BPMA appoints youngest board director in history of the Association

The British Promotional Merchandise Association (BPMA) has appointed Oliver Reynalds, 24, European Account Manager of Premier Promotional Services, as a BPMA board director. He is the youngest board director co-opted in the Associationís 42-year history. His remit will be working alongside BPMA Board Director Gill Thorpe in developing the BPMAís new website services in addition to education.

Oliver Reynalds has worked on a number of high profile projects including the development of new technologies. He has previously headed the development of one of the first PC based SMS text messaging systems with mobile marketing group BWB. Oliver has also headed the third party web marketing department at Gameplay Plc, working with companies such as Freeserve (now Wanadoo), robbiewilliams.com, Orange, Yahoo, Mviva and BSkyb.

On the appointment of Oliver Reynalds, BPMA Chairman David Lebond commented:

Oliver brings to the BPMA board not only the support of understanding new technologies and how to implement them in an ever-growing market, but also a keen passion for the industry.