Jan Sleigh
Burning desire with energy and enthusiasm
From his teens Jan had a passion for windsurfing and a burning desire to run his own business. He went to Southampton University because it was close to the beach, graduated with a BSc in Economics and Business Economics and discovered a love of marketing management theory. He went on to gain a post graduate diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute in Marketing.
When he joined the real world Jan quickly climbed the corporate ladder gaining marketing and business experience at Canon, Mercury Communications, Cable & Wireless and at Digital Equipment Corporation where he was Marketing Manager for Desktop Services. He left Digital after doing exceptionally well in a national windsurfing competition – the catalyst for a decision to organise his life around his passion.
By mixing his commitment, enthusiasm and entrepreneurial spirit with high energy levels, Jan has managed to achieve his goals, building a strategic marketing consultancy and he has fulfilled a dream of competing in windsurfing for the world title on the PWA World Tour, during 2001-2003.
Jan has a wide range of marketing management experience ranging from Product Development, Product Management, Product Launch, Marketing Communications and Marketing Management and applies a pragmatic, thought through, intelligent and insightful practice in developing and leading strategic market planning.
He is the navigator.