“Working with Romano on NME is one of the highlights of my career. His energy, determination and ability to spot and support good ideas - not to mention have plenty of them himself - were key factors in driving a massive transformation project that put a magazine and brand that was essentially on its knees back on its pedestal as an influential and agenda-setting beacon of the music scene. During Romano’s time as NME MD we built up our biggest ever readership in print and online, achieved record revenues via a creative solutions team that he put in place, delivered the three most successful NME Awards in the events’ history, positively influenced the outcome of a General Election and launched a ton of new events like CineJam and #lifehacks. Not bad for a teenage sandwich seller from south London. If the chance ever came up I’d work with Romano again in a heartbeat.”

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Mike Williams, Editor In Chief, Sight & Sound (Formerly EIC, NME)

I had the pleasure of working with Romano at the start of my career. He had flown through the ranks as I had just started in advertising, inspiring us younger ones to follow in his footsteps.

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James Connelly, Co-Founder, Transmission Group, Investor

Romano led the commercial strategy for our Artist and Manager Awards in 2019 leading to record revenues from the awards and bringing in new partners as award sponsors including the headline sponsor. He was great to work with, very personable and we highly recommend.

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Annabella Coldrick, CEO Music Managers Forum

Most of the outstanding work we (My Runway Group) have done wouldn't have been possible without Romano. He understands the Creative / Culture space very well and we trust his advice, consultancy and overall direction.

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Kojo Marfo, Founder, My Runway Group

I have a lot of respect for those few that actually take the time to listen to suppliers, and adjust campaigns to work in a professional and capable manner, and Romano comfortably fulfils those criteria.

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Jared Pepall, Director, Blacpack Ltd

As well as "getting" the issue and it's relevance to NME's audience, he helped drive forward and formulate a creative strategy that provided the basis for a long-term campaign. And all this, literally from a chance encounter. I would not hesitate to work with Romano again.

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Adam Webb, PR Consultant

Romano’s core strengths lie in his relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, his ability to lead revenue generating, award winning teams and his extensive experience in digital media.

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Alex Wright, Head of Programmatic, Channel 4

Not only was his work on NME’s political coverage of the 2017 general election game changing, he consistently delivered first class events for young people wanting to break into the creative industries. A top guy all round.

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Jonathan Baydal, Head of Communications, Universal Music