• Strategy, design and production under one roof
  • Grounded in global trends, research and insight
  • Unique, proprietary DNA workshop process
  • Havas Group member and founder member of Havas Design +
  • Annual reporting for 15 of the FTSE 100
  • 50 years of brand creation, management and communication
  • 40 people based in Camden
  • Strategy, design and production under one roof
  • Grounded in global trends, research and insight
  • Unique, proprietary DNA workshop process
  • Havas Group member and founder member of Havas Design +
  • Annual reporting for 15 of the FTSE 100
  • 50 years of brand creation, management and communication
  • 40 people based in Camden
  • Strategy, design and production under one roof
  • Grounded in global trends, research and insight
  • Unique, proprietary DNA workshop process
  • Havas Group member and founder member of Havas Design +
  • Annual reporting for 15 of the FTSE 100
  • 50 years of brand creation, management and communication
  • 40 people based in Camden
  • Strategy, design and production under one roof
  • Grounded in global trends, research and insight
  • Unique, proprietary DNA workshop process
  • Havas Group member and founder member of Havas Design +
  • Annual reporting for 15 of the FTSE 100
  • 50 years of brand creation, management and communication
  • 40 people based in Camden
  • Strategy, design and production under one roof
  • Grounded in global trends, research and insight
  • Unique, proprietary DNA workshop process
  • Havas Group member and founder member of Havas Design +
  • Annual reporting for 15 of the FTSE 100
  • 50 years of brand creation, management and communication
  • 40 people based in Camden
  • Strategy, design and production under one roof
  • Grounded in global trends, research and insight
  • Unique, proprietary DNA workshop process
  • Havas Group member and founder member of Havas Design +
  • Annual reporting for 15 of the FTSE 100
  • 50 years of brand creation, management and communication
  • 40 people based in Camden
  • Strategy, design and production under one roof
  • Grounded in global trends, research and insight
  • Unique, proprietary DNA workshop process
  • Havas Group member and founder member of Havas Design +
  • Annual reporting for 15 of the FTSE 100
  • 50 years of brand creation, management and communication
  • 40 people based in Camden
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Our Directors

We have an entrepreneurial leadership team with broad experience in founding and running branding businesses.

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Jane Simmonds
Managing Partner

Jane has over 25 years’ experience in branding and design and has been involved in the creation and implementation of global brand identities for Cable & Wireless, Meridian Hotels, Shell, Unibail-Rodamco, Fortis and bmi.

Previously Jane was CEO of Fitch and has held senior management roles at Landor, Brand Union and Addison. Jane has championed the formation of Havas Design +, the fast-growing global network of design and branding agencies within the Havas Group. Conran Design Group is one of four founder members.

Jane currently leads the accounts for Shell, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Procter & Gamble.

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Lee Hoddy
Creative Partner

Lee has over 18 years’ experience in the industry. He has held the role of design and creative director at many of the UK’s leading branding consultancies including Brand Union, Bamber Forsyth and Fitch. Lee was a founding partner of 35 Communications in 2003.

Lee has worked widely within brand creation and communications and provides creative insight and leadership for clients including Centrica, Shell, Visa and the BBC.

He currently heads up the accounts for Hays, Lloyd’s Register and the Royal Albert Hall.

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Thom Newton
CEO & Managing Partner

Thom initially worked in media and communications as a copywriter before moving into branding and design, working at Colely Porter Bell, Bamber Forsyth and Fitch.

He was a founding partner of 35 Communications in 2003 and since the merger with Conran Design group in 2008 has been central to the development of both our own consultancy and our DNA workshop offer. He heads up development of the digital and moving image offer at Conran Design Group.

Thom has worked with businesses, NGOs and charities. He currently heads up accounts for Burberry, Tesco, KPMG and Cancer Research UK.

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Nigel Forsyth
Managing Partner

Nigel was a founding partner of Bamber Forsyth in 1978 and ran the business until 2002 when it merged with Fitch UK. Nigel became a managing partner of 35 Communications in 2003.

Nigel was a founding member of the Design Business Association and is active in the design and communications community.

He has worked with many of the world’s leading organisations including Diageo, Unilever, The Prince’s Trust and the NSPCC. Nigel heads up the accounts for Compass, Rolls-Royce, Balfour Beatty and AstraZeneca.

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