Co-founder and Managing Director

With over 20 years’ experience within the memorabilia business, Dominic is a real hands-on director at Backdrop Promotions. He has a passion for the industry, fundraising, events, and loves nothing more than seeing happy clients on the day. A keen golfer and traveller, nothing delights Dominic more than exceeding in terms of all clients’ expectations.

Co-founder and Client Services Director

Gary has worked with charities for over 10 years and is the brainchild behind the Backdrop Promotions. He has a wealth of experience across the sporting arena and is the person behind our ‘An Audience With’ and golf days. Gary works closely with the team to ensure all expectations are met and a first-class service is offered to each and every client.

Events & Accounts Manager

Nichola helps with the liaison of events and is the head of our accounts department. She ensures we have your correct information, reporting processes are in place, all reports are created in a timely manner, and the figures add up. In addition, you will find that Nichola always ensures payments are made swiftly.

Art & Creative Manager

Frankie is our art curator and an event coordinator. Frankie has a wealth of knowledge and experience in event management, because she is one of Europe’s leading fashion models. Frankie however, has a background, training and passion for fine art. We are fortunate to be able to use this blend of experience to benefit our charities and clients. 

Event Staffing Coordinator

Esme is our longest serving employee and has been with the company from the very beginning. Her career background is in event management and service staff training. Esme works with our team to make them aware of your event, organisation and requirements, to ensure your day, or evening runs smoothly.

Experiences Manager

With access to a database of over 1,000 experiences, it is Lester’s job to ensure the correct type and price range of experiences is custom made to suit your requirements. With prices ranging from £50 to over £100,000, Lester ensures there are experiences suitable to every budget, with new and fresh experiences that are appropriate for specific guests and events.

Head of Operations

Tina’s background is in banking and logistics. Tina set-up and run a luxury limousine business, supplying corporate clients in the City of London. Tina now lives in Portugal with her family and provides our technical and corporate services, liaising with our software and accounting services suppliers.

Commercial Director

Steve has a wealth of experience in conservation and charities. He was the inspiration behind ‘Project Life Lion’ in 1994, to save the lives of many thousands of wild animals in East Africa from a Canine Distemper Virus epidemic. It raised over $10million and still operates today as ‘Afya Serengeti’. Steve is the commercial director at Prove Anything.

Provenance and Authenticity Software Director

Glenn is the co-founder and Managing Director of Prove Anything. He is a UK-based computer scientist and entrepreneur. Glenn has worked across industries from media to investment banking. Glenn founded the global SaaS business https://www.jrni.com/ (BookingBug), which he successfully exited in 2021. He is a speaker, investor, and advisor to early-stage start-ups. 

Solutions Architect & Digital Director

Mike is the co-founder of Inspira Digital and Alvio. He is an experienced Solutions Architect & Director with a distinguished history of software development for the eCommerce industry. Mike is a Shopify Plus expert and advises on our Search Engine Optimization (SEO), PHP, XHTML, Web Design, and Keyword Research.

Marketing Director

Ian is a co-founder of Alvio. He is a commercial marketing specialist with 30 years of experience creating and growing businesses in the UK, Ireland, EU, and USA. These included a mix of start-ups and international businesses, including 10 years of senior leadership with Red Bull as Head of Commercial Marketing. An extensive networker, Ian will be spreading the word about Bid4Charities to give as many charities the opportunity to benefit from the technology as possible.

Brand Director

Co-founder of Inspira Digital, Luke has over 20 years of business experience spanning creative, operational, sales, managerial & leadership roles. Initially cutting his teeth as a graphic designer, he has worked a variety of positions for both small and big agencies. Driving innovative and creative output for brands such as Honda, BT, Shloer, Wrigleys & Intel.

Business Development Director

Tara works closely with our co-founders to implement strategic business development plans, helping us achieve our goals. She is responsible for establishing and maintaining relationships with our clients and partners, ensuring we continue to grow and expand our operations, and importantly the substantial funds we raise for good causes. One of Tara's key strengths is her personable nature. She takes the time to understand the needs of the good causes we support, to learn about their challenges, goals, and works to develop tailored solutions to help them achieve success.

Adam is a wonderful charity auctioneer and has wide-ranging roles in Sports Media. These include working as a Presenter for Sky Sports, talkSPORT, Tottenham Hotspur, and England. In addition to this, Adam has fronted an array of branded content partnerships and is regularly seen hosting hospitality and in-stadium events. Adam is the host of The Official England Podcast for The FA, and has been the face of UEFA’s TikTok account for the key England games. At Sky Sports, Adam hosts Goals on Sunday, Saturday Social, Budweiser’s King’s of the Premier League and The Debate.

Adam Smith showreel

Social Handles - @AdamJSmithy

Paul has worked as an event host and radio presenter for over twenty years and at Capital Gold, Virgin Radio and on Gold Radio’s ‘More Music’ Breakfast Show. A match day compere for Tottenham Hotspur FC, Coyte is an enigmatic and entertaining personality, which works well as an event host. He has played a number of high-profile gigs and shows including events for HP, Tesco, British Airways and Barclay’s Bank. As an event host Paul offers audiences a friendly personality, warm welcome and charming presentation style.

Paul Coyte showreel

Social halndles - @Coytey