Helen Hourston
Job title:
Managing Director
When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?:
An Olympic runner (inspired by Seb Coe). Then later on a policewoman.
Favourite retro advert?:
Rowntrees fruit pastilles with the Basketball player and the kid – “You just gotta chew”.
What would your super power be?:
Being able to breathe underwater.
What’s your guilty pleasure?:
Grazia Magazine.
What item could you not live without?:
My passport.
Describe your perfect Sunday:
One with my husband home. We’d have a long lie, walk into town, wander round a few small galleries, have a late lunch at the Bon Vivant, then an early evening movie.
What’s your Tory name?:
Marion Buckstone-Keltie.
And now for the serious bit…
Responsibilities:
Agency management and client service.
Experience:
20 years’ integrated project control – covering advertising and direct response, as well as branding and design. I also worked in Australia as an Account Director for Grey Worldwide, handling many major brands including Jockey Underpants for men, and especially enjoyed casting for the fashion shoots.
Qualifications:
Nothing official – just the experience!

