Jonathan Castleman - Group Director, Consulting
Jonathan has worked in the industry for 13 years. He began his career at Shandwick PR in the sponsorship division and moved to API where he was involved primarily in rights sales working on Whitbread Around the World Boat Race, Benetton F1 and European Athletics.
In 1998, Jonathan joined Lighthouse where he successfully managed sponsorship programmes for Heineken International, Lucozade Sport and the Lottery Sports Fund on behalf of UK Sport. In 2002, Jonathan set up Lighthouse Australia in Sydney from where he ran Heineken's Rugby World Cup 2003 sponsorship and subsequently won business to manage and implement Peugeot and BA's RWC 2003 programmes. On returning to London he joined the board of Lighthouse where he was instrumental in the development of new business and the renegotiation of Heineken's contract with Rugby World Cup 2007. Jonathan lives in London and is married with two children.
