The advertising executive said that the extreme volatility on financial markets marked out this crisis from previous recessions.

It's run by a former banker and an advertising executive who both love skiing.

With his designer glasses, open-neck shirt and slip-on brogues, he looks more like an advertising executive, or, perhaps, a classical music promoter.

His first job was as an advertising executive, where his accounts included pet foods, budgie seed and hand-rolled tobacco.

She was a successful advertising executive, highly intelligent yet easy-going.