The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts has paired up 24 companies with 25 mentors, including adland figures such as Moray MacLennan, the global chief executive of M&C Saatchi, and Bartle, the co-founder of Bartle Bogle Hegarty, as part of the Creative Business Mentor Network initiative.
Other mentors include David Kershaw, the chief executive of M&C Saatchi, Stephen Woodford, the chairman and chief executive of DDB London, Nick Blunden, the managing director of Profero, Tim Bonnet, the chief executive of Tequila\UK, and Tess Alps, the chief executive of Thinkbox.
Jon Kingsbury, the director of the creative economy at Nesta, said: "Creative businesses are highly networked, but getting practical, intelligent advice on business growth, from people who appreciate their sector, is tough to find. Our programme focuses on the highly innovative, creative businesses which will contribute to the creative industries leading the UK out of recession."
The full list of mentors:
| Agency Inc | David Kershaw, CEO, M&C Saatchi | |||||
| Airlock | Peter Cowley, MD, Digital Media, Endemol | |||||
| Avatar Productions | Wayne Garvie, director of content and production, BBC Worldwide | |||||
| Axis Animation | Nick Blunden, MD, Profero | |||||
| CitySocialising | Andy Taylor, director, All3Media | |||||
| Connected Pictures | Tim Bonnet, CEO, Tequila\UK | |||||
| DESQ | Andrew Chitty, MD, Illumina | |||||
| Distilled Ltd | John Varney, former CTO, BBC | |||||
| Glasshead | Alex Graham, CEO, Wall To Wall | |||||
| Hotspur & Argyle | Tess Alps, CEO, Thinkbox | |||||
| Jason Bruges Studio | Mike Kelly, MD, Northern Alliance | |||||
| Kindle Entertainment | Andrew Zein, MD, Tiger Aspect | |||||
| Lambent Productions | Andrew O'Connor, CEO, Objective Production | |||||
| Love Productions | Peter Bazalgette, media consultant, NewBaz | |||||
| Mammoth Screen Ltd | Patrick McKenna, chairman, Ingenious Media | |||||
| Nameless Media Group Ltd | Charles Wace, CEO, Two Four | |||||
| Novarising | Moray MacLennan, global CEO, M&C Saatchi | |||||
| October Films | Louise Pedersen, MD, All3Media | |||||
| OTPL Worldwide | Howard Kiedaisch, MD, Arts Alliance Media | |||||
| Que Pasa | Stephen Woodford, chairman and CEO, DDB London | |||||
| Roughcut Television | Alex Connock, CEO, Ten Alps | |||||
| The Neighbourhood | Steve Taylor, director of development and innovation, Aegis Media UK & Ireland | |||||
| Thinkpublic | John Bartle, co-founder, BBH | |||||
| Traffic Digital | Ray Marshall, MD, Festival Film & Television | |||||
| Paul Sandler, MD, Objective Productions | ||||||
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