Our Story
My Creative Thoughts is led by Mel Cheung-Turner, who brings over 25 years of experience in senior corporate marketing and executive roles. After a successful corporate career, Mel built a business that offered greater flexibility, creativity, and control over how she worked and lived. At the time, this also gave her the freedom to support her son as he pursued table tennis at national and international level.
While life has evolved, that same intention remains at the heart of the business: creating meaningful work that fits around what matters most. Today, Mel helps clients bring clarity and creativity to their marketing, combining strategic expertise with a thoughtful, personal approach.
Mel is also on the Board of British Para Table Tennis and Chair of the Communications Committee, the national governing body for elite para table tennis, supporting athletes competing in the Paralympic Games and international championships.
“I achieved my ambition of becoming a Marketing Director at a young age and had an extremely successful corporate career. When my family circumstances changed, my priorities moved with them. I simply chose a different path so I could support my son on his journey.”
Gordon Andrews
Managing Director – Bathgate Business Finance
“I met Mel when she took up her Group Marketing Advisor role with the Archibald Bathgate Group and she delivered some excellent pieces, not only for the Group, but also specifically for Bathgate Business Finance. Knowing her skills in Project Management, we asked for her help to deliver our new website. Mel’s strengths are her attention to detail, which when combined with her experience and great communication skills, gave us the confidence in taking on the project.”
Andrew Pumphrey
Managing Director – Citation Professional Solutions
“Mel is a very capable Marketing Director, and built a brilliant marketing team spirit. Very hardworking, she tackles all tasks with amazing energy, and determination, and has been successful in delivering several key projects for Citation. Mel is always a pleasure to work with as a result of her positive proactive approach to any job she is faced with”
Richard Gray
Central Retail Operations Director – Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc
“Mel is a detailed operator who has excelled in delivering excellent customer interaction and feedback to the retail team, to enable the senior team to improve customer relations and customer satisfaction. Mel works well at all levels to provide detailed analysis and feedback and is a pleasure to work with.”
Jaime Morgan-Hitchcock
Non-Executive Director – British Para Table Tennis
“It has been a joy working with Mel on the board of British Para Table Tennis. She is always there to offer advice and to give her extremely valid and valuable opinion whenever needed. Energetic, extremely personable and hard-working, Mel is a very effective board director.”
Phil Gadd
Owner and Digital Producer – Pzazz Creative Media
“Mel is a master of her chosen subject, she excels on all levels whether its business communication, marketing strategy or project management. She immerses herself into her clients’ requirements and delivers on time and on budget. Her skill-set is vast and experience second-to-none. As a company owner, I highly recommend Mel to any prospective SMEs or large organisations out there.”
Martin Craven
Managing Partner – Crestcom International LLC
“I worked directly with Mel for about two years during my time as Commercial Director at Johnsons. During this time, I found Mel to be a great asset to our Executive Team. Mel successfully designed, modelled, executed and analysed numerous ground breaking Marketing initiatives. Mel is a commercially astute, talented, hardworking and dedicated marketing professional that would be an asset to any company wishing to develop their business. Highly recommended.”
Paula Chadwick
CEO – Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
“Mel is a very dedicated member of our retail board. She provides excellent advice on the strategy for our charity retail shops, with particular expertise on the online side and marketing of our brand. Mel is very generous with giving her time and advice for our charity and we very much appreciate all her support.”
Matt Wills
General Manager – Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc
“During her time there, Mel has made a massive impact and achieved some outstanding results, launched several high-profile campaigns (against some seriously challenging deadlines), driven forward the brand’s social presence and helped give ‘digital’ a much higher profile in the organisation. Mel’s attention to detail is second to none and she always goes the extra mile to achieve success for the business… a valuable asset to any organisation.”