Our Team | ||
| Management Team Roger Adshead Andrew Barriball James Howard Manuel Battista Sarah O’Brien | Editorial Team | Sales Team |
| Roger founded Route One Publishing in 1991 and launched World Highways magazine that year. Roger graduated as a civil engineer and majored in traffic engineering. He also worked in tunnel construction before moving into construction publishing in 1980. In his 30-year career he has attended ten Bauma and nine Intertraffic exhibitions plus many IRF, PIARC, and ITS World Meetings and Congresses. He also launched ITS International, Bridge Design & Engineering and Aggregates Business Europe magazines, plus various Chinese and Latin American editions, and numerous publications to mark landmark transportation projects. He was previously a member of the BPA European Advisory Board and is currently a member of the AEM Construction Equipment Marketing Committee. He is Publisher of World Highways and Aggregates Business Europe. | ||
| Andrew Barriball, Managing Director and Publisher Andrew started his working life as a news reporter for the Kuwait Times daily newspaper. On leaving the Middle East he worked for The Westminster Press Group, Reed Business Publishing, IDG Communications and CMP before joining Roger Adshead at Route One as Publisher of ITS International in 1995. Andrew became a director of ROPL in 2006 and was promoted to Managing Director in 2007. Andrew remains the publisher of ITS International and is responsible for overseeing the Daily News projects at Intertraffic in Amsterdam, The ITS America Annual Meeting and The ITS World Congress. | ||
| James Howard, Internet, IT & Data Services Director | ||
| Manuel Battista, Sales Director Manuel is fluent in three languages and has over 20 years of international sales experience in B2B publishing, conferences, exhibitions and events. Prior to joining Route One in 2006, he was Group Sales Manager at Emap Communications, the business publishing division of Emap plc, in charge of sales across several magazines, conferences and events. Manuel is responsible for the overall sales for the Route One brands. Other responsibilities include being invited by several industry related associations to chair and moderate leading conferences across Europe. | ||
| Sarah O’Brien, Marketing Director Sarah has over 15 years of international marketing experience in B2B publishing and events. Prior to joining Route One in 2010, she was the Marketing Director at Agra Informa, the commodities division of Informa, responsible for the marketing and sales of the portfolio; both publishing and events. Sarah is responsible for the marketing strategy for the Route One brands, as well as the maintenance of the company database and circulation lists. | ||
Mike Woof, Editor, World Highways Mike has over 20 years experience in the international business press, writing about construction and related extraction industries. Prior to joining Route One Publishing in 2005, he edited World Mining Equipment and previously worked at other leading titles such as EMAPs Construction News. He studied mechanical engineering and worked for a time as an engineer, before moving over to journalism in the late 1980s. | ||
| Patrick Smith, Editor, Aggregates Business Europe Patrick joined Route One Publishing in 1994 from the award-winning Nottingham Evening Post where he was Business Editor for seven years. Having originally worked in the construction industry, he has been a journalist for over 30 years, and is responsible for assisting in producing World Highways, other titles and special publications in Route One Publishing’s portfolio. | ||
Jon Masters, Editor, ITS International | ||
| Jason Barnes,Technology Editor, ITS International Jason has over 15 years experience in periodical publishing, writing for both the B2B and consumer sectors. His areas of expertise include defence, metal processing, recycling and automotive componentry. Jason has recently become the Technology Editor of ITS International, to focus on the latest innovation within the sector and to explore whether present Government policy enables it to be effectively implemented, or not. He is sometimes consulted for expert opinion by the general media, including the BBC World Service. | ||
| James Foster, News & Products Editor, ITS International James joined Route One Publishing over 10 years ago to work on ITS International. In addition to his role as news editor for the magazine, he is responsible for the Breaking News content published on the website each day and also compiles the regular eNewsletters. In addition, James is also involved in editorial aspects of Daily News publications, event previews and special supplements. | ||
| Guy Woodford, Assistant Editor, World Highways & Aggregates Business Europe Guy joined Route One Publishing in 2011 after more than eight years at the Nottingham Post, where he was the Crime Correspondent. He has been a journalist for 14 years and is involved in producing World Highways, Aggregates Business Europe, and other special publications for Route One Publishing. E-mail: gwoodford@ropl.com Tel (direct): +44 115 950 8098 Back to the top | ||
Daniel Emmerson, Advertisement Managers Dan joined Route One in 2007 and has worked in an array of industry sectors in his 17 years in publishing, including Dental, Education, International Trade, Horticulture, Office Products and of course Transportation and Quarrying. In this variety of sectors he has always worked with his clients to help them achieve their marketing goals and get maximum return on their investment. Alongside sales on our core publications and supplements, Dan is also our E-Business Development Manager heading our E-Media products including the new eNewsletters and new look websites that will be launched in early 2011. | ||
| Philip Woodgate, Advertisement Managers Philip has over 25 years publishing experience. He has worked on international magazines, websites, exhibitions and conferences in many different markets. Philip is responsible for advertising revenue on World Highways and Aggregates Business Europe magazines and their associated supplements, websites and eNewsletters. | ||
| Yvonne started her publishing career at Morgan-Grampian working in sales on Building Design, Building Refurbishment, What’s New in Building and What’s New in Marketing. After 5 years, she moved to Australia where she worked in the fashion industry and in the Marketing Department of the Sydney Water Board. Yvonne joined Route One Publishing in 1996; she works across the portfolio on the magazines and supplements with specific responsibility for the Classified Section of World Highways. | ||
