Lee Roberts (Managing Director)
Lee joined Canvas from global leader in entertainment content and venues, AEG, where he was Commercial Director of Global Partnerships Europe and launch Commercial Director of The O2, the world’s most successful music venue every year since opening in 2007.
At AEG, Lee was responsible for developing Partnerships with major global brands, engaging clients, creating signature marketing initiatives on site and achieving powerful consumer/venue engagement opportunities for Partners. These include Sky, Nissan, Barclays, Credit Suisse, O2, Visa, BMW, AOL, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Pernod-Ricard, EON, JTi, Procter & Gamble, Sony, AMEX, Coca-Cola, Lanson Champagne, SSE, lastminute.com, Celebrity Cruises, RBS NatWest, Philips, PepsiCo, NBC Universal, Fox, ECCO Shoes, adidas, Nestle and Living Social.
Lee was formerly Sales Director of Virgin Radio, having been part of launch team and developed the station’s award-winning sales team under the ownership eras of Sir Richard Branson, Chris Evans and Scottish Media Group. Lee was also responsible for developing new digital and online radio brands along with client sales, agency trading and sponsorship revenue over the period.
In 2019, Lee was appointed Board Member of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, offering advice on the commercial development of the world-famous, Tattoo and helping with international expansion.
A graduate of Oxford University, Lee’s passions include art, architecture, history, politics and current affairs, and he is a Foundation Governor of Queen Mary’s Grammar School, Walsall.
Matt Crocker (Founding Director)
Matt is Director of Sauce Connections, which launched in 2008 with the innovative concept of offering water to commuters on the London Underground displaying advertising. Sauce Connections has now grown to become a full-service field marketing agency offering solutions around major commuter concentrations including Underground, National Rail and Airports hubs.
Sauce Connections’ client portfolio includes British Airways, Sky, 3, Calvin Klein, British Gas, HTC, Next, Mini, Radisson Blu, Nintendo, Colgate-Palmolive and Prudential.
Prior to that Matt worked at Virgin Radio in Agency and Client Media Sales, where he met Lee….
Rebecca Oppenheimer (Head of Events)
Rebecca is an experienced Leader in Events, Sponsorship and Partnership. Rebecca spent five years as Head of Sponsorship at intu Experiences, working closely with Matt and Lee, developing many sponsorship and events initiatives. Prior to intu, Rebecca spent a decade as Head of Partnerships at Upper Street Events, where she managed partnerships for events and exhibitions such as New Designers, London Art Fair, Gadget Show, Cycle Show, MOVE IT, Country Living Christmas and Spring Shows. Generating £600k+ annually with brands including John Lewis, Sky, Virgin Atlantic, P&G,
At intu in 2018 she created the ground-breaking Stylist Live – intu’s first major consumer event platform at Trafford Centre. Alongside generating impressive revenue from partnerships at intu, she also won seven industry awards for partnerships, promotions and events – Opal Awards for intu plc – Sylvanian Families x 2, Stylist Live, Playmobil x 2, Three and Cartoon Network.
