AN INTRODUCTION

Suzanne Zilka started trading as Exemus Graphics in 1997.

Suzanne studied Fine Art, History of Art, Fashion & Textiles and Business Studies at A' level and went on to the West Surrey School of Art and Design in Farnham to study more about Graphic Design. She then acquired a year's work experience with an exhibition stand design team in Hampton Court, Surrey, before starting work in 1985 at CGA in Kingston-upon-Thames, becoming skilled in the project management of holiday brochure production.

In 1992 she moved to WS&G, a Surrey-based marketing communications company, working closely with a creative team on corporate identity and promotional projects.

In 1997 she decided to work side-by-side for a few months with Exemus Ltd, an IT company specialising in software development. The fusion of IT and graphic design lead to website development and Exemus Graphics was born. A few months turned into a few years and in the year 2000, with 15 years experience in design and marketing, Exemus Graphics went solo!

Exemus Graphics is a PC-based design studio making extensive use of Quark Xpress, Freehand, Photoshop and Dreamweaver packages, as well as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat.

Michael Zilka works with Suzanne on a consultancy basis, bringing his marketing and fundraising experience to the table to provide a complete design and marketing partnership.

Michael's principal commercial career was with international advertising agents Ogilvy & Mather, becoming a Director in London and then managing offices in Nigeria, South Africa and Brazil.

He was at the beginning of the video revolution and marketed these internationally for education and training purposes for 5 years before switching to marketing and administrative roles in various arts organisations promoting their regional and overseas tours and London seasons between 1982-7.

He was then invited by wildlife artist David Shepherd to help set up and direct the newly formed wildlife and environmental charity, The David Shepherd Conservation Foundation. During the next five years his work took him all over the UK, and farther afield to the US, Europe, the Far East and Australia. He raised funds through staging charitable exhibitions of the artist's work, talks to community and special interest groups, dinners, fashion shows, auctions and through merchandise from a substantial trading company.

In 1992, he joined actors Virginia McKenna, her late husband Bill Travers, and their son Will, at their Horsham-based animal welfare and conservation charity, The Born Free Foundation, to oversee educational activities and run fundraising events, and continued this association on a freelance basis.

In 1996, whilst on the Board of St George's Hill Lawn Tennis Club, Weybridge, he was asked to step down so that he could accept a paid consultancy role in overseeing a £2.5m marketing-driven development plan, designed to transform the nature and fortunes of this very traditional club. He carried out this role under three different Chairmen, whilst also covering the mentoring of a new Chief Executive and certain other key front-line staff.

He served on the steering committee of The Brooklands Motor and Aviation Museum in Weybridge.

He now works on behalf of a number of smallish southeast-based charities in the social welfare, mental and physical health, personal safety, disability and environmental fields, plus an Independent School and Tunsgate Square Shopping Centre in Guildford.

Michael is a member of The Institute of Charity Fundraising Managers, The Chartered Institute of Marketing and the Society of the Arts Publicists.