Jack O’Hern
Wright Vigar Chartered Accountants
Jack works with owner managed businesses to help them first identify and then achieve their goals, through a combination of strategy and tax planning.
Areas of Expertise: Business strategy & processes, Financial planning
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Neil Pfister
Druces LLP
Neil has spent all his working life in Technology, Media and Telecoms, initially founding two IT start-ups with a focus on design and software development, and latterly as a solicitor in the field.
Areas of Expertise: Business strategy & processes, Financial planning, Legal & ethical, People
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Shan Preddy
PREDDY&CO
Shan is a Partner at Preddy&Co, which delivers high-performance presentation training for the design sector: all disciplines, all levels of experience, in-person and online, worldwide.
Natasha Ellard-Shoefield
The Hand
Natasha specialises in helping design agencies grow through the acquisition of new clients via a targeted business development strategy.
Areas of Expertise: Business strategy & processes, People, Sales & Marketing
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Aliya Vigor-Robertson
JourneyHR
Aliya and her business partner Sue run an HR Consultancy called JourneyHR. They have a brilliant team of creative industry HR specialists who work with a large community of award winning clients helping them attract and retain their talent.
Andre Yong
Angsana
Andre founded new business/lead generation agency Angsana in 2006 after working with agencies such as Landor and Fitch. Andre helps creative, comms and tech companies design and execute business development campaigns that maximise their skills and case studies to win new name clients.
Areas of Expertise: Business strategy & processes, Sales & Marketing
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Service Design in Government 2017
A practical three day conference for anyone involved in designing or commissioning public services. Bringing together the very best service design speakers and practitioners to share techniques and case studies from the field. DBA members get 10% off tickets.
DBA CEO on the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement
By Deborah Dawton, CEO, Design Business Association
DBA CEO Deborah Dawton outlines why the review of the tax credit environment for R&D outlined in the Autumn Statement is important to the design industry.
Expert advice – all wrapped up
By Hannah Paterson, Insight and Content Editor, Design Business Association
With Christmas fast approaching, our Wise Men and Women of the DBA Experts Register share some top tips for your business in 2017.
DBA Board name their design highlights
By Hannah Paterson, Insight and Content Editor, Design Business Association
A Scottish icon, a product to challenge Apple’s dominance and a piece of design with real emotional punch feature amongst our Board of Directors' most admired designs of the year.