Chris Wheal's CV | Kate Wheal's CV

Chris Wheal's CV

Full name: Christopher Graham Wheal
Mobile telephone: 07831-268261
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Date of birth: 28 December 1965
Marital status: Married (March 1993), son (July 1995), daughter (Feb 1998)
Nationality: British

Employment history:
February 1999 - present
Managing Director, Wheal Associates Ltd. Supplying features and news, editing, feature editing, news editing, reporting. Clients include major business magazines plus national newspapers. Editor of website creativenews.biz. Past editor of Service Management, Insurance Times and Property People. Past lecturer, City University. Marketing copywriter. Public relations adviser. Trainer.
February 1996 - January 1999
Partner, Wheal Associates. Business as above.
October 1995 - January 1996
Freelance Journalist (sole trader). Business as above.
August 1993 - September 1995
Features Editor, Public Finance, The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, 3 Robert Street, London WC2N 6BH.
Oversaw the training of the junior reporter through two National Vocational Qualifications. He was highly commended in the Periodical Training Council's new journalist of the year awards and is now editor of Accountancy Age.
November 1989 - August 1993
Assistant Editor, The Engineer, Morgan-Grampian, 30 Calderwood Street, London SE18 6QH. Covered the chemical industry, industrial relations, employment and health and safety. Morgan-Grampian's weekly feature writer of the year in 1992.
December 1987 - November 1989
Reporter, then Employment Reporter, Electronics Weekly, Reed Business Publishing, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5AS.

Education:
BA(Hons) Modern European Studies, 1987, Ealing College of Higher Education, London. Including: history, geography, politics, economics and Spanish.
Two A levels, Havant 6th Form College, Hampshire; Five O Levels, Crookhorn Comprehensive, Hampshire.

Other activities:
Chairman - Financial Journalists' Group; governor - Baring School in Lewisham; Fellow - The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA); Past National Executive Council member - National Union of Journalists.
Interests:
Rugby, golf, camping and walking, vegetarian cooking, good food, beer and wine.

Kate Wheal's CV

Full name: Kate Wheal
Mobile telephone: 07956-276366
Email
Date of birth: 12 December 1965
Marital status: Married (March 1993), son (July 1995), daughter (Feb 1998)
Nationality: British

Employment history:
February 1999 - present
Director, Wheal Associates Ltd.
Sub-editing and production editing a range of business magazines and supplements using Apple Macs and Quark XPress. Clients include major magazine companies, such as EMAP, Reed, VNU, IPC. Titles worked on include New Scientist, Focus, Accountancy Age, Communications International, Building, Travel Trade Gazette, Caterer and Hotelkeeper, Property Week (using Quark PCs).
February 1996 -January 1999
Partner, Wheal Associates. Business as above.
January 1994 - January 1996
Freelance Sub-editor (sole trader). Business as above.
November 1991 - January 1994
Production Editor, PC User, EMAP Business Publishing, 33-39 Bowling Green Lane, London EC1R 0DA. Reorganised the schedules for the 100-page fortnightly A4 magazine to reduce the amount of overtime worked and cut costs at the printers. Recruited and managed new staff and co-ordinated all dealings with the printers and repro house. Saw through the magazine's redesign and was involved in subbing and layout. Wrote the magazine's new style guide.
November 1989 - November 1991
Sub-editor, then Deputy Chief Sub-editor, Computer Weekly, Reed Business Publishing, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS. Was involved in the hand-over from a PC-based publishing system (Pagewrite) to the Apple Mac-based Quark XPress system. Acted as chief sub-editor in his absence for this market-leading tabloid newspaper.
January 1989 - November 1989
Graduate Trainee, Reed Business Publishing, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5AS.

Education:
BA(Hons) English and Related Literature, 1988, University of York, Heslington, York.
Three A levels, Millfield School, Street, Somerset.
Eleven O Levels, Cransley School for Girls, Belmont Hall, Great Budworth, Cheshire.

Interests:
Music, reading, keeping fit, good food and wine.

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