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Northbank celebrates launch at the RSA
26/09/2018
Two hundred people gathered for the Northbank Talent Management launch party in the splendour of the Great Room at the RSA on Tuesday evening, 25th September. Guests included Northbank chair Luke Johnson, Damian Collins MP and Hachette CEO David Shelley. In her speech, Founder & CEO Diane Banks emphasised the full-service capability of the agency spanning broadcast, corporate speaking, brand licensing and books across six key subject areas. Around 60 of the agency’s clients were in attendance along with publishers, production companies, speaker bureaux and press.
Northbank founder and CEO Diane Banks
Oneworld publisher Juliet Mabey and Hachette CEO David Shelley
Alan Mak MP and Northbank chair Luke Johnson
JJ Jackson of Performing Artistes with Anthony Seldon and Northbank broadcast and brand licensing agent James Carroll
Avon senior commissioning editor Phoebe Morgan and Katerina Diamond
Weber Shandwick M.D, Corporate Sarah Richardson, Damian Collins MP and Asad Dhunna.
Deputy publisher of Arrow Books Emily Griffin with Will Dean and Northbank literary agent Kate Burke
Lionsgate Creative Director (UK TV) Steve November
Elizabeth Burton-Phillips, Weidenfeld & Nicolson publisher Alan Samson and literary scout Louise Allen-Jones
Aita Ighodaro of Idaro and Daisy Aitkens
Audible’s Tom Guest and Rebecca Fenton
Ajeta Kapoor and Katie Dickinson of Wilson Worldwide Productions
Graham Brough, Ianthe McWilliams and Douglas McWilliams of CEBR
Zoe Wong and Emma French
Self Esteem Team Grace Barrett and Nadia Mendoza with Cat Renton and Amy Chappelhow of Two Brothers Pictures
Northbank literary agent Chloe Seager with Anna Fargher and James Innes-Smith
Dorcas Gwata, Gwyneth Williams, Rebecca Tinnelly and Tukiya Mutupa
Kate Leaver and Ebury non-fiction commissioning editor Robyn Drury
Northbank Founder and CEO Diane Banks and Myriam Francois
Tom Copson and Sue Rider of Sue Rider Management with William Hanson
Sasha Wagstaff, Faith Bleasdale, Ellee Seymour and Kate Thompson
Egmont’s Ali Dougal and Liz Bankes
Myriam Francois and Wilson Worldwide MD Josh Wilson with Tempus Novo founders Steve Freer and Val Wawrosz
Sarah Hagger-Holt with Usborne’s Becky Walker, Anne Finnis and Stephanie King
Julie Marney Leigh, Ellee Seymour and Olivia Issac-Henry with Avon’s Phoebe Morgan and Katie Loughnane
Pixie Turner, Adebanji Alade, Bobby Kasanga, Northbank broadcast and brand licensing agent James Carroll and Benjamina Ebuehi
Bright Blue director Ryan Shorthouse, Sarah Richardson of Weber Shandwick and Mark Wallace
Damian Collins MP and Phillip Blond
Kelly Ellis of John Blake Books, Ed Faulkner of HarperCollins, Jamie Joseph of Ebury and Sarah Lavelle of Quadrille
David Patrikarakos and Kate Maltby
Northbank literary agent Chloe Seager and Julie Marney Leigh
Northbank non-executive director Alex Hickman and Anthony Seldon
Polly Lyall Grant, editor at Hodder Children’s Books
James Barr, Jack Walker, advisor to Damian Collins MP and Tom Harwood
Phil Dolling, Head of BBC Events
Katie Jennings of Stripes Publishing with Irene McDonald and Julie Marney Leigh
Lloyd Coleman, Wilson Worldwide MD Josh Wilson, Myriam Francois and Stuart Barr, CEO of nSpireMe
Reza Pakravan, Attitude editor-at-large Matthew Todd and Asad Dhunna
Isabel McCann and Adam Cohen of Fulwell 73 with Benjamina Ebuehi and Pixie Turner
Alan Mak MP, Northbank executive director and literary agent Martin Redfern and Sophia Gaston, director of the Centre for Social & Political Risk
Literary scout Rosie Welsh of Eccles Fisher and Jamie Joseph, senior commissioning editor at Ebury
