Gareth (pictured) first started his career at Emap in 1995, working within the Specialist sales team on Max Power. He progressed through the ranks, working on the whole portfolio of men’s and entertainment brands, including stints on Empire, FHM, Mojo and Q.
In 2002, Gareth headed for sunnier climes, joining Text Pacific Publishing in Sydney, running the advertising operation across the publishing division working as Group Advertising Manager on high profile contract publication brands including Amex and Lexus, before he was promoted in to the role of Publisher, with full P&L responsibility for Weightwatchers and Virgin’s Blue Voyeur and Virgin Media magazines.
Returning to the UK in 2010, Gareth joined River to publish Holland & Barrett’s Healthy magazine. He joins Bauer Media from Ten Alps Creative and Media, where he was Client Services Director with a remit covering publishing, digital NPD and events.
He started on Monday 4th March 2013 and reports to Rimi Atwal, Publishing Director of Bauer’s Men’s, Music and Film portfolio, who commented: “Gareth’s highly commercial background will serve him well in this new role and I know that he is relishing the opportunity to find new and innovative ways to grow both FHM and the latest addition to our London Lifestyle portfolio, Wonderpedia, across multiple platforms by delivering compelling and influential content for our audiences.”
Joe Barnes, Editor, FHM will report to Gareth.
