Michaela Bilton, Senior Account ManagerOMD UK

18 months ago Michaela joined Fuse Manning Gottlieb OMD as Senior Account Manager, handling accounts such as Virgin Media, John Lewis, Starbucks and Waitrose. Her area of expertise currently sit within events and experiential as well as partnership activation.

Previous to this she was the Events Executive for The Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun at News UK, starting the role back in August 2009. She was responsible for the strategy, planning and execution of events, partnerships and sponsorships across News UK – some of which include The Whisky Club launch, ECB partnership, The Times involvement with the GB Olympic Hockey Team and numerous fashion events with Style magazine.

Prior to this she worked in the Sales Promotions team at Dewynters who specialise in Art and Entertainment.

Michaela Bilton

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