Leslie Butterfield has spent all of his career in the world of brands. After graduating with a Masters degree in Marketing, he developed his strategic skills at two of London's foremost advertising agencies before starting his own agency, Partners BDDH, in 1987. From 2000 and 2003 he ran the brand consultancy, Butterfield8. In 2003 he merged this business into the Ingram Partnership, where he is now Managing Partner. His clients have included British Telecom, Honda, Seagram, British Airways, the Co-operative Group, the UK Government and Mercedes-Benz.