Emma Halls
chief executive, Prostate Cancer Research Foundation (PCRF)
Emma was made chief executive of the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation (PCRF) in September 2006, following on from her appointment as a fundraiser in 2005. She cut her teeth raising money from a one off concert with Sir Elton John and the Royal Academy of Music, before raising substantial sums from Major Donors for both Refuge and Diabetes UK. She was the first chair of the Institute of Fundraising Major Donor special interest group, and since joining the PCRF has been heavily involved with their Bob Monkhouse ‘Give a few bob’ campaign.
Chris MacLeod
head of group marketing communication, Transport for London
Chris has spent most of his career in Advertising and Marketing.
He has worked at some of the UK’s leading advertising agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi, McCann Erickson and Collet Dickenson Pearce where he was chief executive.
He has been responsible for wide range of diverse Marketing range of products and number of high profile public sector and ‘issue’ based campaigns including projects for the Metropolitan Police, the Department of Health and British Nuclear Fuels.
He is now head of group marketing communication for Transport for London, responsible for a diverse portfolio of Marketing and Advertising programmes including campaigns for Oyster card, Road Safety, Cycling, Tubes and Buses.
He has a degree from Newcastle Business School, a Masters degree from the London School of Economics and is a Fellow and former chairman of the Marketing Society.
He is a visiting lecturer at Westminster University and Oxford Brookes Business School and a regular conference speaker and writer on Marketing issues. He is also a regular on the Bakerloo line.