Julian Barlow is the founder and Managing Director of BFC - Julian has had over 20 years experience working in Journalism, Marketing and Public Relations. He studied and worked in both the UK and the US at both a Regional and National level as a Journalist before adopting Public Relations and Marketing as his natural home. He was Marketing Director at the occupancy services group ISG plc, Marketing Director at Ramesys (Construct) Ltd and MD of the Chartered institute of Building commercial trading subsidiary ESL prior to founding BFC in 1999. His team of PR specialists have all had journalist training and successful PR and marketing backgrounds.
Amongst the management team those with over 10 years relevant experience include:
Kate Versey - Account Manager: One of our Business to Business industry specialists has corporate, trade and b2b experience working both agency and client-side across a broad range of industry sectors. Her previous Corporate account activity includes working within The Civil Service Sports Council - Disney on Ice, National Express, Halfords, Macdonald Hotels & The Tussuads Group.
Sam Burch – Account Executive: Graduated from Sheffield Hallam University with a BA Hons in Communications Studies & Journalism, Sam joins Barlow Frith to pursue a passion for PR developed through her studies and experience in the retail sector working for a number of famous High Street brands.
Keith Barlow brings both management and writing expertise to the business and has vast experience having worked with British Telecom plc and lectured at Exeter University.
Our Non Executive Advisors are led by Lord Nigel Jones of Cheltenham who heads our non executive Management team. The Member of Parliament for Cheltenham for over 13 years, he adds both international experience and a wealth of media and political contacts to BFC. Angela Barlow is also a Director of BFC.
They are supported by Administrative, IT and Accounts staff.
The team are based at two offices: Princes Risborough and Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
Kate Versey - Account Manager: One of our Business to Business industry specialists has corporate, trade and b2b experience working both agency and client-side across a broad range of industry sectors. Her previous Corporate account activity includes working within The Civil Service Sports Council - Disney on Ice, National Express, Halfords, Macdonald Hotels & The Tussuads Group.
Sam Burch – Account Executive: Graduated from Sheffield Hallam University with a BA Hons in Communications Studies & Journalism, Sam joins Barlow Frith to pursue a passion for PR developed through her studies and experience in the retail sector working for a number of famous High Street brands.
Keith Barlow brings both management and writing expertise to the business and has vast experience having worked with British Telecom plc and lectured at Exeter University.
Our Non Executive Advisors are led by Lord Nigel Jones of Cheltenham who heads our non executive Management team. The Member of Parliament for Cheltenham for over 13 years, he adds both international experience and a wealth of media and political contacts to BFC. Angela Barlow is also a Director of BFC.
They are supported by Administrative, IT and Accounts staff.
The team are based at two offices: Princes Risborough and Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
