Richard Hill

Director, E-CRM Solutions

Business Summary: After years in direct marketing, marketing and general management with big companies I now run my own small businesses: E-CRM Solutions, a small web design, web development, ecommerce and internet marketing agency. Innovantage, a business intelligence company that provides web based information using our advanced natural language processing crawler. Innovecom, a computer networking company. If you need any of these services then contact me. Personal Summary Born in Iraq with a sister born in Bahrain, a brother born in Kuwait, a mother born in China and a grandfather born in Burma I, naturally, live in Bath. Boarding school where I loved rugby, cricket, soccer, riding and tennis then of to see the world - getting as far as Jersey. Having to earn a living the wine trade seemed like a sensible lifestyle and aiming for a Master of Wine a pleasant objective until I was made redundant - having gained a Diploma. Getting married and realising that lifestyle work didn't pay the bills I then, of course, became a student for 2 years at Brighton Polytechnic [DMS] and Warwick University School of Industrial and Business Studies [MSc Marketing]. Naturally this led to divorce. Learning nothing from this rather clear message, I threw myself into work with American Express, Welbeck Finance, Citibank, Royal Insurance, Oriel Group, CGA, RPM and Person to Person making several billions for shareholders and a (very) few quid for myself launching, growing, turning round, buying out companies. Luckily Margaret - yes, someone else was foolish enough to take the plunge and marry me - seemed to feel that all this activity was quite a good thing and 30 years later with two wonderful children [Benjamin who spends quite a bit of time in China as he's fluent in Mandarin and Victoria who has become something of a world traveller], 2 cats and a dog we are still together.