radico Int’l are Simon Mumford and Nick Maloney, both are director level, innovation-led media specialists, the two of them together bringing 60 years worth of radio experience to the table from the UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the Middle East.
Simon and Nick met in Stuttgart, Germany, in 2005 whilst working for bigFM, soon seeing their operational similarities and mutual strategic understanding of the media industry they decided to join forces. When Simon and Nick were discussing adding a research partner to radico Intl’s offerings, it was an easy decision to ask Blair to be their preferred research partner. They have worked successfully on rearch projects in Jakarta, Indonesia.
SIMON MUMFORD
Simon has experienced all aspects of a radio station’s programming life. He starts his radio career in 1986 as Morning Show DJ in rural Australia.
1994 sees a 10-year career begin with Australia’s leading radio network, Austereo (now Southern Cross Austereo) in Canberra in 1994 as PD at FM104.7. Two years later Simon moves to Perth to re-launch the iconic 96-FM with huge success (10+ ratings 4.6% to 14.6% in 8 months).
1997 sees a brief stint in Adelaide as PD of SA-FM before being transferred to Australia’s largest market, Sydney to work as APD, MD and PD of the legendary Triple M.
After seven successful years at Triple M it is time to begin a lifelong dream to consult radio stations, so Simon joins ESP in 2004. His journey then leads to the creation of his own company, Creative Strategy Consultancy Pty Ltd in 2008. The list of radio stations he has helped achieve ratings goals is long, to mention a few:
In 2014 Simon joint ventures with Nick Maloney to start up radico Int’l, specialising in Revenue Maximisation and Strategic Programming for media companies with a strong belief, that Sales and Programming can and should work closely together to make a radio station a strong and valuable brand in its given marketplace.
NICK D. MALONEY
Nick starts his media career with Radio Hamburg (Hot AC) in 1992 as air talent and reporter.
1995 Nick signs a contract with one of Germany’s most recognised stations, 104.6 RTL Berlin (Hot AC). For over ten years in total he carries out various roles for RTL Berlin, hosting all day parts including Morning back-up and Creative Director.
A one-year intermezzo with 98 8 KISS FM in 1997 sees Nick take responsibility for turning an under performing urban black and dance radio station in Berlin around with an increase in ratings by 38,5% in one year.
The same year Nick starts up Nick Maloney Consulting, consulting to radio stations in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, focus being Programming, content-to-cash strategies, implementation of NTR drivers and on-going Coaching of on-air personalities.
In 2007 Nick signs up with Mediaworks New Zealand as PD for MORE FM Hamilton (rock- based AC). This 2-year fixed-term contract sees him turn around an under performing station in the Waikato market, taking it from 1.5 to 2.8% share, enabling the sales department to generate much needed revenue.
2010 sees Nick sign up with NRS Media in London as Account Director and Business Development Director, assisting media houses in Scandinavia, DACH, UK, CEE, Nordics, Ireland and the Middle East with the generation of incremental revenue, developing and implementing Advertiser Acquisition Solutions. Nick has also been responsible and accountable for the DACH regions’ operations, spearheading operations in German- speaking Europe, generating over 3.5 million EUR additional revenue for the media partners per annum.
Nick literally lives Sales Coaching, enabling the team to implement new methods and strategies, helping media houses generate additional revenue.
In addition to this, Nick lectures, writes and publishes.
In 2014 Nick joint ventures with Simon Mumford to start up radico Int’l, specialising in Revenue Maximisation and Strategic Programming for media companies.