Mike Hale
Non-Executive Chairman

Mike Hale has spent most of his career in the marketing and advertising sectors. His roles have included Chairman and CEO of Young and Rubicam Australia, Chairman and CEO of FCB Australia and Board Director of Saatchi and Saatchi UK. He also established his own eponymous agency which he built into one of Australia’s leading independent agencies and which he sold. He has also been involved with business and strategic planning for major Australian and international companies including British Airways, Unilever, Epson, Toshiba, NRMA and BMW. His extensive marketing and advertising experience with blue-chip companies, both in the UK and Australia, will be highly beneficial to the Company’s plans for growth and expansion.

Richard Owen
Non-Executive Director

Richard was formerly Executive Chairman of AIM listed Insig Ai (INSG) Plc and an Executive Director of its subsidiary Pantheon Leisure Plc. Richard has extensive involvement and experience in corporate and strategic planning, acquisitions and finance. Richard holds various other private company directorships.

Alan Charlton
Non-Executive Director

With a career in finance spanning over 30 years, Mr Charlton has held a series of senior leadership roles, including Finance Director at the Austin Reed Group, Finance and Commercial Director at Burton and Dorothy Perkins, and Group Commercial Director at the Arcadia Group.

A qualified accountant, Mr Charlton brings a wealth of expertise in shaping business strategy, enhancing operational performance, executing cost-saving initiatives, managing complex mergers and acquisitions, and delivering shareholder value.

Steve Quah
CEO

Steve Quah is a founder and Chief Executive Director at Cheerful Twentyfirst and oversees the management of all events. With extensive expertise in both theatrical and digital brand experiences, Steve is the driving force behind the company’s strong creative service ethos. Steve brings over forty years of unique insight, innovation and experience to the company and continues to focus the team on delivering game changing events for all clients. With a passion for creating award winning brand experiences, Steve has produced over 400 corporate productions and numerous live events for some of the world’s largest brands including Stagwell Group, Vodafone, Google, KPMG, Clifford Chance, LG, Disney, BBC, News UK and Microsoft to name but a few.

Andrew Harvey
Managing Director

Andrew Harvey is the Managing Director and has over thirty experience producing events, branded content and interactive projects. Andrew joined Cheerful Twentyfirst in 1999 and helped significantly grow the branded content division winning numerous awards. Andrew has worked at many levels within the company including Account Manager, Head of Moving Image, Senior Event Producer and Director of Operations. Andrew has delivered award winning projects for global brands including HSBC, Nokia, McKinsey & Company, Mars Wrigley, White & Case, GE Alstom, Oliver Wyman, PubMatic and Babcock. Andrew currently oversees all aspects of the agency’s operations.