Our team

Our team of consultants combine specialist sector knowledge with great creativity and excellent media contacts.  Our skills range from marketing strategy to great copywriting, event management and social media, offering you a wealth of support across a range of marketing and PR services.  Service is always offered with a smile, as we are great believers in the importance of strong relationships with clients, journalists and suppliers – anyone we work with in fact!

Kursha Woodgate – Managing Director

With particular expertise in Social Media, Kursha is a former trade journalist who turned to hi-tech PR and then in-house marketing as European Marcomms Director for award-winning software firm Synon.

Since establishing Mexia Communications in 2006, Kursha has significantly grown Mexia’s client base across the meetings and events, serviced offices and healthcare sectors.

Kursha speaks French, Spanish, Italian and Dutch and is a regular contributor to PlanetPlanit.biz, the event organiser’s portal.  A graduate of modern languages from Heriot-Watt University, Kursha holds the Professional Diploma in Marketing from the CIM.

A regular presenter at Confex, Event UK and other industry events including ICCA and ABPCO, Kursha’s seminars are usually standing room only and highly rated by participants.

Jo Crook – Account Manager

A former Senior Account Manager at Maritz (now Grass Roots), Jo has worked with Mexia since 2007 and has established strong rapport with clients and media, in particular broadcast and regional press.  With over a decade of experience in event management, Jo provides invaluable first-hand knowledge of the meetings and events sector, with experience of a vast array of venues across the globe.

With significant expertise in managing client accounts, Jo has a wealth of experience in running large-scale, complex projects and has worked with some of the biggest brand names on a global scale, including the likes of Ford, Jaguar and Lexus, plus Bristol Myers Squib (BMS), Merck, Sharpe and Dohome (MSD) and IBM.

Avril Chaffey – Consultant Account Director

Avril is a seasoned PR professional with almost 20 years of experience across a broad range of B2B clients.  In the meetings and events sector, Avril has worked with leading event branding company Icon for over two years, launching their fabric-frame® system into the highly competitive signage/exhibition market and handling the PR for the company’s MBO and its recent acquisition of MEI, one of the UK’s leading event production companies.

With combined experience of running in-house marketing departments and managing agency PR accounts for global clients, Avril has built expert knowledge across the services, manufacturing and software sectors and has excellent rapport with trade journalists across the board.

David Woodgate – Company Secretary & Business Development Director

David Woodgate is Mexia’s company secretary and is responsible for business development.  A VP in a FTSE 50 oil & gas firm, David has significant experience of growing profitable businesses that contribute to shareholder value on an international scale.  David’s focus for Mexia is developing new business strategy and long-term growth plans.

Jon MacPhie – Social Media Specialist

Jon brings an injection of new blood into the firm, with experience in the hospitality sector at leading caterers Heathcotes and hotel brand Crowne Plaza.   Jon focuses on developing tailored social media programmes for clients, leveraging his technical know-how of key tools and applications such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and more to build followers and fans and generate the all-important content that engages audiences.  With skills in HTML programming, Jon combines strong technical expertise with great insight into how to build engaging communities.  Jon is a keen football player and represents several local teams.

Nickie Gray – Marketing Co-ordinator

Nickie brings a wealth of marketing and events experience to Mexia, having previously run distributor marketing initiatives and events at Microsoft and other marketing roles.  Nickie is our newsletter Queen here at Mexia, having developed excellent skills in campaign management and editing newsletters and email campaigns on behalf of clients.  With some great technical skills, Nickie provides strong support to our social media services.  Nickie is also a keen badminton player and qualified coach, when not busy with her two little girls!