Two northern fellas brought together by their passion for solving business problems creatively using the power of technology. We have managed multi-national clients, built websites and apps from the ground up. We have the expertise, passion and the smile on our faces to drive projects forward quickly and successfully.
James Thomas
Managing Director
James has over 20 years' experience working both ATL and BTL for international clients, helping brands win multiple awards for business effectiveness. Lead Strategist and Group Business Director in ad agencies such as Leo Burnett in the UK and Australia, for brands including HSBC, Unilever, Colgate-Palmolive, Heineken, Nestlé and Samsung to name a few.
Most recently James has guided several companies through successful multi-channel retail strategies and driven a small luxury company from local to global without skipping a beat.
James combines infectious enthusiasm and boundless energy with shrewd marketing nous and drives everyone creatively. He's passionate about solving business problems, approaches every challenge as an opportunity to build brands and exceeds business objectives at the same time.
If you want to get in touch please email: james@agencyforty.com
Andrew Wilson
Technical Director
Andrew is an extremely talented Technical Director. His ability to build highly complex digital solutions across web and mobile platforms is enhanced by his creative approach to development. Andrew has managed teams of developers to deliver digital solutions on multiple platforms for medical, retail and financial institutions.
Major projects include a risk management platform for the NHS which was used as a governance system for NHS Education for Scotland, developed and programmed the current multi-channel retail vouchering system for John Lewis, the original e-commerce platform for Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate, created and developed successful multi-platform mobile games with over 500,000 downloads, created one of the first Virtual Reality experiences for the Samsung Gear, and finally conceived and developed the world's first all-in-one football app - Super Supporter.
HTML5 - Java Script - CSS3 - JQuery - SQL Server - .NET - Visual C# - Unity - Android - IOS.
