A graduate from Cambridge University with a Masters degree in French and German, Liz Pepper has developed her career in international business, sales and marketing over the last 10 years and she has lived and worked in France, Germany, Austria and Japan. Liz's track record of success in sales management and training has spanned diverse industry sectors including tourism, finance and media. Liz has devised and implemented tailored sales training programmes for staff at several leading blue chip companies including PricewaterhouseCoopers and Publicis. Before moving into stock photography, Liz worked as Sales Manager for a specialist tour operator where she recruited and led a large sales team to increase company turnover and profitability in one of the toughest times in the travel industry. In the last three years, Liz has successfully built and managed the international sales team and global distribution network at Image Source. Liz's knowledge of sales management is widely known and Liz has been a panel speaker at the annual PACA conference on this subject.

With combined industry experience of over 14 years in stock photography Liz Pepper and her partner Claudia Stark run the firm Pepper Stark, a specialist consultancy, training and recruitment company for the stock photography industry. For further information see www.pepperstark.com; email: info@pepperstark.com; tel +44 207 831 0745