigmouthmedia's services.

In a nutshell, his job is to make things work faster, better and more profitably. Responsible for the management and development of operational functions throughout the business, he focuses on business process improvement, financial tracking, resourcing, monetising and developing new initiatives and products.

Dedicated to ensure our teams have the tools they need to work in our clients' best interests, his client-side digital marketing experience means he knows what it takes to make campaigns tick.

Chris Cathcart

Senior Finance Strategist

Dedicated to the interests of our clients in the finance sector, Chris combines years of online marketing experience with an expert understanding of the market's unique regulatory framework and industry-specific challenges.

Formerly an integral member of the digital marketing team at Tesco Personal Finance, he has spent almost a decade working to bring the often conflicting finance and online worlds together. Able to define strategies that deliver results while satisfying the industry's various regulatory confines, he has a track record for identifying unique marketing opportunities in an extremely competitive sector.

A recognised online expert, he is the recipient of multiple industry awards and runs a blog at Wonga World

Check out some of Chris Cathcart's thoughts on the state of the online finance sector and some of the key issues brands are facing at the moment.

Anneli Ritari

Senior Travel Strategist

A true digital marketing expert, Anneli has over 10 years' experience in the online industry, over 6 years of which is from within the travel sector.

As bigmouthmedia's Senior Strategist for Travel Anneli works exclusively with travel clients including Hilton and Superbreak, and is responsible for thought-leadership, client campaign strategy and the ongoing development of bigmouthmedia's stronghold in the digital travel marketing sector.

A sought after speaker in the travel arena, Anneli is widely regarded as a digital expert and runs her own blog TravelViking and she recently released the Online Travel Report 2010, packed with the latest trends in the sector.

David Hardy

Group Marketing Director

Prior to joining bigmouthmedia David was Head of Online Marketing and Ecommerce at Marks & Spencer Money, where he was instrumental in driving the brand’s highly successful online strategy. He was also formerly Online Retailing and Marketing Director at Hilton Hotels International, and before that held senior roles at American Airlines and HSBC.

With 13 years of client side marketing experience prior to joining bigmouth in 2008, David therefore brings a valuable client perspective to bigmouthmedia.

David knows bigmouthmedia well. When he worked at both Hilton and Marks & Spencer Money David worked very closely with bigmouthmedia – but this time as the client!

The UK Team

Digital Experts

Plus over 100 other technical, digital, product and account management experts in the UK all delivering quality and effective campaigns.