Azullo

Meet the team

Tim Brooks, Chairman

Former Managing Director of Guardian News & Media, Chairman of Newspaper Publishers Association, and before that, a director of IPC Media. Currently teaching at London Business School and consulting to content and advertising businesses; including sitting on the government's Digital Advisory Board.

Tim has long and varied experience at the highest levels of the media industry in the UK, US and Australia. He excels in developing talent, creating new value, and manoeuvring organisations around tight bends at high speeds.

 

Guy Cookson, Co-Founder and Director

Guy co-founded technology company Azullo in 2009 with Andrew Dobson. Respond is their leading product.

Guy previously looked after marketing and communications for a network of award-winning sites at DMGT plc; worked at the Red Consultancy with Microsoft, Experian and Braun; and co-founded a design magazine sold in 11 countries.

Guy believes in challenging the status quo to make things better and following agile principles to get things done.

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Andrew Dobson, Co-Founder and Director

Andrew's background in software engineering and web development informs his passion for using innovative technology to disrupt existing business models for the benefit of our clients and partners.

Prior to co-founding the company behind Respond, Azullo, Andrew worked with a variety of companies, both in-house and as a consultant, including Reebok and Jobsite. Andrew is a strong advocate of Agile practices.

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Chris Frost, Head of Publisher Development

Chris is our London based Head of Publisher Development.

Chris has eight years experience in a range of areas including product and proposition management, commercial negotiation and relationship management.

Chris has experience in both local and global markets. He was previously Head of Product and Partnerships at the Review Centre following roles at uSwitch, Virgin Media, Vodafone and Orange.

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John Lyon, Director

John's background is in management and finance. He is a qualified accountant with over 20 years experience in a number of sectors, including finance, logistics, recruitment and IT.

John has held a number of board director positions with several multi-million pound turnover organisations. 

John maintains his success is mostly due to a strong service ethos and focusing on business growth through customer referrals and strategic partnerships.

John joined the Azullo board in November 2010.

 

Investors

Joel Rosenblatt

Joel's background is in management rising up through the ranks at Courtaulds Textiles PLC to become MD of Christy, the worlds oldest and UK's largest towel manufacturer, which he ran for over 12 years. He led two MBOs of Christy, before selling the business to one of the worlds largest Home Textile companies. 

Joel has an MBA and has experience across a wide range of sectors including, brands, private label, manufacturing, sourcing, retail, wholesale, and recruitment has a sound understanding of running companies. Success has been created by customer focus and a vision: "To be the Customer's 1st Choice"

Joel has also recently invested in Fundedapps, Allbabble and The Brand Cellar.

AXM Capital / The North West Fund

Led by Fred Mendelsohn, AXM Venture Capital is an experienced fund manager for digital, media, and creative industries investments. It has offices in Manchester, Liverpool and London. In addition to the North West Fund 4 Digital & Creative, It currently manages two London-based digital and creative funds (www.ccfund.co.uk).

The North West Fund is a £185m evergreen investment fund established to provide debt and equity funding to small and medium sized enterprises based in, or relocating to, the North West of England.

The North West Fund is financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the European Investment Bank (EIB).