Our team

With over 20 years experience in the marketing and design industry Anita has worked with top global businesses such as Sony, AstraZeneca, Virgin Atlantic and Warner Music Manufacturing as well as some great entrepreneurial MDs and CEOs including Julianne Metcalf of PRET, Trevor Sorbie, Bob Thian of Whatman and Peter Milstead of PureCircle. Her reputation is for inspiring businesses through creativity and giving them the confidence to innovate.

Anita has developed a particular expertise in the way that she works with family businesses and has worked with the likes of Transputec, Clive Christian, Westons Cider and many more - She is passionate about raising the prestige and profile of family businesses, and sees the Family Business Place as the perfect stage to tell their stories in an exciting way.

As Managing Director Anita is responsible for developing the FBP brand to meet the ever changing and challenging landscape of the family business community as it leads the economic recovery.

Email: anita@familybusinessplace.com Twitter: @anitabhodges

Amalia’s passion is for getting under the skin of family businesses and ensuring they get everything they need from Family Business Place as a resource. Amalia is also Editor-in-Chief of Generation magazine which allows her the opportunity to meet some of the UK’s most fabulous and inspiring family businesses and tell their story. Generation is the only publication dedicated to raising the profile and prestige of family businesses in the UK. She loves to meet the families behind the brands and interview individuals to find out the story of their journey to where they are today.

Amalia also works with the marketing team to make sure that the Family Business Place website is constantly updated with the latest news and stories from the family business sector. As the leading online resource for all things family business, the website is a treasure trove of information, case studies, debates and research.

Email: amalia@familybusinessplace.com Twitter: @amaliabh

Ka Lai is the girl in the know about everything and everyone involved with Family Business place. If you are a family business and would like us to publish your press release, or perhaps you are an adviser to family businesses and would like to know more about our events then just give us a call and Ka Lai will be able to tell you more about how you can get involved.

Email: kalai@familybusinessplace.com

Geoff has recently joined The Family Business Place as Non-executive Director. His background is at Senior Executive level in both private and publicly owned organisations. We are delighted to have Geoff on board and use his significant experience to help guide The Family Business Place in future development and growth into new areas and markets.

Email: geoff@familybusinessplace.com

Colin has over 20 years' experience working in branding and design and, in particular, for magazines and newspapers. Colin is the genius who brings Generation magazine to life - showcasing family businesses in all their glory. Colin is also responsible for helping our clients (family businesses and professional advisers) to make their marketing material truly sing, raising their profile amongst the family business sector.

Email: colin@familybusinsesplace.com

Nick has travelled all over the country photographing some of the UK's most loved family businesses in their own environments. As official photographer of Generation magazine, Nick works closely with the editorial team to capture the real essence of the features and to make family businesses proud to showcase their companies.

Email: nick@nickgillott.com Twitter: @nick_gillott