Beetroot

Our people

Bob Wailling, Mary Taylor and Graham Cook

 

Our people are writers, designers and project managers with a wide range of skills. We work in teams dedicated to particular clients. Our writers and editors are trained journalists. Our designers are art college graduates with solid business-world experience gained in design studios and publishing.

We are led by managing director Bob Wailling, creative director Graham Cook and finance director Mary Taylor.

And we’re guided by a simple principle: to deliver the very best work, on time and on budget, to the client's desk. Always. 



Bob Wailling

Managing director

Bob has worked in the communications business for almost 30 years, progressing from local newspaper journalist, to the nationals, to Reuters and then to corporate publishing, joining beetroot as client services director in 2001.

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Graham Cook

Creative director

A graduate of Maidstone College of Art, Graham has 30 years’ broad experience of all aspects of design, print and production. He began his career in the publicity department of publisher, Morgan Grampian, ran his own consultancy for 15 years and joined beetroot in 1995 as creative director.

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Mary Taylor

Finance/HR director

Mary has been responsible for all matters administrative, financial and personnel since joining the company eight years ago. She has a broad business background following senior management accountancy roles in several sectors, including spells working at the V&A, for Harrods and House of Fraser.

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Shailesh Chavda

Shailesh ChavdaCreative manager

A 10-year veteran of beetroot, Shailesh runs the studio, organising the workflow and overseeing all creative output. Shailesh started his career in lifestyle and fashion magazines, since then he has specialised in all aspects of editorial design.

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Debbie Pentelow

Debbie PentelowEditorial manager

Debbie, who is a Fellow of the CiB, has more than 15 years’ experience in stakeholder communications. She began her communications career at the University of London and now manages our editorial team as well as editing her own portfolio of titles.

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