Our Staff
Meet the PPS Publications team...
Paul Hogan - Managing Director
Interests: It's family first - wife + three kids (boys 14 and 11, daughter 10), two dogs. Since hitting his 40s he has given up drink, started eating all his greens, and become a fanatical runner and cyclist. He hopes to run his third London Marathon this year in under 3.30 (previous PB 3.52) and his first Olympic Triathlon in August. If you want to be bored to tears ask him how his training is going.
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Stacey Edwards - Financial Director
Stacey, a Cancerian, is devoted to her children (two boys and a girl). She bakes a great deal of cakes - so many she has to bring them to work in order to get rid of them (causing havoc with the permanent diets that most PPS staff are on). In the last year she has also become addicted to running, often up to twice a day. She had even started lying to her friends, telling them she is going home to watch TV and eat sweets, when really she is going out to run 10km.
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Daniel Coleman - Event Director, Publisher
Daniel has now been with PPS for over 10 years. He grew up with the aim of being a fighter pilot, but after spending two years of successfully passing aptitude and medical tests whilst studying, he was told his legs were two inches too long to safely eject from any of the RAF’s jets. His enthusiasm for aviation led him to work for PPS where he has since experienced more thrills and near death experiences than any possible career provided by the RAF.
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Kerry Parks - Office and Accounts Manager
Kerry has now been with PPS for 10 years and can still remember the days when there were only two computers in the office and no internet! Having seen many changes over the years there has always been a new challenge or project for Kerry to use her extreme organisational and, to the point of OCD, efficiency skills in – if you want something done yesterday, see Kerry! With a love of numbers Kerry enjoys working in accounts with Stacey and, even after email made her shorthand redundant, still works closely with Paul on anything and everything that needs doing. Holding a 2nd Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo Paul often asks Kerry for advice on sit-ups and stretching but still thinks he could put her in hospital!
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Sales
Jenny Rayner - Sales Director
Jenny has worked on and off at PPS for 15 years, and has worked across most of the business units, giving her a unique understanding of all aspects of the business. She has a keen interest in all things spiritual. She has a husband and three beautiful girls and likes to live life to the full and have as many adventures as possible. She has climbed a waterfall, has been buried alive, and has lived in darkness for a week. She definitely likes a challenge!
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Jon Lassetter - Business Development Manager, anna.aero & The Route Shop
Jon has been with PPS for over 8 years now and has enjoyed much success developing magazines in both Europe and North America. He is now using his talents to quickly grow our online products. Before joining PPS he spent years working his way up in the bar sector where he became a talented cocktail flair performer. He became so good that he spent time training TGI Fridays bartenders across the UK to throw bottles behind their heads and make every cocktails under the Sun! He has great interest in cars, food & drink, and bad Hollywood movies for which his mind holds a wealth of related useless trivia.
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Jane Montgomery - Exhibitions & Sponsorship Manager, ACI EUROPE
At PPS Jane enjoys looking after the ACI EUROPE Exhibitions, “it’s a great feeling when an event you have been working on finally comes together” In her role, Jane loves the fact she gets to visit some fantastic countries and experience some wonderful culture- watching U2 live in Toronto, and visiting the “Cheers” bar in Boston are just some of the great memories whilst at PPS. Dealing with Europeans every day, Jane has tried to learn Spanish, German and French and loves practising with clients- she hasn’t succeeded very well although she is quite content she can ask for a beer or wine with sparkling water in all three!
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Ian Hill - Publisher, TFWA & IAADFS Dailies
Ian has worked across many industries but found his true calling in publishing Dailies for the travel retail sector. He is remarkably well read and knowledgeable about the classics - he read English at St Peter's College Oxford and has traveled the world. He is very good at tennis and has a house full of cats, dogs and grown up children.
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Catherine Noakes - Exhibition & Publications Manager, Check-In & ACI EUROPE
Catherine can’t believe that she’s been selling the exhibitions and magazines at PPS for 7 years now – how time flies when you’re having fun! In that time she has managed not to kill or maim her fiancée (and father of her daughter), Tom Aspel, despite working and living with him – amazing! Catherine is always ready to embrace with gusto the social aspect of her job and has a voice that can be heard from some distance.
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James Nixon - Publications & Exhibitions Manager, AOA
Before joining PPS, James worked for Lexis Nexis, selling across a number of legal titles. He plays the piano and once spent time in New York pursuing a music career, but returned to England as he missed the fine English weather, and didn’t have a very good singing voice! He is an animal lover, a Liverpool supporter and could be a great Andy Garcia lookalike.
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James Howson - International Sales Executive, Airport Business
James previously worked on publications for the ‘Flooring Industry’. He is a country lad at heart and spent his youth on his granddads farm driving tractors, picking eggs and milking cows. He has recently bought his first home with his girlfriend and is enjoying life working on Airport Business.
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Conference Unit
Lynsey Giddings - Conference Manager
Lynsey has been with PPS Publications for almost three years, managing the ACI EUROPE conferences. With more than 8 years experience in the events sector, she has worked on a wide range of events from charity events for 10,000+ participants in central London, organising conferences and awards ceremonies for the media industry, to organising networking events for the government. Lynsey read Psychology at Sussex University and with a love of travel, enjoys spending her free time escaping rainy days in the UK for sunnier climates.
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Andrea Bevan - Conference Executive
Andrea lives the closest to the PPS offices (under a mile) yet she still drives in every day. Before joining PPS she worked for Swarovski, and no doubt assumed that the world of publishing and events would be just as glamorous, but she soon found otherwise. Despite working in aviation she is absolutely terrified of flying, although she is slowly improving! In her spare time she enjoys shopping, eating, drinking and Bruce Willis films.
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Editorial
Ross Falconer - Managing Editor
Ross followed-up his passion for writing by completing a journalism degree. This led him to PPS, where he has worked on various titles relating to airports, airlines and travel retail, progressing to his current position of Managing Editor. A keen armchair sports fan, Ross supports Liverpool FC. Despite having never been to Liverpool, this does not make him a glory-seeker.
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Ralph Anker - anna.aero Editor
Ralph is the only member of PPS staff who has worked right in the thick of aviation. He was formerly Head of Business Development at Maersk Air and Head of Network Planning for Go Fly from where he moved to easyJet after its acquisition. Many people are surprised to learn that Ralph has any interests outside of work as he lives and breathes aviation, but in fact he is also very keen on architecture and cars and is succeeding very well at introducing his four year old son to these passions.
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Web & Design
Keith Bateup - e-commerce & Web Development Manager
Keith’s interest in web development started many years before Web 2.0, back when the only internet browser available was Netscape Navigator. The first website he created was a fanzine for the Simpsons, where he dabbled in the latest internet technologies, mainly animated gifs. Since then his passion has developed into a successful career helping business exploit the benefits of e-commerce. In his spare time he plays guitar (poorly) and enjoys watching his football team, Crystal Palace, lose most weeks.
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Tom Aspel - Head Designer
Tom has branded and designed all of our magazines, marketing materials and events since 1999. Amazingly, since then, he has managed to get engaged, produce a beautiful daughter and moved house four times. He’s passionate about his work.
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Richard Jende - Senior Designer
Richard joined PPS over five years ago and works on all things design within the company. Originally a designer working primarily in print, he has now embraced the digital age and loves experimenting with design in new media such as video and web animation. When his nose isn’t to the grindstone, he likes nothing more than to play drums for the rock band September’s Child.
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Reza Rahman - Web Developer
As a self-proclaimed web guru, Reza spends his time at PPS developing magnificent websites, snacking on a variety of biscuits and unintentionally spilling glasses of water on his desk. In his spare time he enjoys playing sports, all of which he is terrible at and watching overrated movies.
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