Our team
Meet our senior team at Citizen Brando.
Mandy Sharp,
Managing Director
Mandy Sharp co-founded Brando with Managing Partner Paul Lucas. With 12 years experience in PR, Mandy has worked on a plethora of blue chip, FMCG and lifestyle brands. She lead the agency's foray into experiential PR and has headed up award winning campaigns for the likes of BT, London Gatwick Airport and Haribo.
Paul Lucas,
Managing Partner
Paul Lucas is a co-founder of Brando. In a career spanning over 15 years, Paul has worked with some of the world's largest consumer brands spanning FMCG, leisure, retail, travel and consumer technology. With a passion for integrated comms and innovation, Paul has been a driving force behind the development of the agency's international network and the introduction of digital into the creative mix.
Shelley Morrell,
Managing Partner
Former journalist Shelley Morrell jumped ship to join the PR revolution 12 years ago. She oversees the agency’s ever-expanding international practice and has been instrumental in introducing global brands such as Mars, Procter & Gamble and Sony Ericsson.
Jono Marcus,
Director, Digital Innovation
The online revolution was made for people like Jono who has built a successful career from engaging people with digital content. He ran Cake's digital division and set up a specialist digital agency, before joining Citizen Brando. He is currently writing a book about online listening and appears as a regular social media expert on BBC Radio.
Fiona Longhurst,
Planning Director
Fiona is an original founder of Band & Brown and has led the agency's pursuit of insight-led PR and communications. She's a great believer in PR's capability to deliver strong commercial results and has devised bespoke planning tools, research programmes and hard-working evaluation models to drive up effectiveness and prove results. A strategic lead on many high profile brands from HSBC to the BBC to BT.
Maria Greaves,
Business Development Director
Maria has 14 years of big brand PR experience under her belt. For many of those, she was directing campaigns for the likes of BT, British Gas, Burton's Foods and Thomson Holidays. Latterly, she's sidestepped neatly into a new business role introducing clients to the agency and marketing our success throughout the industry.
Fran Timmons,
Director
An experienced PR professional, Fran has been with the agency for more than seven years and working in the industry for over 12 years. In that time she has headed-up award-winning brand and product campaigns for clients such as Sony Ericsson, Bupa and Three. She is currently on maternity leave enjoying/enduring somewhat sleepless nights with the newest addition to her family.