Celia Brasher

After early forays into both advertising and research, Celia embarked on a successful ten-year career in headhunting with Braverman Associates. She’s both inquisitive and a good listener, and years of practice have made her a great judge of character.

Having worked with account handling and planning for a number of years, across a wide range of agencies, she’s particularly interested in the cross-over of disciplines. Her experience means she’s got a very clear understanding of the challenges that the communications industry faces.

In 2006 Celia decided to put all of this experience into practice in a new company, Copper.

Sonja Smithers

Sonja started her career in advertising at what was in those days DMB&B, and through her years as an account handler worked on dog food, sanitary protection, chips and cider, among others. She most enjoyed working with the COI, and on Heinz Baked Beans.

She still believes that people who work in the communications industry are some of the best, brightest and most interesting people you could hope to find.

That belief, combined with a fascination with the changes happening in the communication industry, made her decide to leave her job as Business Director at BBH to found Copper.