The Trainers

Bob Morrell - Operations Director After some years as a professional actor which included working with Zig and Zag on The Big Breakfast and playing Blofeld in a 007 car launch in Qatar, Bob worked in advertising for over 15 years. He had management roles with Ziff Davis, United Business Media, launched The Industry Standard Internet Business magazine in Europe, and was Account Director for the leading online travel agency Expedia. He has worked with many national and international brands such as Kodak, Fiat, HP, and Xerox, and liaised with the UK's top advertising agencies. He has a degree in English Literature and is an expert on Napoleon.

Jeremy Blake - Sales & Marketing Director Jeremy began his career in the theatre playing the lead in the West End show 'Promises, Promises' alongside Helen Shapiro. He has also worked with Peter Shaffer, did commercials for Kronenbourg and VW and toured the whole of Germany for 6 months. In between acting jobs he became a cocktail barman, waiter and taught English Language and Drama at St Clare's College Oxford. He then started selling advertising at the UK's leading theatrical programme publisher John Good, then moved to Yellow Pages where over three years he advised thousands of businesses. He rose rapidly through the ranks to become one of their top salespeople in the UK. Jeremy is a big tennis fan and not a bad player.

Bob and Jeremy first met at Drama School in Oxford. With their theatrical dreams on hold they decided to combine their talents as actors and salesmen. With Bob's experience of big brands and Jeremy's work with 'one man bands' they knew there had to be a happy medium in the approach to helping businesses improve their sales and marketing. They had also experienced different types of training (from the excellent to the atrocious) and knew that most people are either trained brilliantly - or not at all. They have continued to develop and refine their philosophy which has culminated in their first book The Death of Late Space; (Your uide to Success in Media Sales)'

Over the last 7 years their training has been embraced by a number of sectors: media, professional services, healthcare, leisure, retail, and hospitality, see our client page for more details. They always train as a double act.

Bob and Jeremy are both married to teachers. Jeremy has a son called Archie and a daughter called Martha, plus new baby Florence. Bob has two sons, Harry and Charlie.