Our people

Dunelm Public Relations' client accounts are generally handled by at least two people, with one of these assuming the role of account director.

Details of Dunelm account executives, their backgrounds and the client accounts on which they work can be found by clicking on the appropriate names below.

• David Cheslin
• Judy Cheslin
• Martin Rowland
• Tom Dodds
• Antje Wiechern

David Cheslin Managing Director Dunelm Public Relations

A trade and technical journalist from 1970 to 1977, David Cheslin has worked in international public relations for over 25 years, specialising in shipping and allied industries.

Journalistic experience was first gained with IPC Business Press. In 1974, David joined Containerisation International as deputy editor. For three years, he was part of a team which transformed this publication into a magazine now acknowledged as the leading trade paper for the international shipping liner industry.

David began work as a public relations consultant in October 1978, rapidly attracting a number of international accounts from contacts made during his journalistic career and leading to the formation of Dunelm in 1981. He continues to maintain a hands-on role with key Dunelm clients.

Judy Cheslin Director Dunelm Public Relations

Judy Cheslin is Director of Dunelm Public Relations Ltd, responsible for the advertising element of Dunelm. Dunelm provides a wide range of advertising services to its clients, placing advertising in 15 countries world-wide. Its services are wide-ranging: from planning and implementing advertising campaigns on behalf of clients to designing and producing a range of materials from brochures to advertising materials for exhibition stands. Judy works closely with clients to develop a targeted advertising campaign in line with their corporate strategies.

Judy is a law graduate and, during the 1970s, worked for the P&I Club Britannia as a claims handler. She is a founder director of Dunelm.

Martin Rowland Account Director Dunelm Public Relations

Martin Rowland joined Dunelm in 2000. He is a former newspaper reporter and politics and economics graduate with extensive experience of in-house public relations and consultancy work. Between 1971 and 1986, he filled press relations, publications and management roles with 3M, John Player & Sons, Esso Petroleum and the UK Atomic Energy Authority. From 1986 to 2000, he was an account director with the Ogilvy & Mather and Shandwick consultancies.

Clients have included the Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive, the Campaign for Independent Financial Advice, 3i, Lever Brothers, Norweb, Norsk Hydro, the Corporation of London, the UK Protection & Indemnity Club and Maritime London.

Martin manages the UK P&I Club, Thomas Miller and Hellenic War Risks Club accounts.

Tom Dodds Account Executive Dunelm Public Relations

Tom Dodds has been working in public relations since 1980. He was a member of the team that launched the Tyne and Wear Metro, the UK's first truly integrated public transport system. He provided PR support to British Gas Engineering Research Station, which specialised in subsea and onshore natural gas transportation and distribution. He then spent seven years in consultancy, working for a diverse range of clients, including a subsea engineering specialist and the fashion and textile industry training body, before joining a leading UK mortgage lender as Marketing Manager.

Tom is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and served on the examinations team of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Tom contributes a regular blog on transport matters to the Newcastle Journal's on-line edition.

Antje Wiechern Account Executive Dunelm Public Relations

Antje Wiechern has a strong background in the shipping and transport industry. Following an apprenticeship with an international container transportation company in Hamburg, she then undertook sales and marketing roles for various transport companies and completed a degree in Socio-Economics at the University of Hamburg, Germany.

After moving to London in 2005, Antje complemented her academic education with an MA (Distinction) in Communications at City University, London, following which she worked for an energy and transport publisher. Combining her background in shipping with her communications skills, she joined Dunelm in July 2007, where she now works as an Account Executive on client accounts such as Charente, IIR Exhibitions, Rickmers Group and Samskip.