Faulds quits Navyblue after two years due to “London commitments”
Jim Faulds has quit his Navyblue chairman role after less than two years in the job.
The former Faulds’ founder has resigned from the position saying his commitments in London were too much for him to continue working with the company. He will continue to be chairman of Newhaven.
Faulds told The Drum: “Reluctantly I have had to resign from Navyblue. I shall be leaving at the end of June. I’ve got a lot of projects in London and that’s keeping me more busy than I thought.
“I’ll still be helping the boys and I’m a good friend of the company. My role as chairman of Newhaven is not as time-consuming. It’s as friendly as it can be. I’d like to think I’ve helped them in the couple of years that I’ve been here.”
Faulds joined the design company in August 2004. He holds a number of executive roles with marketing services companies and agencies, including Newhaven and Newell and Budge.
Douglas Alexander, joint managing director of Navyblue, said: “Jim has done a fantastic job for us, but his commitments in London are such that his time’s best spent there. He’s going to continue as a special advisor to us. He and I have become incredibly good friends. He also feels that we don’t need that level of commitment, and we now have to implement the decisions that have been made over the last couple of years.”
Navyblue appointed Faulds at a time of great change. It was preparing to move into its new Corn Exchange offices, and had just appointed Alan Ainsley as design director.
Ainsley left in July 2005 to join Stand, and Toby Southgate, its client services director, departed at the same time to join Third Eye Design. Alexander said the company was going through one of its strongest periods.
“Everything at Navyblue is more than steady,” he said. “We’re a very experimental company and a very experimental board. I’m delighted with the way London and Edinburgh are working together.
“The company is in a very strong position. We’re happy to try new things and, if they don’t fit, then we’re happy to adapt and change them.”