Nicholas has been enmeshed in local, state and national marketing for almost three decades. He brings valuable insight and knowledge to Pace, enabling us to anticipate many of the hurdles and issues before they arise. He has consulted throughout Australia and overseas on a hugely diverse range of matters. Nicholas is now a highly sought consultant, board member, and public speaker. Nicholas has a degree in economics (Latrobe) and a Master’s Degree (Monash) in ecommunications. He has completed post-graduate studies in marketing at Deakin and RMIT and is preparing to undertake his Doctorate. He is a skilled practitioner of systems and development.
Christine Heath
Chief Financial Officer
Christine manages everything with dollar figures in it. Christine has worked for some of Australia’s largest financial institutions, including National Mutual and Westpac, where she held senior financial administrative roles. Pace was fortunate to secure the services of Christine who is charged with ensuring that projects are professionally and administered within financial constraints. Christine administers major projects, budgets and financials.
Nick Jones
Head of Digital
Nick Jones thought Pace was so nice, he’s worked here twice! Nick first started to contribute to the Pace team at the age of 10 by clearing out the biscuit tin and has been working hard ever since to keep it to an optimum level (so he can empty it again). He has a Commerce Degree with a major in Management and Business Analytics and while he originally started working as a dev, he has since migrated to the client facing side. Nick is stellar at translating the business requirements and client speak into technical jargon for the team internally to get the best solution. There isn’t a number of projects Nick cannot manage at once, and he does it all with a calm and cool demeanor.
Sophia Blakebrough
Senior Account Manager
Sophia originally interned at Pace in 2012 while studying Public Relations at Deakin University, and we wouldn’t let her go. She joined the team full-time after completing her degree in 2013, focussing primarily on Pace’s work for tourism, travel, national retail brands and major events. As primary contact and account executive, it will be Sophia’s job to ensure all day-to-day tasks are completed when it should be and to schedule activities to happen in a timely manner. She has been a catalyst in developing the Pace approach to e-communication and in providing innovative and cost-effective creative solutions for new media.
Simon Larcey
Head of Growth
Simon is a digital advertising veteran. He began his career in London and was the first person to sell a banner campaign on the British Telecom owned BT Internet. He has become an innovator in display and programmatic advertising and is the founder of programmatic direct platform Viztrade. As a results driven executive he knows how to generate business outcomes using the latest digital Technologies and works with clients to maximise ROI.