Our People
Annie Sweetbaum
Biography:
Annie was born to a Swiss father and English mother and spent her childhood in both countries but was educated in the UK. Annie founded Arlington in 1975 originally to represent actors but then saw a gap in the market and made the very successful move over to representing lifestyle television presenters. Annie is married and loves spending time with ever expanding family. Her passions for theatre and opera stem from her career as an actress many moons ago, her acting claim to fame was playing the part of Imogen in the Forsyth Saga.
Hilary Murray
Biography:
Hilary has worked at Arlington for well over 15 years. During this time she has enjoyed the challenge of starting people's careers in TV and has a particular passion for specialist factual. Hilary also enjoys a good old sing song on the karaoke machine when she's not wrestling the microphone from her colleagues and clients.
Debbie Schiesser
Biography:
Debbie is an established agent with over 15 years experience in the business. She is respected and trusted by both clients and artists alike, and has launched the careers of many household names including Charlie Dimmock and Tommy Walsh (which is a wonder really, given the amount of time she spends in the pub) who enjoy her company in social situations as much as they do professionally.
Suzanne Bown
Biography:
Suzanne is our fiery red head and has worked at Arlington for 9 years. As well as looking after some of our very popular TV presenters she also manages the lives of our corporate clients. Suzanne is married, lives in Surrey and spends her time outside of work running around after her 18 month old daughter.
Fiona Scott Wilson
Biography:
Fiona joined Arlington in January 2005 and works with a number of the agency's established clients while at the same time working to launch the careers of some of our newer talent. Before joining Arlington, Fiona's passion for travel took her to most corners of the world including South East Asia, India, the Middle East and Africa. Travelling has had to take a back seat in recent months after adopting a Norwegian Forest Cat from Battersea Dogs Home called Turnip.