Image Group has appointed a new Group Commercial Director to drive the business forwards across the Channel Islands.

Based in Guernsey, Mr Paul Carter will be responsible for business development across both the Jersey and Guernsey offices.

Born and educated in the UK, Mr Carter has now moved to the Island permanently with his wife.  He worked in Guernsey between 2000 and 2007 employed as Assistant Managing Director for the Guernsey Press Company and Advertising Director at the Jersey Evening Post until 2005. He was then promoted to Managing Director at the Guernsey Press, whilst retaining his position at the Jersey Evening Post, from 2005 to 2007.

He moved back to the UK briefly and joins Image Group from the West Midlands where he worked as Commercial Director and Deputy Managing Director at Guiton’s UK parent company from 2007 to date.

Mr Carter has a successful and varied track record spanning all commercial aspects of traditional and new media provision and has direct and extensive experience in sales, promotions, marketing and business development planning.

Steve Gillman, Managing Director at Image Group, believes that the appointment of Mr Carter to the Guernsey office will be very positive for the future of the company.

‘Image Group is a thriving and forward thinking business which will benefit enormously from Mr Carter’s appointment.  He has extensive, relevant experience and expertise and is certain to be a significant addition to the team. Mr Carter’s experience of running complex and diverse businesses, as well as his knowledge of on-line and Off-line media locally and nationally will be a great asset to image Groups continued development as fully integrated provider of marketing and design services.’

Image Group is the Channel Islands’ largest integrated agency, employing more than 40 people across its marketing, PR, e-business and print divisions.