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Jez Rainbird is an entrepreneur with over 34 years experience in the creative sector primarily focused on brand strategy, communications and content. Having previously founded and run the global advertising agency Addiction Worldwide and the TV, Film and advertising production company Merman. Both companies having held offices in New York, London and LA. He is no stranger to international growth and managing highly creative businesses.

It has always been Jez’s dream to “go client side” as they say and launch and grow his own brand. Maison Rockman is a dream come true for him. Working alongside his life partner Caroline Towning, their skillsets compliment each other perfectly. Having always been very passionate about luxury fashion as a consumer. Jez has the knowledge, experience and drive to make Maison Rockman a huge phenomena alongside Caroline and the core team the house has attracted.

Jez was integral in the funding and setting up of the Merman Group of companies and until his recent exit served Globally as its Chairman for seven years until early 2023. Merman is privately owned and operates in the Film, Television and Advertising sectors with offices in London, New York and Los Angeles. Merman is best known for internationally acclaimed shows such as, Catastrophe (C4/Amazon), Divorce (HBO), Motherland (BBC/Lionsgate), This Way Up (C4/Hulu) and the recent hugely successful Bad Sisters (Apple TV+) which won Best Drama at the BAFTA”s in 2023. Merman Television was recently awarded Production Company of the Year at Edinburgh TV Festival 2022.

Merman's advertising and branded division has represented some of the best names in the industry, working with Anton Corbin, Matthew Vaughn, Asif Kapadia and other such revered and respected names. Harking back to Jeremy's previous area of content expertise in Advertising, as the CEO of Addiction Worldwide.

In 2012, Jez and his partners sold Addiction Worldwide; a creative agency & production company group he founded in 1998 at the age of 25. When they sold the business to the Mission Marketing Group PLC, it was operating in 2 continents, with over 100 staff and agency income over £10m per annum with client billings of £50m+. Over the years running Addiction Jez has advised and delivered communications for such companies as Coca-Cola, Remington, Adidas, Virgin, Voss Water, John Frieda, VW and Rimmel amongst others.

In 2019 Jez and a consortium of industry colleagues saw an opportunity and backed by British Airways Pension fund, acquired the UK’s oldest Film Studios, Twickenham Film Studios. As Co-Owner, Jez and his team oversaw the successful planning permission to improve and expand the studios. Along the way navigating COVID-19, hosting Tom Cruise & Paramount Pictures as they made camp to finish Top Gun Maverick and ultimately winning an Oscar for Best Sound at the 2021 Oscars. Jez exited TFS in the summer of 2022 to focus on broader investments and advisory work via CHH, in the United States.

Jez is an astute spotter of trends and market demands. He specialises in the ignition stage in his businesses and is always found at the heart of the deal and innovation thereafter. Jez splits his time between homes in Los Angeles & London. He is an avid collector of contemporary art and a lifelong Burner.