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Sarla Langdon MIPR - CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Name
 Sarla Langdon
   
Address
 The Old School House (E)
  Nottage Road
  Newton
  Swansea/Abertawe
  SA3 4SU
   
   
Telephone
 01792 360042
   
Email 
 markmaid1@btinternet.com
   
Marital Status
 Single
   
Children  
One son, Chartered Accountant
   
Academic Career
Walsingham House, Bombay
   
 
Sophia College, Bombay 
(B.A.  History & French)
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sarla Langdon is a copy ‘heavyweight’, trained at LINTAS (Unilever) and has worked on large multinational accounts as creative director in major international agencies as well as for small business Sarla has been a lecturer for the CAM diploma course Gwent Business College 94-96

1983 -1989

Editor of The Advertiser Group of newspapers in Swansea, campaigning for the small business. Became familiar with the workings of over 300 microbusinesses in the course of writing articles on them.

1989 - Consultant to the Food Liaison Committee of Swansea City Council editing and producing the bi-monthly Swansea Food News magazine to promote the catering industry


1989 to date

Editor of the following publications dedicated to the Microbusiness:

  • Enterprising – the business magazine of the Enterprise Trust
  • New Business Forum – the business magazine for start-ups and new microbusinesses
  • Swansea Food News – magazine for the catering industry from Swansea City Council

Founder of the following SME business support clubs and events

  • Industry Week. Pioneered the concept of putting together the heads of CBI, IOD, Chamber of Commerce, Economic Development Units and Enterprise Agencies to create a week long programme of events for the small business
  • West Wales Exporters Association- Founded for small high growth exporters with funding from TEC
  • New Business Club for Microbusiness start-ups
  • SWING An ERDF funded Microbusiness club

Papers published

  • 2001 – The Influence of IT on the Growth of the Microbusiness (Institute of Small Business Affairs National Conference)
  • 2002- The Needs of New Generations of Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurs – Is it time for a policy change?
    (Institute of Small Business Affairs National Conference)
  • 2005 – The Efficacy of PR in the growth of the SME (CIPR Conference, Lincoln)
  • 2006 – Business Strategy and Growth: Focus on the microbusiness (ISBE Conference, Cardiff)

Appointments:-

  • Committee Member, Institute of Directors
  • Committee Member, Institute of Welsh Affairs
  • Committee Member, Swansea Business Club
  • Business Panel Member, Wales Spatial Plan
  • Member of Branding Task Force for Wales (2000-2003 )
  • Council member Cardiff Chamber of Commerce (2000-2003 )
  • Member of Secretary of State for Wales’ Independent Panel for Public Appointments
  • Committee member IT Club University College Swansea
  • (Member of e-commerce special interest group)
  • Member of the BAFTA Wales Jury (1996)
  • Coordinator SME Intertrading Network (SWING)
  • Counsellor Business in the Arts
  • Steering Policy Committee Community Health Council 92-96
  • Member of Court of Governors, National Library of Wales 92-97
  • Member of CBI Wales Council 1990 - 1993
  • Member of CBI West Wales Area Committee 1990 - 1996
  • Committee Member of Institute of Public Relations (Wales)
  • Steering Committee of West Wales Exporters Association 93-97
  • Business Advisor Prince’s Youth Business Trust
  • Lecturer for the CAM diploma course Gwent Business College 94-96

 

Some Recent Clients

  • Goose Island Designs
  • Britannia Overseas Property
  • IT Wales(Swansea University Computer Science Department)
  • ALA RAIL Manufacturing and Engineering
  • JT Morgan Dept Store and Warehouse
  • Neath Rugby Club
  • LIFE Health and Fitness Club
  • Stylish Life Products
  • La Baguette du Jour
  • River of Life Medical Research
  • Precision Print Ltd

 

Markmaid offers clients a cross-section of services from complete brand management to marketing proposals and strategies, product promotion, advertising and public relations campaigns ,writing and editing of newsletters, brochures, house journals etc.

Fundraising experience includes over £100K public sector funding for private companies and serving on the corporate fundraising committee of the NCH.


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