The Bright Ideas team is:
Tim Campbell, Chief Executive Officer
After winning BBC’s The Apprentice, Tim spent two years working for Amstrad plc under the mentorship of the company’s Chairman and CEO, Sir Alan Sugar, where he set up a Health and Beauty division within the company. Tim is a Child Ambassador for London and was appointed by the government to focus on the particular problems of the capital’s young people under the Government’s Every Child Matters agenda. He is closely involved with the Jack Petchey Foundation, the ACLT and is an active supporter of the NSPCC (he ran the London Marathon for them in 2006), Learn Direct and Connexions. He is also the face of the British Library’s campaign to promote their business support services. Tim is now leveraging his experience and public profile to promote and lead Bright Ideas Trust.
David Sullivan, Beneficiary & Investment Manager
David is an experienced banker who, in a career spanning almost 30 years with Barclays Bank, looked after a variety of business customers ranging from small and medium-sized enterprises to large publicly quoted companies. David joined Business Link for London in 2003 as a member of its Access to Finance programme, which transferred to the London Development Agency in October 2006. He subsequently returned to Business Link as a Business Adviser in 2009 and joined Bright Ideas Trust in 2011. With his experience in both banking and business support, he is very well placed to help young business owners raise the finance they require to start and grow their businesses.
Alf Langley, Beneficiary Support Manager
Alf has had a long and successful career in retail banking with Abbey National (now Santander) as a Branch and Area Manager, where he was responsible for developing individuals and teams to achieve demanding sales and service targets. He has more recently been involved with the administration of cricket in this country and providing pastoral support to students on MBA courses. With this rounded background, he is ideally placed to help to guide our investees in dealing with the critical issues that businesses face especially in their early stages of development.
Lucy Mangua, Education & Training Manager
Lucy spent more than 10 years working in the media as a journalist and TV producer, reaching senior management at MTV Networks Europe before moving into the voluntary sector 8 years ago. Having had previous experience in supervising internships at MTV, she was given responsibility for developing training courses for young people at Urban Voice UK. She went on to develop a creative BTEC programme for unemployed young adults, which was supported by the London Development Agency. Before leaving Urban Voice she was responsible for developing and delivering a pre-start business training programme funded by London Councils ESF assisting women to set up their own enterprises
Jill Thorn, Office Manager
Jill started her career as a secretary at the BBC and then went on to work as a PA at Hooper & Co, a Rolls-Royce coachbuilder and then Pizza Hut. She also worked as a Project Manager at IPC Media.
Becky Tanner, Executive Assistant
Becky spent 12 years working as an Executive Assistant to the Chairman and President of Sony Music Entertainment. During this time she twice won the Music Industry PA of the Year Award. In the past she has also worked as a PA to a Vice President of a major film company and for the CEO of an artist management company.
