Experienced print and digital experts
A varied magazine publishing team with a wide variety of skill sets, experiences and talents that help our advertisers engage with our monthly readers and online users.
MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Meet our incredible publishing team
Here at Sheengate Publishing, our clients have access to some of the best writers, designers, campaign managers, and thinkers in the southwest region. We’ve spent years putting together the best, multi-talented team that can help our clients achieve their wider advertising goals.
Alex Whitney
Managing director
Brought up in Hampstead, Alex is the son of TV, film, and radio entrepreneur the late John Whitney CBE. In the late 80s, Alex began his publishing career with local magazines in SW London working in sales before going on to launch titles of his own. One of the founding partners of Sheengate Publishing, Alex is responsible for the commercial management of its publications.
Con Crowley
Publisher
A journalist by background, Con has extensive experience of management in both local and national media. He helped launch The Guardian Free Newspaper Group in the 1970s, editing The Kingston Guardian, and going on to work for various different publishing groups before starting his own. One of the founding partners of Sheengate Publishing, Con oversees its commercial as well as creative functions.
Nicola Waite
Head of accounts
Nicola joins our team with a wealth of accounting and HR experience working with a wide variety of SMB’s over the past 30 years and now brings her financial skills to Sheengate Publishing.
Sales Team
Niki Hornsby
Group Head of Sales
Niki’s whole career has been in advertising sales and publishing, a sector she is passionate about. Her career started at Newsquest as a Sales Executive, and she moved to Trinity Mirror two years later, where she was promoted consistently for over eleven years. She ended her career at Trinity Mirror as a Regional Sales Manager managing 22 team members, a portfolio of 5 weekly newspapers, monthly lifestyle magazines and 5 websites. Her next career move was to Baylis Media, where her knowledge of Berkshire saw her make an instant impact as Sales Executive of The Windsor Express. She eventually ended up managing the sales team and whole portfolio of print and digital products. In 2019, she joined us as the Sales Manager of the Windsor, Maidenhead & Ascot magazine and over the last 6 years, she also added another 4 magazines, a website and social media platforms to her management portfolio as Group Head of Sales overseeing the sales team.
Maggie Walsh
Sales Manager
Maggie started her career in book publishing at DK in London before taking a career break to raise her three boys in Surrey. She then returned to publishing, writing and editing across the Sheengate portfolio before turning her hand to media sales, where now she deputises for Niki and heads up the Elmbridge and Kingston Magazine and oversees the trade title The Landscaper Magazine.
Rossana Silva
Media sales executive
Shareefa Pariagh
Media sales executive
Editorial, production & digital team
Samantha Laurie
Group Managing Editor
Richard Nye
Editorial Consultant
The longest-serving member of the editorial team, Richard Nye has worked as a feature writer and sub-editor on all Sheengate titles and was Editor of The Richmond and Barnes Magazines until 2014. He currently works as an editorial consultant across all of our titles. Educated at King’s College School, Wimbledon, he is also a freelance writer and author of the book Railblazing.
Sandy Krupa-Taylor
group production
Sandy has acquired over 30 years of experience in design and print, dealing with all aspects of artwork through to final print. After working for various design companies, she joined Sheengate in 2002. Sandy’s design experience has made a huge impact on the quality of the magazines and she now heads the production team across the entire Sheengate print portfolio.
Sophie Farrah
editor
SW London born and bred, Sophie began her career in television production, working for the likes of the BBC, ITV, and more, before moving to London’s National Theatre where she worked as a producer. She joined Sheengate Publishing in 2015 as a food and drink editor, working across all titles, before taking over The Richmond and Barnes Magazines in 2021.
Libby Smith
Digital marketing
Libby Smith, head of our digital team and marketing output joined Sheengate Publishing in 2018. In the last four years, she has increased web visitors by 40% and worked closely with sales to make new digital assets available for advertisers. Starting her career with a B2B agency, Libby specialises in organic search traffic, web design, and conversion optimisation.