Sam Shemtob

Following a career that mixed work experience at music TV and record companies with a traineeship at Guinness, Sam, Name PR’s founding member left pr company Lynne Franks in 1999 to work more closely with music.

His fledgling company Name took on its first serious music client in 2000, with a four-day commission for a nascent Association of Independent Music.  This led to eight years managing the press for one of the industry’s most proactive and exciting bodies, notching up important fair play wins with MTV, iTunes and others along the way.

In 2003 University of Westminster commissioned Name to launch MusicTank in 2003.  Nine years later Sam is its Associate Director, chiefly responsible for developing MusicTank’s high level think tank series.

With Name going from strength to strength, Sam has found himself the proud leader one of the UK’s leading music pr and marketing agencies.

Music claim to fame: Linking Francois K with Big Chill founder Pete Lawrence to play his first of many Big Chills.

Lame claim to fame: Meeting Kitty, Daisy & Lewis and asking them their names…

Lisa Devaney

Lisa Devaney began her career as an award-winning journalist in America and moved to PR in the mid-nineties, just in time for the boom times of the Internet. She worked in New York City’s Silicon Alley representing many top dot com clients, including Conde Nast’s Conde Net websites Swoon.com, Phys.com and Epicurious.com.

Learning the ropes of new technology PR she was hired by Hill & Knowlton to work with leading brands Microsoft, Motorola and Olympus, further cementing her commitment to technology PR. Flash forward a decade and she’s become a key influencer in the London technology scene, working with leading mobile technology clients, and helping many Silicon Valley start-ups reach European media outlets. Joining Name PR, she brings a wealth of PR experience and enthusiasm for new technology.

Hugo Mintz

With a background running a small music based company, promotion and playing music professionally in New Zealand and around the world; Hugo has settled in London making it his home.
As a Press Officer at Name, Hugo is getting stuck into the world of PR and marketing as he carves out a place in Name’s ranks, managing our lovely assistant and our live clients AIF, WeGotTickets, Attitude is Everything and Outside:Inside.

Denise Kodia

Denise Kodia is a freelance journalist, publicist, entertainment blogger and a complete social media addict! From the tender age of nine she’s known that she wanted to be involved in the world of media and music – so much so she’s already interviewed the likes of Pixie Lott, Ed Sheeran, Faith Evans, J.Cole, Fearne Cotton, Jason Derulo, Tinchy Stryder and Dizzee Rascal.

Having previously written for publications/sites such as The Guardian, MTV, BBC Radio London, RWD and Flavour magazine, she’s on the fast track to making this dream a reality! As Name’s Press Assistant she’s involved in the daily activities of the offices from Press Clips, to office management to our fortnightly playlist.