Contact Centres & Telemarketing Council
The DMA Contact Centres & Telemarketing Council is focussed on helping DMA members find a secure and stable future, by providing high quality through adherence to the very best industry standards and creativity.
If you’d like to find out more about the council’s work or the sector please email telemarketing@dma.org.uk
List of Members
| Chair | |
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Elaine Lee, RenoldsBubsyLee Ltd Having spent more than 10 years working on the client side, Elaine has a great understanding of client expectations when outsourcing telemarketing activities. She has experience, as both a client and now a consultant to clients, of outsourcing and managing the outsource suppliers for inbound, outbound and customer service work in the UK and across Europe. |
| Vice-chair | |
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Sureya Landini, Blue Donkey Ltd As a CIPD qualified trainer, Sureya believes that raising standards and recognising the impact of great telemarketing on business growth is essential for the survival and growth of the industry. Founder and managing director of outbound B2B telemarketing company Blue Donkey, Sureya uses an approach to telemarketing that is intelligent, collaborative and unscripted. |
| Members | |
| Jacqui Crawley, KMB Telemarketing Ltd Jacqui has spent more than 20 years in the industry, many of them at director level for large service providers such as Patientline and Sunlight Workwear. She joined KMB Telemarketing Ltd in 2009 as business development director and in November 2009 became managing director. | |
| Peter Gale, Data Base Factory UK Limited Peter has over 15 years’ experience in the outsourced sector and is now UK manager of Data Base Factory, a pan-European contact centre group. DBF provide a range of inbounc and outbound telemarketing activities. | |
| Rufus Grig, Callmedia Managing director and chief technical officer, Rufus has specialist knowledge in call centre technology, and particular experience in responsible methods of predictive dialling. | |
| Dave Nicholls, DJN Solutions Ltd David is a software engineer and has been in the contact centre industry for 17 years, 10 of which he’s spent implementing and supporting predictive dialling solutions. As well as director of DJN Solution, he is a regularly contributes to press articles and conferences on the topic of solution design. | |
| Steve Smith, Brookmead Consulting Ltd Steve founded Tele-Connect Systems Ltd in 1985, one of the first UK software companies in the call centre business. He is director of Brookmead Consulting, which he set up in 2004, and takes a close interest in every aspect of unwelcome phone calls with his new company trueCall Ltd. | |
| Joanne Webber, npower As external telesales manager, Joanne manages the outsourced telesales channel for npower retail markets. Prior to this, Joanne worked as a sales manager in the finance and leasing sector, and in the music business. | |
| Fiona Whelan, CPM International Limited Fiona is director of call centres at CPM International and has 15 years’ experience in the contact centre industry. She also has a background in delivering multi-channel programmes across field marketing, phone, DM and digital channels. | |
| Jurgen Boltz, Genworth Financial Senior government relations manager at Genworth Financial insurance company since 2009, Jurgen has set up a media team (Genworth Marketing Solutions) to sell financial products through different channels, including telemarketing. | |
| Graham Smith, SCi Sales Group Marketing Director at SCi Sales Group, Graham has over 25 years experience in both online and offline marketing, advertising and design. He has held directorships at advertising and marketing agencies and worked on accounts as varied as Shelter Homeless Charity, Islington Council, Mitsubishi and Lennox Lewis (Heavyweight Boxing Champion). | |
| Catherine Scott, L-EV8 Marketing Ltd Catherine has worked within marketing and call centre management at a senior level for over 14 years. In 1998 Catherine set up McAlpine Marketing and she is now Client Services Director at L-EV8 Marketing. | |
| Mike Scatlin, Arc-H Handling Ltd Group sales and marketing director at Ark-H Mike has been involved with the DMA for several years and was elected to the Contact Centres & TCouncil in 2013. | |
| Joanne Varey, Granby Marketing Services Joanne is a highly respected director in the marketing services sector with over 18 years’ experience and has been responsible for the planning, implementation and management of some of the UK’s largest promotional fulfilment campaigns. Joanne is a previous chair of the Response Management Council and was elected to the Contact Centres & Telemarketing Council in 2013. |



