Tess is Chair of Thinkbox, which she set up in 2006. Thinkbox’s role is to help advertisers get the best out of today’s TV, by proving its supreme effectiveness and helping marketers navigate the developing technologies that are contributing to TV’s exciting future. It represents, and is supported by, 99% of commercial TV in the UK
Before Thinkbox, Tess was Chair of the PHD Group in the UK, which she joined from being an ITV Sales Director.
Tess is a Fellow of the RTS and a member of BAFTA. In 2007 she won the Outstanding Achievement award from WFTV. In 2013 she was voted Media Industry Leader of the Decade by readers of Campaign magazine.
In 2017, Tess joined the Council of the Advertising Standards Authority. She has recently been awarded the Mackintosh Medal, the highest honour the advertising industry can bestow, for her professional and personal contribution to advertising over 40+ years.
