Griffiths Waite

Business Relationship Director 

Director

Consultant

Driving new business growth in the UK and Europe.

New Business Director

Lightbox Digital

Helping the team create new business and accelerate growth.

McCann Birmingham

New Business Development

Bright PR

Creating new business opportunities and developing a new business strategy for the group.

Enhancing Bright's reputation Nationally through PR and networking.

Bright's strengths lie in very strong media relationships in B2B, Consumer, Retail, Automotive, FMCG and Professional Services.

Kilvington Leith Marketing

KLM – New Business Manager. Started 20/08/08 – 09.

A leading advertising agency in the Midlands working for the likes of SKY, Diageo, Britvic, VW, Pepsi, Continental Tyres and Alton Towers. 

The Role: 

Generating high level new business opportunities with potential clients. Ensuring the new business strategy for KLM is upto date and relevant to our experience.

Creating and keeping up to date the new business database. Raising the KLM profile both nationally and regionally and feeding our successes into relevant trade press.

New Business Manager

Connect

Connect Advertising – Distributor Marketing Team Leader. Started 21/03/05 – 18/07/08

A leading advertising agency in the Midlands working for the likes of Bentley, Calor Gas and National Express.

The Role: 

Working on the Calor Gas account generating new business opportunities for the client/ links with key suppliers.

Speaking with distributors and manufacturers across the full range of Calor's LPG markets and building relationships, through face to face, telephone and online contact.

Fully understanding the marketing communications programmes of the distributors and the mechanisms operated by them, and then selling the benefits of LPG and the bespoke support that Calor can offer them.

Account Executive/ Account Manager

Hadens Solicitors

Exec

Hey, I'm Reuben and here is my story.

After 15 years of working in both global & indie agencies, I wanted to make the boat go faster without pointless meetings, waiting on long sign-off processes and not being able to think outside of the box. 

Since then I helped various companies in the UK and beyond. 

I am now working with Griffiths Waite who specialise in Custom Software Development and are the Uk's leading enterprise JavaScript experts. 

What I stand for:

Taking the time to have real-time in-person conversations.

Understanding your business and your competitors forensically.

Delivering results that can be presented back to key stakeholders and build business confidence. 

Becoming an extension of your teams and always adding value. 

Asking the tough questions to get to the right solutions utilising tried and trusted methodology. 

Drop me a DM, and let's start the conversation.

Reuben Boughton

Exploring the vibrant West Midlands, engaging with its dynamic communities and shining a spotlight on the extraordinary people and projects that make this region truly brilliant.

BBC Radio WM Breakfast Show

Stormworks Studios

Chairman to the Board of Directors advising on strategy and growth of the business.

Chairman

LoveBrum

LoveBrum is a Charity.  It reaches out to local Birmingham-based projects that are delivering real change to our already-beautiful city.  Once it finds these projects, it profiles the same and then ask its members to vote on which projects they want to see funded.  

Together, we have so far supported local projects ranging from volunteer/family-led counselling projects dealing with stillbirths and neonatal deaths, to school projects that engage with intergenerational activities within local care homes, to local street-clean-up and soup kitchen campaigns.  

This aside, LoveBrum is a movement for a better Birmingham.  We want to celebrate all that is good in this city and in doing so, hopefully restore some real civic pride.

There are plenty of ways to get involved, so please head over to www.lovebrum.org.uk to find out more.  

Birmingham, let's do this!

Co-Founder

Recruitment Marketing Club

Recruiters, stick to the things you're REALLY good at.

And leave us to the marketing.

'Cos we are a marketing agency FOR recruiters FROM recruiters.

We can help you rebrand or rebuild.

Whilst you recruit.

Simple as that.

So, shall we do this?

Aston University

Associate Lecturer

Recruitment Founders Club

Recruitment Founders Club is dedicated to empowering recruiters to establish their own businesses. 

As part of the Advisory Board, I support the board and founders in their decision-making process; contributing to the company's mission to reimagine the recruitment landscape.

We are committed to providing a community where recruiters can thrive as business owners, backed by the collective wisdom and robust support of the RFC team.

Board Advisor

A transformative journey, imparting robust skills in leadership, talent development, and strategic decision-making. I learned to assemble and lead high-performance teams, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.

Driving the agency's growth, I gained a hands-on understanding of the nuances of digital marketing across various sectors. I developed an acute eye for identifying opportunities and trends in the digital space, creating effective strategies that helped our clients stand out and succeed in their markets.

The experience also honed my operational management skills, from budgeting and resource allocation to project management and client relationship building. I learned to balance the demands of day-to-day operations with long-term strategic planning, continuously striving for efficiency and excellence.

Additionally, the experience instilled in me a strong sense of resilience and adaptability. In the ever-evolving world of digital marketing, adapting to new technologies, industry trends, and client needs was a constant requirement.

Overall, the journey was enjoyable. A true lesson in building, scaling, and then re-purposing a business.  It has equipped me with a comprehensive skillset and a rich perspective, which I am excited to carry into my future endeavors.

Co-Owner

TEDx Aston University

An annual - and unique - gathering in Birmingham that will unleash new ideas, inspire and inform. A local gathering where live talks and performances are shared with the community.

Advisory Board Member

Birmingham Law Society

As a member of the Board of Directors at Birmingham Law Society, I helped to guide the activities and protect the reputation of this prestigious regional membership organisation.

English Schools'​ Football Association

The ESFA is the National Governing Body of in School and College Football.  

A volunteering role, I helped the organisation seek new partners and sponsors with similar values and ethics to support schools’ football, whilst helping with the development of a PR and marketing strategy so that opportunities to raise the profile of the ESFA were maximised.

Advisor to the Council 

Marketing Expert | Passionate Philanthropist | Former Lawyer | Working Out What's Next 🤘

I would like to think that people will remember me as a nice bloke, who did nice things.

And those nice things are:

- Talking. Think Radio, TV, Events, Podcasts, Lecturing, etc.
- Charity. No one has ever become poor from giving.
- Birmingham. I'm proud to consistently champion this city.

And those nice things were:

- Marketing. Web, digital, social media.
- Law. I genuinely still can't believe that I was an actual lawyer.
- Consultancy. Non-Exec. Board Member. Advisor.

And I've done a lot more bits and bobs.

My main focus currently is:

Radio and broadcasting with the BBC.
Hosting and public speaking through my own business.
And charity (which will always be voluntary).

But I can always do some of the other bits if you think I could help you.

hello@pjellis.me - let's chat 🤘

PJ Ellis

I love a challenge.
The bigger, the better.

And now I’ve set myself a new one:
Fill Millennium Point for Wit + Grit.

I’m no event expert.
But I do know how to graft.

And I’m lucky to have a brilliant network.
The kind that shows up for the right reasons.

Because this isn’t about numbers or ego.
It’s about creating a day that genuinely helps people.
A day that leaves people walking out a little taller than they walked in.

Big challenge.
But I like my chances.

30th of January 2026.
https://lnkd.in/ex4AmiDN 

Let’s see what we can build.

Passionate about people, positive change and Birmingham.

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