Phill Townend

Phill Townend has over 24 years of work experience in marketing and communications roles. Phill currently serves as the Group Marketing and Communications Manager at Vision Engineering Ltd. In this role, Phill is responsible for the growth strategy and brand identity of the company, overseeing the marketing function, driving change in areas such as customer-focused marketing and digitization, and managing an international marketing team.

Prior to their current position, Phill worked at Thales from 2011 to 2017. Phill held the role of Communications Business Partner from 2015 to 2017, where they were responsible for developing campaign and communications strategies for Thales' Secure Communications and Information Systems domain. Phill also served as the Head of Communications for the same domain from 2014 to 2015, overseeing the communications team, managing campaigns for four business lines, and handling budget management and relationship management with senior stakeholders.

Before joining Thales, Phill worked as a Marketing Campaigns Manager at Thales from 2011 to 2014 and as a B2C Marketing Manager at Sodexo Motivation Solutions from 2009 to 2011. Phill also has prior experience from various strategic and direct marketing roles in different companies from 1994 to 2009.

Phill Townend received a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Water Environment from Bournemouth University. Phill completed this degree in 1987. In 1994, they also obtained an M.Sc. degree in Water Environment from the same institution. Additionally, Phill Townend attended Grove School Market Drayton, although no specific degree or field of study is provided for this education. In terms of certifications, they obtained a Professional Diploma in Digital Strategy & Planning from the Digital Marketing Institute in February 2018. Phill also holds certifications in Leadership Mindsets from LinkedIn (obtained in December 2022), Account-Based Marketing Foundations from LinkedIn (obtained in November 2021), Advanced Lead Generation from LinkedIn (obtained in November 2021), and Google Ads Search Certification from Google (obtained in August 2022).