Top Cats November gathering
November 13, 2007 //
Here’s the list of confirmed attendees for this month’s Top Cats. I’ll post a comprehensive list in the next day or so. Names marked with * have been added after this post was originally published.
Quick overview
Robert Loch and I host many different types of events and felt that something was missing. We felt something little different and exclusive to the real decision makers within the Industry was needed. So, Top Cats was born.
The goal of the regular informal gathering over wine and sushi, is to forge stronger ties and greater collaboration between the Internet start up, mobile, interactive marketing, TV and advertising communities.
This months’ event is exclusively sponsored by Aquent | pricejamieson.
People who get invited include
- Agencies - Founders/Chairs/CEOs/Managing Partners
- Clients - Senior decision makers
- Technology providers - Senior decision makers
- Media - Publishers/Editors/Journalists (must have their finger on the digital pulse)/Book authors
- Entrepreneurs - Secured funding /impressive track record
The monthly gathering is open to the following types of people
- Alastair Duncan, CEO, mrm Worldwide
- Alex Eicke, Managing Partner, Splendid
- Alexis d’Amecourt, Head of New Media, 19 Entertainment
- Ann Jamieson, Director, pricejamieson
- Aoife O’Sullivan, Partner, Gates & Partners
- Beatrice Pembroke, Programme Manager, Creative Economy Unit, British Council
- Benjamin Cohen, Technology Correspondent, ITN
- Cathy Grimes, Marketing Manager Personal Solutions, Equifax
- Daisy Cresswell, Brand Director, Channel Five
- Dan Morris, Managing Partner, Splendid
- Daren Forsyth, Director of Innovation and New Media, The Media Trust
- Dr Anxo Cereijo Roibás, User Experience Research manager, Vodafone
- Ed Freyfogle, Co-founder, Nestoria
- Errol Damelin, Co-founder, SameDayCash.com
- Farzad Jamal, Commercial Director, MIVA
- Felix Velarde, Founder, Underwired
- George Nimeh, Managing Director, Digital, iris
- Gurpritpal Singh, Director of Emerging Technology Developer & Platform Group (DPE), Microsoft
- Irfon Watkins, CEO, Coull
- James Pimentel-Pinto, Director, iris
- Jasmine Birtles, Founder / MD, Moneymagpie.com
- Jason Dunne, Publisher, “…for Dummies” and Capstone Business Books
- Jemima Kiss, New media reporter, Media Guardian
- John Silva, EMEA Parter Sales Manager, 3PAR
- Jonathan Dewey, Founder, Funware
- Juliet Blackburn, Head of Digital, AAR
- Justin Champney, Head of Brand Innovation EMEA, McCann Worldgroup
- Ken Blakeslee, Founder, Web Mobility
- Leah Kluckow, Senior Producer, Five
- Nenad Marovac, Founder and managing partner, DN Capital
- Nick Saalfeld, Founder, Wellspark
- Phil Guest, Managing director UK, Habbo Hotel
- Phil Stuart, Co-Founder / Design Director, Preloaded
- Philip Wilkinson, Founder, Crowdstorm
- Richard Daish, Head of Mobile Services, Chelsea Football Club
- Richard Titus, Acting Head of UX&D, BBC FM&T
- Robert Killick, MD, cScape
- Roger Thelwell, Founder / Operations Director, mook
- Rupesh Chatwani, Director, Promethyan Labs
- Tom Nixon, Founder, Nixon Mcinnes
- Tony Fish, CEO, mashup
- Will Jeffery, Managing director, Maverick Media
- Justin Cooke, Founder, Fortune Cookie
- Clare O’Brien, Founder, CDA *
- Richard Spalding, Founder, Kontraband *
- Rob Corradi, Founder/Creative Director, Preloaded *
- Giles Palmer, Managing Director, magpie.net *
- Paul Birch, Founder, Cominded (Co-founder, Bebo) *
- Sam Sethi, Founder/Publisher, Blognation *
- Amanda Lorenzani, Head, Excite UK *
- Robin Charney, Sr. Marketing Manager, Adobe *
- Matt Gorzkowski, Managing Director, Play *
- Andrew Swift, MD, Pricejamieson *
Hosts
- Paul Walsh, Segala Founder & BIMA Chair (Me)
- Robert Loch, Internet People, Founder & That’s Useful, Founder
Please feel free to get in touch if you, or someone you know, meet the strict criterion.









Andy Oakes says
James Pearce says
Joe Scanlon says 
hi,
Top Cats is an interesting concept. In addition to informal talks is a platform that real-ime brings film-makers, financiers and film fans to engage in the film-making process.
This is the beginnings of my vision:
http://www.cinekitty.com
Increasingly, Web tools are available to pitch film projects in a more innovative and dynamic way, to ensure film-making becomes greener (carbon watch calculators) and to try to better guage likely box office returns so…
An all-in-one platform should be built.
It would be kind of a Bloomberg meets Facebook meets Zoetrope.
kind regards,
Twain.
November 19th, 2007