Position I’m Senior Planner, and I have the pleasure of sharing ‘Planner Alley’ with Michelle.

How long have you been at Whitewater? Two years, ish.

Tell us a bit about your history - the events that have led you here? It all started at the International Fundraising Convention in Holland and I teamed up with Whitewater in a darts contest. At the time I was very happily managing the donor recruitment for Dogs Trust. But after we won the darts, during which I managed to skewer our opponent’s foot with a dart (intentionally of course), we kept in sporadic touch. Before I knew it, I was going to an interview at Whitewater and accepting the great job of Strategic Planner. It’s a funny old game. Life and darts I mean.

So the moral of the story is: Be careful who you play darts with, they may end up being your boss. And now, spookily, Whitewater has it’s own dartboard. The circle is complete…

Your Best Whitewater moment? I guess when we won a prize for a long copy tube platform poster we produced for the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. It was a truly brilliant piece of creative, for a truly brilliant charity, and it beat a long list of big name agencies to a gong. Very stratifying.

What could we twist your arm with? Good conversation, comics, a full biscuit tin and fine wines. But if in doubt, go for the wine.

Additional skills? I’m a bit of a painter in my spare time, and will happily accept commissions (as long as you’re happy to pose nude).

I’m also pretty good at wiggling my ears.

Yes. We thought we could wiggle our ears too but after that humiliating ear-wiggling smackdown, we would never dare say so again. Thanks Mark.